Baseball star Nakahata to run in upper house election

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata officially announces at a hotel in Tokyo on May 11, 2010, that he will run in the upper house election this summer in the proportional representation section on the ticket of the Sunrise Party of Japan led by former ministers Kaoru Yosano and Takeo Hiranuma.

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