THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
November 19, 2021 at 18:55 JST
City officials and others in Shohei Otani’s hometown cheer the news that the baseball two-way superstar has been named the American League MVP in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, on Nov. 19. (Shunsuke Karasawa)
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