Baseball, softball may return to 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Baseball, softball may return to 2020 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO, Japan - Japan Softball Association Vice President Taeko Utsugi (L) and Baseball Federation of Japan Vice President Yoshinobu Suzuki look happy in Tokyo on Dec. 8, 2014, after the International Olympic Committee's recent approval of a reform for the framework of the Olympic program which paves the way for a possible return of the two events in a joint bid for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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