Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Photo taken on June 3, 2025, in Tokyo's Akihabara district shows a digital news board reporting that Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day.

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