Rakuten buys Taiwan baseball team, will officially run it next year

Japan-based e-commerce giant Rakuten has reached an agreement with the current owner of Taiwan's professional baseball team the Lamigo Monkeys to start running the six-time local pro-league champions next year, the two sides announced Thursday.

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