Major sports events scheduled in Japan for Friday, June 21:

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BASEBALL

Central League

Yomiuri vs Yakult. Tokyo Dome. 6 p.m.

Chunichi vs Hiroshima. Vantelin Dome Nagoya. 6 p.m.

Hanshin vs DeNA. Koshien Stadium. 6 p.m.

Pacific League

Nippon Ham vs Rakuten. Es Con Field Hokkaido. 6 p.m.

Orix vs Seibu. Kyocera Dome Osaka. 6 p.m.

SoftBank vs Lotte. Kitakyushu Municipal Stadium. 6 p.m.

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BASKETBALL

Women's Olympic warm-up series. Japan vs Australia. Game 2. Hokkaido Prefectural Sports Center. 7 p.m.

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==Kyodo

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