Shohei Ohtani and his new team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, have donated more than $1 million to help victims of a recent earthquake in Japan.
On Thursday, the major baseball team announced that it would soon pay $1 million and that the star player would pay “his personal contribution.”
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Last Monday, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Japan, claiming dozens of lives. Around a hundred people are still missing in the rubble.
“I hope we continue to come together to support those whose lives have been turned upside down,” Ohtani said. I hope that the missing people will be rescued quickly and the disaster areas will be rebuilt.”
The 29-year-old Japanese joined the Dodgers as a free agent on December 9th. He signed a record 10-year, $700 million contract.