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TOKYO (AP) \u2014 Isao Harimoto, the baseball great who survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb<\/a> and still holds Japan’s hits record, has died. He was 86.<\/p>\n

The Golden Players Club, an organization for elite baseball players, said Harimoto died on Wednesday without specifying the cause of death.<\/p>\n

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