NAGOYA (Kyodo) Fan groups for the Chunichi Dragons lost a lawsuit Thursday and will have to continue cheering for the team without musical instruments, drums or whistles.
The Nagoya District Court rejected a request from some 100 members of eight privately organized cheering squads based in the city that pro baseball’s ban on the use of such instruments and items be nullified.
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