{
  "id": 16161057,
  "title": "Ex-Baseball Star Matsui to Become Next Yomiuri Giants Manager",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/ex-baseball-star-matsui-to-become-next-yomiuri-giants-manager",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T06:14:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026102300496/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 23 (Jiji Press)--Former Japanese baseball star Hideki Matsui is set to become the next manager of the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball team, it was learned Friday. Matsui played for the Giants in the Nippon Professional Baseball Central League before joining the New York Yankees and other Major League Baseball teams in the United States. After joining the Giants in 1993 a...",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}