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

One day4 outlets reported this in 4 reports over 1 day

All 4 reports on Thu, 10 September 2026

What it is about

Isao Harimoto Japanese baseball NPB Tokyo hospital Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Harimoto Korean-Japanese player Nippon Professional Baseball Hiroshima Nippon Professional Baseballa Hirošimu Hirošime Tokiju

Who published it, and when

original reportfirst to report

Japan Times

Al Jazeera English

Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatia)

10 Sept, 03:49over 17 hours10 Sept, 20:24

1 report left out of the cascade - too little in common with the story to place

How it spread - 4 original reports

Thu, 10 September 2026
4 reports
- Japan Times03:49first to report
  Japanese baseball’s all-time hit king Isao Harimoto dies at 86
  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.
- Al Jazeera English06:16
  Japan baseball great and atomic bomb survivor Isao Harimoto dies aged 86
  Harimoto, whose record 3,085 career hits still stands, was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)17:08
  Hiroshima survivor, baseball legend Harimoto dies at 86
  Korean-Japanese player recorded all-time high in Nippon Professional Baseball at 3,085 hits and remains league’s only player to reach 3,000
- Slobodna Dalmacija (Croatia)20:24
  Umrla bejzbolska ikona i preživjeli napada na Hirošimu
  Japanska bejzbolska legenda Isao Harimoto, koji je preživio bombardiranje Hirošime, umro je u dobi od 86 godina, prenose japanski mediji. Rekorder Nippon Professional Baseballa s 3.085 pogodaka, umro je u srijedu u bolnici u Tokiju, objavila je Meikyukai, jedna od dvije bejzbolske kuće slavnih u Jap...