Yomiuri Shimbun owner Shoriki dies

Yomiuri Shimbun owner Shoriki dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken on December 1992 shows Toru Shoriki, owner of the Yomiuri Shimbun group, who died of blood poisoning on Aug. 15, 2011, at a hospital in Tokyo. He was 92. Shoriki was also honorary owner of the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001161757
  • Registered date
  • 2011/8/15 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2011 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 567 × 898 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 157.82(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Baseball: BayStars book Japan Series spot

    Baseball: BayStars book Japan Series spot

    DeNA BayStars players pose for a photo after booking their Japan Series berth with a 3-2 win over the Yomiuri Giants in Game 6 of the Central League Climax Series final stage at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on Oct. 21, 2024.
      Rugby: Japan's World Cup squad

      Rugby: Japan's World Cup squad

      An initial 30-man party named to Japan's Rugby World Cup squad by coach Jamie Joseph (L, front row) gather for a group photo in Tokyo on Aug. 15, 2023, at a send-off event shortly after the squad announcement. Joseph will add three more players before the Aug. 21 deadline.
        Baseball in Japan

        Baseball in Japan

        Gregory Polanco of the Yomiuri Giants hits a two-run homer in the seventh inning of a Central League baseball game against the Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Aug. 5, 2022, his second home run of the night.
          Tokyo Olympic torch relay

          Tokyo Olympic torch relay

          Yoshinobu Takahashi, the former manager of the Yomiuri Giants baseball club, poses for a photo in Chiba, eastern Japan, on July 2, 2021, during an alternative event for the Tokyo Olympic torch relay, which was taken off public roads due to the coronavirus pandemic.
            Baseball: Yomiuri Giants pep rally

            Baseball: Yomiuri Giants pep rally

            Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) and Tsuneo Watanabe, editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, attend a pep rally for the baseball club in Tokyo on March 22, 2021, four days before the start of the season. (Pool photo)
              Baseball: Yomiuri Giants pep rally

              Baseball: Yomiuri Giants pep rally

              Tsuneo Watanabe, editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, speaks in Tokyo on March 22, 2021, during a pep rally for the Yomiuri Giants baseball club four days before the start of the season. (Pool photo)
                Baseball: Masahiro Tanaka in 2013

                Baseball: Masahiro Tanaka in 2013

                File photo taken in November 2013 shows Rakuten Eagles pitcher Masahiro Tanaka reacting after retiring a batter in a Japan Series game against the Yomiuri Giants in Sendai, Japan. Tanaka and the Eagles have agreed to a two-year contract from 2021 after the New York Yankees decided not to re-sign him.
                  Baseball: Kuwata to rejoin Giants as pitching coach

                  Baseball: Kuwata to rejoin Giants as pitching coach

                  Former Yomiuri Giants pitcher Masumi Kuwata, seen in this file photo, is set to return to the Tokyo-based baseball club as pitching coach for the 2021 season.
                    Rugby: Ex-Japan star Ayumu Goromaru to retire

                    Rugby: Ex-Japan star Ayumu Goromaru to retire

                    TOKYO, Japan, Dec. 9 Kyodo - File photo taken in September 2015 shows Ayumu Goromaru preparing to kick a penalty in Japan's 34-32 victory over South Africa in a Rugby World Cup pool match in Brighton, England. Goromaru has decided to retire after the Japan Rugby Top League season beginning in January 2021, according to his club Yamaha Jubilo.
                      Fate of Tokyo Olympics during coronavirus crisis

                      Fate of Tokyo Olympics during coronavirus crisis

                      TOKYO, Japan, March 21 Kyodo - File photo taken in January 2020 shows Tokyo's new National Stadium. Norway's Olympic committee said on March 20 that it has asked the International Olympic Committee not to hold the Summer Olympics in Tokyo until the new coronavirus pandemic is under control.