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All-time home run king Oh launches new organization for Japan sports

TOKYO, Japan, June 26 Kyodo - Japanese pro baseball home run king and SoftBank Hawks Chairman Sadaharu Oh holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, to announce the launch of Kyushinkai, a new organization aimed at boosting baseball's popularity. The organization will also support his "Beyond Oh Project," designed to produce global sports heroes from Japan, according to Oh, who will work with 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama. (Kyodo)

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All-time home run king Oh launches new organization for Japan sports

Japanese pro baseball home run king and SoftBank Hawks Chairman Sadaharu Oh holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, to announce the launch of Kyushinkai, a new organization aimed at boosting baseball's popularity. The organization will also support his "Beyond Oh Project," designed to produce global sports heroes from Japan, according to Oh.

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All-time home run king Oh launches new organization for Japan sports

Japanese pro baseball home run king and SoftBank Hawks Chairman Sadaharu Oh (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, to announce the launch of Kyushinkai, a new organization aimed at boosting baseball's popularity. The organization will also support his "Beyond Oh Project," designed to produce global sports heroes from Japan, according to Oh, who will work with 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama (L).

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All-time home run king Oh launches new organization for Japan sports

Japanese pro baseball home run king and SoftBank Hawks Chairman Sadaharu Oh (R) holds a press conference in Tokyo on June 26, 2025, to announce the launch of Kyushinkai, a new organization aimed at boosting baseball's popularity. The organization will also support his "Beyond Oh Project," designed to produce global sports heroes from Japan, according to Oh, who will work with 2023 World Baseball Classic manager Hideki Kuriyama (L).

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U.S. drone arrives at Misawa base for 1st deployment in Japan

MISAWA, Japan - A U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone arrives at the Misawa Air Base in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on May 24, 2014, for the first deployment of such an aircraft in the country. It is one of a pair of Guam-based Global Hawks to be deployed at Misawa from around May to October. The other is expected to arrive at the base on May 28.

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U.S. drone arrives at Misawa base for 1st deployment in Japan

MISAWA, Japan - A U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone arrives at the Misawa Air Base in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on May 24, 2014, for the first deployment of such an aircraft in the country. It is one of a pair of Guam-based Global Hawks to be deployed at Misawa from around May to October. The other is expected to arrive at the base on May 28.

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U.S. drone arrives at Misawa base for 1st deployment in Japan

MISAWA, Japan - A U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone is about to land at the Misawa Air Base in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on May 24, 2014, for the first deployment of such an aircraft in the country. It is one of a pair of Guam-based Global Hawks to be deployed at Misawa from around May to October. The other is expected to arrive at the base on May 28.

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U.S. drone arrives at Misawa base for 1st deployment in Japan

MISAWA, Japan - A U.S. Global Hawk surveillance drone is about to land at the Misawa Air Base in the northeastern Japanese prefecture of Aomori on May 24, 2014, for the first deployment of such an aircraft in the country. It is one of a pair of Guam-based Global Hawks to be deployed at Misawa from around May to October. The other is expected to arrive at the base on May 28.

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Global Hawk aircraft arrive at Misawa base

A U.S. Global Hawk remotely piloted surveillance aircraft is seen in this file photo. Global Hawks arrived at the Misawa Air Base in Aomori Prefecture, northeastern Japan, in early July 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo