Yomiuri Giants players talk to a fan, Futaba Tsuchiya, on a monitor after their game against Hiroshima Toyo Carp, held without spectators, at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, Japan June 23. — Jack Tarrant/Reuters
TOKYO: One lucky baseball fan was taken inside the otherwise empty Tokyo Dome for Yomiuri Giants' win on June 23 via a monitor mounted on a robot she controlled from home.
Nippon Professional Baseball teams have begun their season without fans in stadia due to restrictions implemented to slow the spread of Covid-19, yet 14-year-old Futaba Tsuchiya was given special access via the monitor.
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