Japanese baseball is ready to swing with return of NPB

Delayed by COVID-19, league gets underway but with empty stadiums

ROBERT WHITING, Contribiting writer

TOKYO -- The Nippon Professional Baseball league is starting up again today much to the happiness of the millions of fans who follow Japan's national sport. It marks a partial return to normality as the nation slowly reopens after a long period of voluntary lockdown.

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