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Atomic bomb survivor who became baseball legend - Harimoto dies age 86
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Isao Harimoto, a celebrated figure in Japanese professional baseball and a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bombing, has passed away in Tokyo at age 86. Over his historic career, he achieved the record for the highest number of hits in the history of Japanese baseball.
WHY IT MATTERS
His death marks the passing of one of Japan's most prolific athletic record-holders and a notable survivor of a major historical tragedy.
Korean-Japanese baseball legend Isao Harimoto, who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to record the most hits in Japanese baseball history, has died at the age of 86 in Tokyo.
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