Ex-pitcher Kuwata's father dies in fire in Hamamatsu

Ex-pitcher Kuwata's father dies in fire in Hamamatsu

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Masumi Kuwata, a former right-handed pitcher with the Central League's Yomiuri Giants baseball club, speaks to reporters in front of a hospital in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 17, 2010, after identifying his father's body. Taiji Kuwata was killed in predawn a fire at his coffee shop and home in the city.

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