{
  "id": 8639089,
  "title": "India vs Japan: All you need to know about the Japan cricket team, key players, recent results and achievements",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/india-vs-japan-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-japan-cricket-team-key",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-20T07:27:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/india-vs-japan-know-japan-072750734.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "India will face Japan in a historic T20I match at the Sano International Cricket Ground on September 22, marking the first-ever meeting between the two sides in this format. Kendel Kadowaki-Fleming will captain Japan, who remains their all-time leading run-scorer. Japan missed out on qualifying for the 2026 T20 World Cup after a loss to the UAE in the recent Asian Games campaign. India, the reigning T20 World Cup champions and top-ranked team, arrive as favorites for the fixture.",
  "summary": "With India about to face Japan in a historic T20I at Sano, Japan here's everything you would need to know about the game.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "India, Japan Air Chiefs take Tejas to the skies in Veer Guardian 2026",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/20/india-japan-air-chiefs-take-tejas-to-the-skies-in-veer-guardian-2026",
        "published": "2026-09-20T09:36:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "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."
}