DeNA founder becomes 1st female baseball club owner

DeNA founder becomes 1st female baseball club owner

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Tomoko Namba, founder of mobile gaming company DeNA Co., speaks at a press conference in Yokohama on Jan. 16, 2016, after assuming the position of team owner of the Central League's DeNA BayStars. Namba, 52, became the first woman ever to take over ownership of a Japanese baseball club. (Kyodo)

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