As anticipated, Atsunori Inaba will continue to lead Samurai Japan at the Tokyo Olympics, which have been postponed until 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
His goal, of course, will be unchanged: win nothing but the gold medal.
¡°I told him that I would take it,¡± Inaba said during an online news conference after Nippon Professional Baseball secretary general Atsushi Ihara officially delivered the formal request to him in Sapporo on Friday. ¡°And that we shall proceed to discuss our schedule, training camp and scouting visit plans toward next year.¡±
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