Fukushima prefecture’s Azuma Baseball Stadium will host at least one baseball and softball match during the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tokyo organizing president Yoshiro Mori said on Friday. POOL New / Reuters Workers \ at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant on Feb. 23, 2017 wore protective suits and masks. “It’s the Tokyo Games but one match, probably the opening match, will go to Fukushima Stadium,” he said through a translator, adding that the Azuma venue would also host at least one softball match. Riccardo Fraccari, president of the World Baseball Softball Confederation, welcomed the decision. “WSBC congratulates Tokyo 2020 President Mori and IOC President Bach on this great step taken with Olympic baseball and softball as a vehicle to inspire hope and highlight the regeneration in Fukushima,” he said in a statement.

Source: Huffington Post March 17, 2017 06:33 UTC