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On October 14, 2025, in Taizhou, Jiangsu, a retired soldier jumped into a river and smashed a car window with a brick to save a trapped driver, pulling them to safety as bystanders watched.

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NPB head Kato announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Ryozo Kato (back L) is pictured at the owners' meeting on Sept. 19, 2013. Kato announced his resignation at the meeting. He had come under fire in June, when it was revealed that NPB had secretly altered the baseball used by its two leagues.

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NPB head Kato announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - A meeting of the professional baseball owners is held in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2013. Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Ryozo Kato (back, center L) announced his resignation at the meeting. He had come under fire in June, when it was revealed that NPB had secretly altered the baseball used by its two leagues.

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NPB head Kato announces resignation

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Ryozo Kato enters a room at a hotel in Tokyo to attend the owners' meeting on Sept. 19, 2013. Kato announced his resignation at the meeting. He had come under fire in June, when it was revealed that NPB had secretly altered the baseball used by its two leagues.

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(5)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's professional baseball players association head Atsushi Furuta is surrounded by reporters Sept. 8 at Koshien Stadium after the owners of the 12 professional ball clubs approved the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes and decided to keep the two-league system.

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(4)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

OSAKA, Japan - Orix BlueWave fans carry banners opposing the merger of the BluWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes at Yahoo BB Stadium in Kobe on Sept. 8. The owners of Japan's 12 professional baseball clubs approved the merger and decided to keep the two-league system the same day.

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(2)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

OSAKA, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes players association president Koichi Isobe answers reporters' questions Sept. 8 at Osaka Dome after the owners of Japan's 12 professional ballclubs approved the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Buffaloes and decided to keep the two-league system at an extraordinary meeting.

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(3)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

TOKYO, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Wa Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Takuo Takihana, Japanese pro baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro, Orix BluWave owner Yoshihiko Miyauchi (from left to right) attend a press conference in a Tokyo hotel Sept. 8 after the owners of Japan's 12 professional ballclubs approved the Orix-Kintestu merger and decided to keep the two-league system.

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(1)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

TOKYO, Japan - The owners of the 12 professional ball clubs hold an extraordinary meeting in Tokyo on Sept. 8. They approved the merger between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes and decided to keep the two-league system.

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(2)Players strike looms as merger nears reality

TOKYO, Japan - Hajime Toyokura, chairman of the professional baseball Central League, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 6 after a meeting of representatives of the 12 baseball clubs in Japan's two professional leagues. A merger plan by the Orix BlueWave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes, both in the Pacific League, was approved at the meeting.

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(2)Players strike looms as merger nears reality

TOKYO, Japan - Hajime Toyokura, chairman of the professional baseball Central League, speaks to reporters at a hotel in Tokyo on Sept. 6 after a meeting of representatives of the 12 baseball clubs in Japan's two professional leagues. A merger plan by the Orix BlueWave and the Kintetsu Buffaloes, both in the Pacific League, was approved at the meeting. (Kyodo)

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Cuban baseball player Oscar Colas

Undated file photo shows Oscar Colas. The Cuban two-way player, who is seeking a path to the major leagues, has rejected the Japanese professional baseball team SoftBank Hawks' claims to his services citing an invalid contract, his agents said June 10, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo