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NPB organisation

Named in 4 reports across 4 stories - 5 Aug – 14 Sept
5 Aug 202614 Sept 2026

The web around NPB

Closest companions, sized by how often they share a report with NPB. Lines between the outer names are their own relationships - names that appear together even without NPB.

Isao Harimoto and Japanese baseball share 1 reportKaima Taira and Seibu Lions share 1 reportNaoya Masuda and Saitama Seibu Lions share 1 reportJapanese baseball and Tokyo hospital share 1 reportMarines and Naoya Masuda share 1 reportIsao Harimoto and Tokyo hospital share 1 reportMarines and Saitama Seibu Lions share 1 reportNPBIsao HarimotoIsao Harimoto - 1 shared report (person)Japanese ba…Japanese baseball - 1 shared report (organization)Kaima TairaKaima Taira - 1 shared report (person)MarinesMarines - 1 shared report (organization)Naoya MasudaNaoya Masuda - 1 shared report (person)Saitama Sei…Saitama Seibu Lions - 1 shared report (organization)Seibu LionsSeibu Lions - 1 shared report (organization)Tokyo hospi…Tokyo hospital - 1 shared report (place)

The stories

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

4 outlets1 report names NPB10 Sept

Kaima Taira uses data and science in pursuit of pitching perfection

1 outlets1 report names NPB14 Sept

NPB’s senior circuit: players in their 40s still grinding away

1 outlets1 report names NPB31 Aug

Marines’ Masuda logs 250th career save, fifth all-time in NPB

1 outlets1 report names NPB5 Aug

People they appear with

Isao Harimoto1Kaima Taira1Naoya Masuda1

Places in the same coverage

Tokyo hospital1

Organisations in the same coverage

Japanese baseball1Marines1Saitama Seibu Lions1Seibu Lions1

Who keeps naming them

Japan Times5

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