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Cliff Corcoran: Struggles of past Japanese pitchers means little in evaluating Darvish - Sports Illustrated
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WBC Final preview: USA vs. Japan rosters, who to watch and more - The Athletic
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Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka Prevails in a Duel With a Japanese Flavor - The New York Times
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Inland Edition, July 21, 2023 by Coast News Group - Issuu
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Summer Koshien is Japan's biggest baseball tournament
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The Elvis of Japan
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Meet (Some of) Samurai Japan. I've been watching Japanese baseball…, by Daniel Brim
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Sources: Major changes coming to Japanese player posting system - Newsday
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Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka Epitomizes the Japanese Approach to Baseball - The New York Times
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100 years of Koshien - Deep reads from The Japan Times