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Baseball: Darvish returns to DL with shoulder discomfort

SEATTLE, June 13 Kyodo - Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish, seen playing catch in Seattle on June 11, 2016, has been placed on the 15-day disabled list due to tightness in his neck and shoulder, the club said on June 13.

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Hokkaido Shinkansen new station named 'Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto'

SAPPORO, Japan - Hokkaido Railway Co.'s new station building is under construction in Hokuto, Hokkaido, in March 2014. JR Hokkaido announced on June 11, 2014, that the name of the new station for the Hokkaido Shinkansen bullet train is "Shin-Hakodate-Hokuto." The bullet train line is planned to begin operating in 2016 spring.

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Japan to attract Southeast Asian tourists

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (seated 2nd from R) and ministers take part in a meeting on the promotion of tourism at Abe's office in Tokyo on June 11, 2013. The Japanese government set a goal of increasing the number of visitors from Southeast Asia by 2.5 times the current level to 2 million in 2016 in its 2013 white paper on tourism adopted the same day.