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YOSHIKUNI, Ichiro

The 9th Commissioner makes many institutional innovations

Inducted	1999
Category	Elected by the Special Committee
From	Kanagawa
Born	September 2,1916
Died	September 2,2011
Alma Mater	Tokyo Imperial University

Director General of the Cabinet Legislation Bureau turned to commissioner (1989-97).Among his many reformations were better relations with non-pro baseball and revision of Japan-U.S. Player ContractAgreement.

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