{
  "id": 6537353,
  "title": "Japanese baseball’s all-time hit king Isao Harimoto dies at 86",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/japanese-baseballs-all-time-hit-king-isao-harimoto-dies-at-86",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-10T03:49:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Japan Times",
    "slug": "japan-times",
    "url": "https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/09/10/baseball/japanese-baseball/isao-harimoto-dies-86/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Harimoto, who finished his career with 3,085 hits and is the only player in NPB history to reach 3,000, died at a Tokyo hospital on Wednesday.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Japan baseball great and atomic bomb survivor Isao Harimoto dies aged 86",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/japan-baseball-great-and-atomic-bomb-survivor-isao-harimoto-dies-aged",
        "published": "2026-09-10T06:16:36.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Sport",
        "title": "Atomic bomb survivor who became baseball legend - Harimoto dies age 86",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/atomic-bomb-survivor-who-became-baseball-legend-harimoto-dies-age-86",
        "published": "2026-09-10T09:50:40.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}