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Ex-Lotte ace Murata, 2 others named latest Hall of Famers

TOKYO, Japan - Former Lotte Marines pitcher Choji Murata R) and and former NHK sports announcer Masayori Shimura pose for photos on Jan. 11 after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame along with former Seibu Lions manager Masaaki Mori.

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Ex-Lotte ace Murata, 2 others named latest Hall of Famers

TOKYO, Japan - Former Lotte Marines pitcher Choji Murata R) and and former NHK sports announcer Masayori Shimura pose for photos on Jan. 11 after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame along with former Seibu Lions manager Masaaki Mori. (Kyodo)

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Wartime letter released 55 years later

LOS ANGELES, United States - The photo shows a copy of an envelop and letter sent to a Japanese soldier during World War II, which was made public by Banzai Derango, 74, of Oakland, Calif. The December 1943 letter, sent by Tokyo resident Hinako Hiramine to her brother-in-law Choji Nakamata, then stationed in Kolonia, Pohnpei, came into possession of Derango while he was posted in the port town of Garapan on Saipan from June to July in 1944.