Information: - The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consists of six teams from around the country. Unlike the Pacific League, designated hitters are not used during Central League home games. - The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is an international baseball tournament sanctioned from 2006 to 2013 by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and after 2013 by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). It was proposed to the IBAF by Major League Baseball (MLB), the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), and other professional baseball leagues and their players associations around the world. It is the main baseball tournament sanctioned by the WBSC, which grants to the winner the title of "World Champion". It previously coexisted with Olympic Baseball (until 2008) and the Baseball World Cup (until 2011) as IBAFsanctioned tournaments, but baseball has not been on the Olympic program since 2008, after it was voted out by the International Olympic Committee in 2005. The final men's Baseball World Cup was held in 2011, and was discontinued to streamline the international calendar. The 2013 Classic, the third edition of the event, was won by the Dominican Republic in an all-Caribbean World Baseball Classic Final. - Murata led the Central League in home runs in both and and is one of the few pure home run hitters in Japanese professional baseball today. He played in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team and hit cleanup for much of the latter tournament. - Masato Akamatsu ( Akamatsu Masato , born September 6 , 1982 , in Fushimi Ward , Kyoto City ) is a Nippon Professional Baseball player . He is currently with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp . In August 2010 , Masato made sports headlines by denying batter Shuichi Murata a home run with what sportswriters dubbed the '' Spider - Man Catch , '' rapidly scaling the outfield fence before snaring the ball in midleap . He won the Gold Glove that same year . 'masato akamatsu' is related to which object entity through the relation of 'country of citizenship'? Choices: - dominican republic - japan
japan
Information: - The title Defence Minister, Minister for Defence, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State for Defence, Secretary of National Defense or some similar variation, is assigned to the person in a cabinet position in charge of a Ministry of Defence, which regulates the armed forces in sovereign states. The role of a defence minister varies considerably from country to country; in some the minister is only in charge of general budget matters and procurement of equipment; while in others the minister is also, in addition, an integral part of the operational military chain of command. - Robert Gabriel Mugabe (born 21 February 1924) is a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who has governed the Republic of Zimbabwe as its President since 1987, having previously governed as its Prime Minister from 1980 to 1987. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he has led the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANUPF) party since 1975. - A Ministry of Defence or Defense (see spelling differences), also known as a Department of Defence or Defense, is the common name for a part of the government found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments, responsible for matters of defence. Such a department usually includes all branches of the military, and is usually controlled by a Defence Minister, Minister of Defence, or Secretary of Defense. - Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Defence (Defence Secretary) is an official within Her Majesty's Government and head of the Ministry of Defence. The office is a British Cabinet level position. - The Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANUPF) has been the ruling party in Zimbabwe since independence in 1980. The party has been led by Robert Mugabe, first as Prime Minister with the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) and then as President from 1988 after merger with the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) and retaining the name ZANUPF. In the 2008 parliamentary election, the ZANUPF lost sole control of parliament for the first time in party history and brokered a difficult power-sharing deal with the Movement for Democratic Change Tsvangirai (MDC), but subsequently won the 2013 election and gained a two-thirds majority. - A sovereign state is, in international law, a nonphysical juridical entity that is represented by one centralised government that has sovereignty over a geographic area. International law defines sovereign states as having a permanent population, defined territory, one government, and the capacity to enter into relations with other sovereign states. It is also normally understood that a sovereign state is neither dependent on nor subjected to any other power or state. - Moven Enock Mahachi ( 1948 -- 26 May 2001 ) served as the Minister of Defence of the Republic of Zimbabwe . He was a close ally of Robert Mugabe within Z.A.N.U. - P.F. . Before becoming Defence Minister Mahachi served as M.P. for Makoni West . Mahachi was killed on 26 May 2001 when his Range Rover collided with a small car along the Mutare to Nyanga road . At the time Zimbabweans considered his death suspicious , especially as Mahachi died thirty days after another M.P. , Border Gezi , was killed . Mahachi was married and had four children at the time of his death . He was declared a national hero by the Government of Zimbabwe and was buried in the National Heroes Acre in Harare . On 30 July 2009 Mahachi 's predecessor , Enos Nkala , claimed that Mahachi was assassinated at the behest of Robert Mugabe because he opposed the looting of diamonds in the Democratic Republic of the Congo . In a statement he said : '' Moven was an outsider in an exclusive club -- the Committee of 26 -- comprising politicians of Zezurus and Korekore origin . This committee of looters have controlled the army , the police , the CIO and appear to think that they went to war for self enrichment . To them Mahachi was an obstacle in their quest to amass wealth using the pretext of fighting a prolonged war to restore sovereignty in the DRC , just as they had done in Mozambique during the military campaign against Renamo . So he had to go . '' 'moven mahachi' is related to which object entity through the relation of 'position held'? Choices: - defence minister - minister - ministry of defence - politician - president - secretary of national defense - secretary of state for defence - sovereign
ministry of defence