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Press conference announcing the World Series to be held in Fukuoka

Press conference announcing the World Series to be held in Fukuoka. Team Director Kazuhiko Sofuku (left) and Masayoshi Son of SoftBank Group expressing their enthusiasm towards the challenge in the presence of the actual trophy.
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