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New York Yankees starting pitcher Masahiro Tanaka revealed Thursday on Twitter that he returned to his native Japan from the United States late last month amid the coronavirus pandemic.
NJ.com's Brendan Kuty published a translated version of Tanaka's tweets:
"By entering Japan from the United States, where the infection of the new coronavirus is expanding, even though we currently have no symptoms, would you still infect someone without knowing it? Wouldn't my family get infected? There were various thoughts.
"However, after spring training was discontinued, there was a situation where I was in danger besides the coronavirus infection while staying in Florida.