Shohei Ohtani's fourth MVP award sparks celebrations in Japan Updated 10 mins ago It’s become an annual ritual: Shohei Ohtani wins a Most Valuable Player award and Japan celebrates with newspaper extra editions being handed out a major train station. The two-way Japanese star claimed his fourth career MVP award on Thursday night, and on Friday morning in Tokyo — the Japanese capital is 14 hours ahead of the American east coast — the extras hit the streets. Congratulatory messages came in immediately from the top of the government — and from down on the sidewalk.

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