(3)Rakuten selected over Livedoor as new team

TOKYO, Japan - Marty Kuehnert (L), general manager of Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, Hiroshi Mikitani (C), president of Internet shopping mall operator Rakuten Inc., and Yasushi Tao, manager of Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, attend a press conference in Tokyo on Nov. 2 after they were allowed by a meeting of baseball club owners to join Japanese professional baseball next season.

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