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Shohei Ohtani, a Major League Baseball player who contributed greatly to the WBC world championship, visited Nagoya City for Samurai Japan's send-off game and signed a stump to be used in the wooden restoration of Nagoya Castle's keep, which will be open to the public from April 14th. The wooden restoration of Nagoya Castle's keep is significantly behind schedule. On March 22nd, the city submitted part of the "basic maintenance plan" for the "wooden restoration of Nagoya Castle's keep" to the expert committee. The plan is scheduled to be finalized in March and submitted to the Agency for Cultural Affairs early in fiscal year 2023. After that, it will take about two and a half years for the expert committee at the Agency for Cultural Affairs and about six and a half years for the construction of the wooden keep, and the earliest completion is expected to be fiscal year 2032. #NewsONE Broadcast on March 22nd, 2023