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  "id": 6578182,
  "title": "Atomic bomb survivor Isao Harimoto dies at 86",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/atomic-bomb-survivor-isao-harimoto-dies-at-86-6578182",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-10T11:25:03.000Z",
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Japanese baseball legend Isao Harimoto, who survived the 1945 atomic bombing of Hiroshima as a child, has died in Tokyo at the age of 86, according to BBC Sport on Thursday. Widely known as the \"Hit Machine,\" Harimoto holds the record for the most hits in Japanese professional baseball history, with 3,085 hits during a 23-season career. He remains the only player in Nippon Professional Baseball history to reach 3,000 hits.",
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        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "Atomic bomb survivor Isao Harimoto dies at 86",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/atomic-bomb-survivor-isao-harimoto-dies-at-86",
        "published": "2026-09-10T11:20:32.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Isao Harimoto, A-bomb survivor and Japan baseball great known as ‘Hit Machine,’ dies at 86",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/isao-harimoto-a-bomb-survivor-and-japan-baseball-great-known-as-hit",
        "published": "2026-09-10T13:55:43.000Z"
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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."
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