Photo Journal: Baseball bonanza

A student from Sakushin Gakuin High School in Tochigi Prefecture speaks at the opening ceremony of the 89th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 19, 2017. A total of 32 high schools from across Japan, including Sakushin Gakuin, are participating in the tournament. Other speakers at the opening ceremony included the president of The Mainichi Newspapers Co., Masahiro Maruyama. The Mainichi Newspapers is one of the main organizers of the event, together with the Japan High School Baseball Federation. (Mainichi)