Japan's Shosei Togo pitches during the final match between Japan and Taiwan during the WBSC Premier12 2024 baseball tournament in Tokyo Dome on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Japan's Shosei Togo pitches during the final match between Japan and Taiwan during the WBSC Premier12 2024 baseball tournament in Tokyo Dome on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Taiwanese national flags are seen on the cap of a supporter during the final match between Japan and Taiwan during the WBSC Premier12 2024 baseball tournament in Tokyo Dome on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

A Taiwan team supporter holds a Taiwanese national flag during the final match between Japan and Taiwan during the WBSC Premier12 2024 baseball tournament in Tokyo Dome on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Taiwanese supporters react during the final match between Japan and Taiwan during the WBSC Premier12 2024 baseball tournament in Tokyo Dome on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Japan's Shosei Togo pitches during the final match between Japan and Taiwan during the WBSC Premier12 2024 baseball tournament in Tokyo Dome on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Taiwanese national flags are seen on the cap of a supporter during the final match between Japan and Taiwan during the WBSC Premier12 2024 baseball tournament in Tokyo Dome on November 24, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

A person receives an extra edition newspaper reporting that US Major League Baseball Los Angeles Dodgers star Japanese player, Shohei Ohtani, has been selected in the US as this season's Most Valuable Player (MVP), along a street in central Tokyo on November 22, 2024. Ohtani was named Major League Baseball's National League Most Valuable Player on November 21 US time after a historic 2024 season that ended with his first World Series title. (Photo by JIJI Press / AFP) / Japan OUT (Photo by STR/JIJI Press/AFP via Getty Images)