Banners, lights as Japan hails MVP award for baseballer Ohtani

By Akira Tomoshige and Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) -From the prime minister to people in the street, Japan on Friday celebrated Shohei Ohtani winning one of U.S. baseball’s top awards with joy, banners and newspaper extras filled with pride at the achievement of one of their own. Ohtani, 27, with the Los Angeles Angels, won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for Major League Baseball’s American League, becoming only the second Japanese player after Ichiro Suzuki, then with the Seattle Mariners, did so in 2001. “I’m proud. He worked hard and showed Japanese presence,” said Minoru Tanaka, 68 a…

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