THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
July 21, 2021 at 17:35 JST
Seiko Hashimoto, left, head of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee, and Tamayo Marukawa, right, state minister in charge of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, attend a ceremony on July 21 prior to the first softball game at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium. (Kazuhiro Nagashima)
FUKUSHIMA--When Yukiko Ueno, the ace of the Japanese women’s softball team, threw the first pitch in the game against Australia on July 21 to open the Tokyo Olympics, no cheers rose from the stands. [Read More]
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