(1)Rakuten files for entry into pro baseball

(1)Rakuten files for entry into pro baseball

TOKYO, Japan - Rakuten Inc. President Hiroshi Mikitani (L) files an application to join Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) with Kazuo Hasegawa, secretary general to the Japanese baseball commissioner, in Tokyo on Sept. 24.

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