TOKYO - Japan manager Hirokazu Ibata named Yomiuri Giants slugger Kazuma Okamoto and Chunichi Dragons pitcher Hiroto Takahashi to his 28-man roster for November's Premier12 tournament, while omitting the nation's hardest-throwing pitcher, the Lotte Marines' Roki Sasaki.
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