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[Breaking News]Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

CHICAGO, United States, Dec. 23 Kyodo - New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami attends a press conference after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami gives a thumbs-up on the field following a press conference where he was introduced after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami puts on his new team cap and jersey during a press conference where he was introduced after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami gives a thumbs-up on the field following a press conference where he was introduced after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami gives a thumbs-up on the field following a press conference where he was introduced after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami (L) shakes hands with General Manager Chris Getz on the field following a press conference where he was introduced after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami holds up a pair of white socks during a press conference where he was introduced at Rate Field in Chicago on Dec. 22, 2025.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami (R) holds his jersey with General Manager Chris Getz during a press conference where he was introduced at Rate Field in Chicago on Dec. 22, 2025.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami gives a thumbs-up during a press conference after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami attends a press conference after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: Japan slugger Murakami joins Chicago White Sox

New Chicago White Sox player Munetaka Murakami attends a press conference after signing his first Major League Baseball contract with the team at Rate Field on Dec. 22, 2025, in Chicago.

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Baseball: GM meetings in Las Vegas

Seattle Mariners general manager Justin Hollander meets the press as Major League Baseball's general manager meetings get under way in Las Vegas on Nov. 12, 2025. Hollander expressed an interest in acquiring Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami after the Japanese Central League team posted the 25-year-old to MLB.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami celebrates after throwing the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins on April 28, 2025, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles. Dodgers pitcher Roki Sasaki caught the ball.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami throws the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins on April 28, 2025, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Baseball: Marlins vs. Dodgers

Japanese artist Takashi Murakami is pictured after throwing the ceremonial first pitch ahead of a baseball game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Miami Marlins on April 28, 2025, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.

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Japanese internal affairs minister at parliament

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiichiro Murakami speaks during a House of Representatives budget committee session in Tokyo on Feb. 14, 2025.

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Japan internal affairs minister Murakami

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiichiro Murakami speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Dec. 24, 2024.

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Japanese doctor remembered in Afghanistan

Masaru Murakami (2nd from L), head of Japan's Peshawar-kai nongovernmental aid group, attends a memorial gathering for the group's founder Tetsu Nakamura, a Japanese doctor known for years of aid work in Afghanistan, in Jalalabad on Dec. 4, 2024, exactly five years after he was killed in a roadside shooting in the eastern Afghan city.

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Internal affairs minister Murakami

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiichiro Murakami gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024.

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Internal affairs minister Murakami

Japanese Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiichiro Murakami gives an interview in Tokyo on Oct. 4, 2024.

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Baseball: Ex-MLB outfielder Aoki retires

Former Major League Baseball outfielder Norichika Aoki (R) of the Yakult Swallows hugs infielder Munetaka Murakami after winning the final game of his career against the Hiroshima Carp on Oct. 2, 2024, at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium.

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New Japan PM Ishiba

Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) attends a Cabinet meeting at his office in Tokyo on Oct. 3, 2024, alongside Internal Affairs and Communications Minister Seiichiro Murakami (L) and Defense Minister Gen Nakatani.

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Japan's new internal affairs minister Murakami

Seiichiro Murakami, Japan's new internal affairs and communications minister, speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2024.

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Japan's new internal affairs minister Murakami

Seiichiro Murakami, Japan's new internal affairs and communications minister, speaks at a press conference at the ministry in Tokyo on Oct. 2, 2024.

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Lineup of Japan PM Ishiba's Cabinet

Seiichiro Murakami, who is set to become internal affairs and communications minister in the Cabinet of new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, arrives at the premier's office in Tokyo on Oct. 1, 2024, before his attestation in a ceremony at the Imperial Palace.

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Nankai Hawks pitcher Masanori Murakami

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - Nankai Hawks pitcher Masanori Murakami (front) stretches his arm with the help of teammate Chikara Morinaka at a playfield in Sakai in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 1, 1966. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Yakult Swallows slugger Munetaka Murakami

The Central League's Munetaka Murakami of the Yakult Swallows hits a two-run home run in the second inning of a Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star game against the Pacific League at Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, on July 23, 2024.

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Hall of Fame museum in N.Y. to display collections themed on Japan-U.S. baseball exchanges

(from L) Josh Rawitch, president of the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel and Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese national to become a Major League Baseball player, attend a press conference at the U.S. ambassador's residence in Tokyo on April 18, 2024. Rawitch said a jersey (L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers' two-way star Shohei Ohtani will be on display during a special exhibition themed on transpacific baseball exchanges starting at the museum in Cooperstown, New York, in July 2025.

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN-AWARDING CEREMONY

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Women's gold medalists Stefanie Fejes (3rd R) /Jana Milutinovic (3rd L) of Australia, silver medalists Jasmine Fleming (1st L) /Georgia Johnson (2nd L) of Australia, bronze medalists Hashimoto Suzuka (2nd R)/Murakami Reika of Japan pose for photos during the awarding ceremony of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN-AWARDING CEREMONY

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Women's bronze medalists Hashimoto Suzuka (L)/Murakami Reika of Japan pose for photos during the awarding ceremony of the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Maruyama Saki saves the ball during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Reika (R) competes against Maruyama Saki during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Reika (R) competes during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Reika prepares for a serve during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Reika saves the ball during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Reika competes during the women's bronze medal match between Hashimoto Suzuka/ Murakami Reika of Japan and Shiba Asami/Maruyama Saki of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Australia's Stefanie Fejes (L) spikes during the women's semifinals match between Stefanie Fejes/Jana Milutinovic of Australia and Suzuka Hashimoto/Reika Murakami of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Suzuka Hashimoto (R) celebrates after scoring with her teammate Reika Murakami during the women's semifinals match between Stefanie Fejes/Jana Milutinovic of Australia and Suzuka Hashimoto/Reika Murakami of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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(SP)THE PHILIPPINES-LAGUNA PROVINCE-BEACH VOLLEYBALL-AVC BEACH TOUR NUVALI OPEN

(240407) -- LAGUNA PROVINCE, April 7, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Japan's Suzuka Hashimoto (front) saves the ball during the women's semifinals match between Stefanie Fejes/Jana Milutinovic of Australia and Suzuka Hashimoto/Reika Murakami of Japan at the Asian Volleyball Confederation (AVC) Beach Volleyball Tour Nuvali Open in Laguna Province, the Philippines, on April 7, 2024. (Xinhua/Rouelle Umali)

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Speed skating: World Cup in Quebec City

Japan's Yuma Murakami competes en route to winning bronze in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Quebec City, Canada, on Feb. 3, 2024.

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Speed skating: World Cup in Quebec City

Japan's Yuma Murakami competes en route to winning bronze in the men's 500 meters at a World Cup speed skating meet in Quebec City, Canada, on Feb. 3, 2024.

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) and Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shoki Murakami shake hands after winning Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (L) and Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shoki Murakami pose after winning Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shoki Murakami (L) receives Japanese pro baseball's Central League MVP award at a ceremony in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) and Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shoki Murakami shake hands after winning Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.

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Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards

Orix Buffaloes pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto (R) and Hanshin Tigers pitcher Shoki Murakami shake hands after winning Japanese pro baseball's MVP awards in Tokyo on Nov. 28, 2023.

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-SPEED SKATING-ISU WORLD CUP-DAY 2(CN)

(231118) -- BEIJING, Nov. 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Morishige Wataru (C) of Japan pose with silver medalist Laurent Dubreuil (L) of Canada and bronze medalist Murakami Yuma during the awarding ceremony of the 2nd 500m Men Division A on the Day 2 of ISU World Cup Speed Skating at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 18, 2023. (Xinhua/Ju Huanzong)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-SPEED SKATING-ISU WORLD CUP-DAY 1(CN)

(231117) -- BEIJING, Nov. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Murakami Yuma of Japan competes during the 1st 500m Men Division A on the Day 1 of ISU World Cup Speed Skating at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-SPEED SKATING-ISU WORLD CUP-DAY 1(CN)

(231117) -- BEIJING, Nov. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Morishige Wataru (C) of Japan poses with silver medalist Murakami Yuma (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Kim Junho of South Korea during the awarding ceremony of the 1st 500m Men Division A on the Day 1 of ISU World Cup Speed Skating at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)

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(SP)CHINA-BEIJING-SPEED SKATING-ISU WORLD CUP-DAY 1(CN)

(231117) -- BEIJING, Nov. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Gold medalist Morishige Wataru (C) of Japan poses with silver medalist Murakami Yuma (L) of Japan and bronze medalist Kim Junho of South Korea during the awarding ceremony of the 1st 500m Men Division A on the Day 1 of ISU World Cup Speed Skating at National Speed Skating Oval in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Ding Xu)