Japan's Olympic minister wants Fukushima to stage baseball, softball

Japanese Olympic minister Toshiaki Endo speaks in a meeting in Tokyo on March 11, 2016, the fifth anniversary of the earthquake-tsunami disaster. Endo reiterated his hope at a press conference the same day that Fukushima Prefecture can host the first rounds of baseball and softball at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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