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- 1Meiji Shrine baseball park opened with Prince Hirohito presiding●In this month's look back on news stories of the past, the Meiji Shrine baseball park formally opens with a ceremony pre
The Japan Times' look back at this month in history recalls the formal opening of the Meiji Shrine baseball park in Tokyo, marked with a ceremony presided over by then-Prince Regent Hirohito. The venue, known today as Jingu Stadium, went on to become one of Japan's most storied baseball grounds and remains a centrepiece of the sport in the country.