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Ohtani Shohei is a famous baseball player from Japan. He was born on July 5, 1994, in Iwate. Ohtani is special because he is good at both pitching and hitting. This is rare in baseball. He first played in Japan for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. People noticed his great skills quickly.

In 2018, Ohtani started playing in the United States for the Los Angeles Angels. He became very popular there too. Ohtani can do things that very few players can, like Babe Ruth did a long time ago. He is not just a good player; he also inspires other people. He shows that you can do great things if you work hard.
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The 19th Asian Games have begun. They are being held in Hangzhou, China, this year, and they will go from September 23 to October 8. These games are held every 4 years, but because of COVID-19 they had to be moved from 2022 to 2023. The next games will be back on schedule again. They will be held here in Aichi Prefecture in 2026. There are 45 countries participating in the games now. That makes it the second biggest sports competition after the Olympics. It has many of the same sports as the Olympics, but you can watch some truly Asian sports such as dragon boat races, kabbadi, kurash (similar to judo), sepak takraw, and wushu (a martial art like kung fu). (By Professor Douglas Jarell)
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