Watanabe to take over as Yomiuri team chairman

Watanabe to take over as Yomiuri team chairman

TOKYO, Japan - The Yomiuri Giants said June 7 former team owner Tsuneo Watanabe (file photo) will be appointed team chairman of the Central League club. The 79-year-old Watanabe, chairman of the Yomiuri Shimbun Group Honsha, will be formally appointed to the new post after as a stockholders' meeting on June 23.

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