A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting that Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani won his third Most Valuable Player award, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A person reads an extra edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting that Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani won his third Most Valuable Player award, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper reporting that Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani won his third Most Valuable Player award, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Sports Hochi newspaper reporting that Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani won his third Most Valuable Player award, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A staff member distributes an extra edition of the Sports Hochi newspaper reporting that Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani won his third Most Valuable Player award, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
A huge screen in Osaka, western Japan shows a news report on Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani winning his third Most Valuable Player award, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)
TOKYO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is going to save the newspaper industry in Japan — singlehandedly.
The Japanese and Los Angeles Dodgers superstar won his third Most Valuable Player award, this time picking up his first MVP in the ºÃÉ«tv League. He'd already won two in the American League — in 2021 and 2023 — playing with the Los Angeles Angels.
The award triggered Japanese newspapers to print special editions, given out on Friday morning in central Tokyo. Japan is 14 hours ahead of New York and the east coast of the United States.
“Every year Ohtani has set records that probably no one else can break,†Yoshio Inoue, a student, said while getting his copy.
This comes less than a month after won the World Series, which also prompted the special editions that are fought over as collectors' items.
Several newspapers offered their own renditions, but every one highlighted “MVP†in large letters and an image of Ohtani in Dodgers blue. in rural northern Japan where is deeply revered.
“I was reading the newspaper thinking he's amazing,†said Yuko Shimamoto. "I'm very happy to have him representing Japan in MLB."
Called “gogai†in Japanese, the single-page editions are a tradition in Japan to mark special events, and are also used to drive newspaper sales. Newspaper readership is sagging in Japan, but stronger than in many other countries.
Ohtani received all 30 first-place votes and 420 points. New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor was second with 263 points and Arizona second baseman Ketel Marte third with 229.
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