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  "id": 357288,
  "title": "Pacific League Marketing sets sights abroad to build Japanese baseball fan base",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/09/pacific-league-marketing-sets-sights-abroad-to-build-japanese",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-09T07:25:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/08/09/baseball/japanese-baseball/pacific-league-marketing-international/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "While Japanese baseball has long been plagued by an inability, or intransigence, to market itself outside of Japan, Pacific League Marketing wants to make games more accessible.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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      {
        "outlet": "NPR",
        "title": "The Women's Professional Baseball League makes its historic debut",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/08/the-womens-professional-baseball-league-makes-its-historic-debut",
        "published": "2026-08-08T10:30:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}