“Mr. Mizuhara changed his explanation” exchanges between US media reporters revealed.

American reporter who spoke to Ippei MizuhARA on the phone twice before and after he was fired, responded to an interview with NHK and revealed the exchange. The reporter for the interview was Tisha Thompson of the American sports channel ESPN. The next day, after Mr. Miz uhara was fired from the Dodgers, reporter Thompson interviewed him again by phone. He revealed that he had reversed his explanation from the previous day, saying that Otani did not know about the gambling debt.