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Japanese baseball’s all-time hit king Isao Harimoto dies at 86

Summary by The Japan Times
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.

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Korean Japanese baseball legend Jang Hun, the all-time hits leader in Japanese professional baseball history, has died at 86. The Golden Players Club, an exclusive body honoring elite Japanese baseball players, announced Jang passed away Wednesday morning at a hospital in Tokyo. Born in Hiroshima to Korean parents in 1940, Jang played for 23 seasons in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 1959 to 1981. He still holds the league's record w…

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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporters Jang Hyun-gu and Kim Kyung-yoon = Commentator Jang Hoon (Japanese name Isao Harimoto), who set the record for most hits in Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB), passed away at the age of 86...

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Chang Hoon (Japanese name: Isao Harimoto), a Zainichi Korean who holds the all-time record for most hits in Japanese Professional Baseball (NPB) and served as a former KBO aide, passed away on the 9th at the age of 86. According to the Meikyukai, an organization composed of current and former NPB players, he died on the morning of the 9th at a hospital in Tokyo, Japan. Born in 1940,

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