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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Yomiuri Giants player Shigeo Nagashima is surrounded by fans after being named MVP of the Japan Series against the Hankyu Braves at Nishinomiya Stadium in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Nov. 2, 1969. Nagashima, who was a key player on the Giants team that won nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973 and later managed the club, died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Exterior, logo, and signage of the Osaka Shin Hankyu Hotel

Exterior view, logo, and signage of the Osaka Shin Hankyu Hotel, scheduled to close on January 4, 2025.=November 5,2024,Osaka

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Exterior, logo, and signage of the Osaka Shin Hankyu Hotel

Exterior view, logo, and signage of the Osaka Shin Hankyu Hotel, scheduled to close on January 4, 2025.=November 5,2024,Osaka

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Exterior, logo, and signage of the Osaka Shin Hankyu Hotel

Exterior view, logo, and signage of the Osaka Shin Hankyu Hotel, scheduled to close on January 4, 2025.=November 5,2024,Osaka

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Exterior, logo, and signage of the Osaka Shin Hankyu Hotel

Exterior view, logo, and signage of the Osaka Shin Hankyu Hotel, scheduled to close on January 4, 2025.=November 5,2024,Osaka

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3D medium “dip vision” (Umeda BS 3D Vision)

“dip Vision” (Umeda BS 3D Vision), one of the largest 3D media in Kansai, is located near Hankyu Osaka Umeda Station.=November 5,2024,Osaka

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3D medium “dip vision” (Umeda BS 3D Vision)

“dip Vision” (Umeda BS 3D Vision), one of the largest 3D media in Kansai, is located near Hankyu Osaka Umeda Station.=November 5,2024,Osaka

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Theater company Takarazuka apologizes to family over actress death

TOYONAKA, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - Yasuo Shimada (C), president of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., the parent company of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue, bows in apology during a press conference in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on March 28, 2024, after the railway operator apologized to the family of an actress who died in September 2023 after being harassed by senior actresses and revue officials. (Kyodo)

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Theater company Takarazuka apologizes to family over actress death

Yasuo Shimada (L), president of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., the parent company of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue, is pictured after attending a press conference in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on March 28, 2024. Earlier in the day, the railway operator apologized to the family of an actress who died in September 2023 after being harassed by senior actresses and revue officials.

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Theater company Takarazuka apologizes to family over actress death

Yasuo Shimada, president of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., the parent company of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue, attends a press conference in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on March 28, 2024, after the railway operator apologized to the family of an actress who died in September 2023 after being harassed by senior actresses and revue officials.

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Theater company Takarazuka apologizes to family over actress death

Yasuo Shimada (C), president of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., the parent company of Japan's all-female musical theater company Takarazuka Revue, bows in apology during a press conference in Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, on March 28, 2024, after the railway operator apologized to the family of an actress who died in September 2023 after being harassed by senior actresses and revue officials.

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Baseball: Hideo Nomo

Kintetsu Buffaloes pitcher Hideo Nomo throws against the Orix Braves during a baseball game at Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on April 29, 1990. Nomo tied a Nippon Professional Baseball single-game record of 17 strikeouts.

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Baseball: Former Hankyu Braves star Spencer dies at 88

TOKYO, Japan, Jan. 4 Kyodo - Daryl Spencer of the Hankyu Braves practices hitting in Nishinomiya, western Japan, in October 1967. Spencer, a key member of the Braves' Pacific League dynasty of the 1960s and early 1970s, died on Jan. 2, 2017, aged 88.

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1-day Hankyu Tourist Pass for SE Asian tourists

OSAKA, Japan - Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. said on Nov. 11, 2014, it will sell the one-day Hankyu Tourist Pass, good for all Hankyu lines and seen in this undated photo, in Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia and Singapore.

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New Uniqlo flagship store opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Customers fill the second Osaka flagship store of Japanese casual clothing chain Uniqlo on Oct. 31, 2014, as the new store in front of Hankyu Umeda Station officially opens.

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New Uniqlo flagship store opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Customers queue in the second Osaka flagship store of Japanese casual clothing chain Uniqlo on Oct. 31, 2014, as the new store in front of Hankyu Umeda Station officially opens.

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New Uniqlo flagship store opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Customers enter the second Osaka flagship store of Japanese casual clothing chain Uniqlo on Oct. 31, 2014, as the new store in front of Hankyu Umeda Station officially opens.

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New Uniqlo flagship store opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Customers fill the second Osaka flagship store of Japanese casual clothing chain Uniqlo on Oct. 31, 2014, as the new store in front of Hankyu Umeda Station officially opens.

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New Uniqlo flagship store opens in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Customers queue outside the second Osaka flagship store of Japanese casual clothing chain Uniqlo on Oct. 31, 2014, the day of the official opening of the new store in front of Hankyu Umeda Station.

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Retailers launch blitz to sell New Year's dishes

OSAKA, Japan - Samples of "osechi" traditional New Year's dishes are shown at Hankyu Department Store's Umeda Main Store in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 24, 2014, at the start of a campaign to accept orders from consumers.

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Shiseido chief speaks to customer at Osaka dept. store

OSAKA, Japan - Shiseido Co. President Masahiko Uotani (L) speaks to a customer in the cosmetics maker's product section at the Umeda flagship store of Hankyu Department Store in Osaka, western Japan, on July 30, 2014.

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Sake brewer Nihonsakari opens shop at station in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - "Namazake," or unpasteurized Japanese sake, is bottled on the spot at a Nihonsakari Co. shop at the Hankyu Railway's Juso Station in Osaka, western Japan, on March 4, 2014. The shop is open for a limited period through April 3.

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H2O Retailing's new president

OSAKA, Japan - Atsushi Suzuki, an executive of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc., holds a press conference in Osaka on Feb. 25, 2014, after H2O Retailing Corp., the operator of the department store chain, decided to appoint Suzuki as its next president on April 1, replacing Jun Wakabayashi.

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Curry with regional tastes on sales in Osaka

OSAKA, Japan - Packages of retort-pouch curry featuring tastes from various parts of Japan are seen on shelves at a shop on the premises of the Hankyu Umeda train station in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 20, 2014. The shop, "Umeda Curry Collection 2nd" with an eat-in counter, is open for a limited period through March 23.

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Osaka station store features variety of pouch curries

OSAKA, Japan - Visitors take a look at a selection of hundreds of ready-made, boil-in-the-bag curries from around Japan at a store on the premises of the Hankyu Umeda train station in Osaka, western Japan, on Feb. 20, 2014. The store, which also includes an eat-in counter with 12 seats, will open through March 23.

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Osaka fair features "ekiben" boxed meals from across Japan

OSAKA, Japan - Shoppers crowd a food exhibition featuring "ekiben" boxed meals from train stations across Japan at Hankyu Department Store's Umeda flagship outlet in Osaka on Jan. 22, 2014.

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Hankyu Hanshin Hotels chief to resign

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshi Desaki, president of Hankyu Hanshin Hotels Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 28, 2013. Desaki said he will step down to take responsibility for false menu descriptions at its hotels and restaurants.

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Hankyu Hanshin Hotels chief to resign

OSAKA, Japan - Hiroshi Desaki, president of Hankyu Hanshin Hotels Co., holds a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 28, 2013. Desaki said he will step down to take responsibility for false menu descriptions at its hotels and restaurants.

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Hello Kitty Cafe

OSAKA, Japan - Hello Kitty Cafe opens on Sept. 25, 2013, inside Hankyu department store in Osaka's Umeda district. The cafe, with decor and menu items featuring the popular feline character, will open until Oct. 8.

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Fashion doll Blythe

OSAKA, Japan - Some 100 Blythe fashion dolls are displayed for a charity auction at the Hankyu department store chain's Umeda flagship shop in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2012.

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Fashion doll Blythe

OSAKA, Japan - Some 100 Blythe fashion dolls are displayed for a charity auction at the Hankyu department store chain's Umeda flagship shop in Osaka on Dec. 5, 2012.

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Hankyu department store opens Osaka outlet

OSAKA, Japan - Customers enter Hankyu department store's refurbished Umeda flagship branch in central Osaka, which opened all the shop spaces on Nov. 21, 2012, following its partial opening in late October.

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Hankyu department store opens Osaka outlet

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Hankyu department store's refurbished Umeda flagship branch in central Osaka, which opened all the shop spaces on Nov. 21, 2012, following its partial opening in late October.

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Hankyu department store opens Osaka outlet

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Hankyu department store's refurbished Umeda flagship branch in central Osaka, which opened all the shop spaces on Nov. 21, 2012, following its partial opening in late October.

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Noda dissolves lower house

OSAKA, Japan - Passengers at Hankyu Umeda Station in Osaka glance at television news on Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's dissolution of the House of Representatives on Nov. 16, 2012.

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Hankyu's Umeda flagship branch

OSAKA, Japan - The exterior of Hankyu's flagship department store in Umeda, central Osaka, which opened about 80 percent of its retail space on Oct. 25, 2012, ahead of a full post-renovation reopening set for Nov. 21.

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Hankyu's Umeda flagship branch

OSAKA, Japan - Many customers enter as Hankyu department store opened about 80 percent of the retail space in its Umeda flagship branch in central Osaka on Oct. 25, 2012, ahead of a full post-renovation reopening set for Nov. 21.

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Hankyu's Umeda flagship branch

OSAKA, Japan - Many customers enter as Hankyu department store opened about 80 percent of the retail space in its Umeda flagship branch in central Osaka on Oct. 25, 2012, ahead of a full post-renovation reopening set for Nov. 21.

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Japan's power-saving period begins

OSAKA, Japan - Operation of an escalator is suspended at Osaka's Hankyu Umeda Station on July 2, 2012, as part of power-saving efforts. A government-requested power-saving period began in Japan the same day to cope with power supply constraints caused by the prolonged halt of nuclear reactors following the March 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster.

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Ex-Kintetsu manager Nishimoto dies at 91

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in March 2005 shows Yukio Nishimoto, former Hankyu Braves and Kintetsu Buffaloes manager, during an interview at his home in Takarazuka, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. Nishimoto, who was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988, died of heart failure on Nov. 25, 2011.

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Noda elected as new Japanese premier

OSAKA, Japan - Commuters walk past a large screen showing television news about the election of Democratic Party of Japan President Yoshihiko Noda as the next prime minister of Japan at Osaka's Hankyu Umeda station on the evening of Aug. 30, 2011.

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes).

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes).

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes).

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Ichiro cracks leadoff homer

CLEVELAND, United States - Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners hits a homer over the right-field fence as leadoff batter in the first inning of a game against the Cleveland Indians at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 22, 2011. It was Suzuki's 43rd leadoff homer in the first inning in his combined career in Japan and the United States, tying the record for such homers by Japanese professional baseball players set by Yutaka Fukumoto of the Hankyu Braves (now Orix Buffaloes).

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JR Hakata City

FUKUOKA, Japan - Consumers enter Hakata Hankyu department store inside JR Hakata City building on its opening day on March 3, 2011, in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan. Shoppers waited in line from the previous day to enter the new building, which is one of Japan's largest station-commercial buildings.

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Spring sumo tournament on verge of cancellation

OSAKA, Japan - People look at a TV screen reporting on the possible cancellation of the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in March at Hankyu Railway's Umeda Station in Osaka on Feb. 5, 2011. The Japan Sumo Association has reportedly decided to cancel the upcoming tournament in the city due to a match-fixing scandal.

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Takashimaya, H2O Retailing cancel merger plan

TOKYO, Japan - Combination photo shows Koji Suzuki (L), president of Takashimaya Co., and Shunichi Sugioka, chairman of H2O Retailing Corp., speaking at press conferences in Tokyo and Osaka, respectively, on March 25, 2010. The operators of the Takashimaya and Hankyu Hanshin department store chains announced they have cancelled their plan to merge.

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Hankyu Hanshin Department Store's central Kyoto outlet to close

OSAKA, Japan - Aerial photo shows the Shijo Kawaramachi Hankyu department store of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc. in Kyoto. The company announced it will close down the store in central Kyoto, which opened in 1976, around this fall.

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Hankyu Hanshin Department Store's central Kyoto outlet to close

KYOTO, Japan - Nobuaki Nitta, president of Hankyu Hanshin Department Stores Inc., speaks about a plan to close the company's major outlet in central Kyoto's Shijo Kawaramachi area at a news conference in Kyoto on Jan. 28, 2010. The Shijo Kawaramachi Hankyu store, which opened in 1976, will be closed down around this fall.