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[Breaking News]Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

OSAKA, Japan, Sept. 8 Kyodo - People are surrounded by police officers as they gather at Ebisu bridge in Osaka's Minami district after the Hanshin Tigers baseball club won the Central League pennant on Sept. 7, 2025. (Kyodo)

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[Breaking News]Bargain sales after Tigers' CL pennant win

AMAGASAKI, Japan, Sept. 8 Kyodo - A decorative paper ball is broken at a ceremony celebrating the Hanshin Tigers baseball club's Central League victory at a shopping arcade in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2025, kicking off bargain sales at local shops and restaurants. (Kyodo)

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Bargain sales after Tigers' CL pennant win

A decorative paper ball is broken at a ceremony celebrating the Hanshin Tigers baseball club's Central League victory at a shopping arcade in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Sept. 8, 2025, kicking off bargain sales at local shops and restaurants.

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Bargain sale after Tigers' CL pennant win

Hanshin Department Store holds a ceremony kicking off a bargain sale at its flagship outlet in Osaka's Umeda district on Sept. 8, 2025, a day after the Hanshin Tigers baseball club won the Central League pennant.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

People are surrounded by police officers as they gather at Ebisu bridge in Osaka's Minami district after the Hanshin Tigers baseball club won the Central League pennant on Sept. 7, 2025.

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US: Tesla Diner, Supercharger Station Opens in Hollywood 2

Elon Musk’s first Tesla diner, drive-in theater and Supercharger station has officially opened in Hollywood, California on Monday, July 21. Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robots greeted fans and handed out popcorn to customers.

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US: Tesla Diner, Supercharger Station Opens in Hollywood

Elon Musk’s first Tesla diner, drive-in theater and Supercharger station has officially opened in Hollywood, California on Monday, July 21. Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robots greeted fans and handed out popcorn to customers.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Yomiuri Giants third baseman Shigeo Nagashima hits a walk-off home run during a baseball game against the Hanshin Tigers in the presence of Emperor Showa at Tokyo's Korakuen Stadium on June 25, 1959. 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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UK: Major Fire Erupts at Recycling Warehouse in Rushden

A major fire broke out at a recycling warehouse in Rushden, Northamptonshire, on Friday, May 23. Nearby residents were advised to avoid the area and stay indoors with windows closed.

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Special train marking 90th anniv. of founding of Tigers

A special train featuring former and current Hanshin Tigers players is unveiled to the media at a Hanshin Electric Railway Co. station near Koshien Stadium, the Central League baseball club's home ballpark in the western Japan city of Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on March 5, 2025. The six-car train will operate until mid-December to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of the Tigers. ==Kyodo

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Hanshin Tigers players in green uniforms

YOMITAN, Japan - Shintaro Fujinami (L) and Tsuyoshi Nishioka of the Hanshin Tigers pose in green uniforms designed to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the opening of the professional baseball club's home ground, Hanshin Koshien Stadium, in Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, on Jan. 31, 2014, ahead of the start of their spring camp on Feb. 1.

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Tigers manager Wada arrives in Okinawa for training camp

NAHA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers manager Yutaka Wada (L) arrives at Naha Airport in Okinawa on Jan. 30, 2014, before the Feb. 1 start of the professional baseball club's spring training camp in Okinawa, the southernmost prefecture of Japan.

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Tigers ball club promotes business deals involving logo

OSAKA, Japan - A man from the Hanshin Tigers explains the idea of allowing interested firms to use the popular professional baseball team's logo and players' pictures for their products in a business meeting at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2014.

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Seal case maker interested in using Tigers' logo

OSAKA, Japan - President Rie Yoda (L) of seal case producer Sohmeisha Co. in Minobu, Yamanashi Prefecture, central Japan, has a private consultation on the possible business use of the Hanshin Tigers' logo at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Dec. 4, 2014, during a business event hosted by the professional baseball club.

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Softbank players fete win in PL Climax Series final

FUKUOKA, Japan - Nobuhiro Matsuda (2nd from L) and other players of the Softbank Hawks professional baseball club celebrate after beating the Nippon Ham Fighters 4-1 in Game 6 of the Pacific League Climax Series final stage at Yafuoku! Dome in Fukuoka, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 20, 2014, winning a spot in the Japan Series against the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League.

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Japan, French players call for return of baseball at Olympics

PARIS, France - Japanese and French players call for bringing baseball back at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games at the international baseball tournament "Yoshida Challenge," an event named after Yoshio Yoshida (C), a former manager of Japanese professional baseball club Hanshin Tigers and the French national team, in the outskirts of Paris on Sept. 4, 2014.

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Hanshin cheerleaders

OSAKA, Japan - Tigers Girls, the cheerleaders for the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball team, make their debut at a home game against the Chunichi Dragons at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on April 1, 2014. The Central League club has cheerleaders again for the first time in 36 years.

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Hanshin Tigers introduces 'Tigers Girls'

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Hanshin Tigers baseball club introduces the "Tigers Girls," the club's cheerleading team, at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on March 24, 2014. The team is scheduled to make its debut during the club's April 1 game to be held at the dome.

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Hanshin Tigers introduces 'Tigers Girls'

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Hanshin Tigers baseball club introduces the "Tigers Girls," the club's cheerleading team, at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on March 24, 2014. The team is scheduled to make its debut during the club's April 1 game to be held at the dome.

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Hanshin rookies get taste of Ryukyu Karate during spring camp

YOMITAN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers rookies Shoya Yamamoto (L) and Ryutaro Umeno (C back) experience a session of Ryukyu Karate on Feb. 6, 2014, their first day off during the professional baseball club's spring training camp in the village of Yomitan, Okinawa Prefecture.

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New Hanshin acquisition Oh

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - South Korean pitcher Oh Seung Hwan, a new acquisition by the Japanese baseball club Hanshin Tigers, is pictured upon his arrival Dec. 10, 2013, at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture. Oh, the all-time saves leader in South Korean pro baseball with 277, is to be introduced by Hanshin at a press conference on Dec. 13.

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New Hanshin acquisition Oh

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - South Korean pitcher Oh Seung Hwan, a new acquisition by the Japanese baseball club Hanshin Tigers, is pictured upon his arrival Dec. 10, 2013, at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture. Oh, the all-time saves leader in South Korean pro baseball with 277, is to be introduced by Hanshin at a press conference on Dec. 13.

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S. Korean pitcher signs with Hanshin

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean pitcher Oh Seung Hwan speaks at a news conference in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 4, 2013, after signing a contract to play for the Japanese baseball club Hanshin Tigers. Oh is the all-time saves leader in South Korean pro baseball with 277.

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Presents delivered to nuclear evacuees

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Hiroaki Saiuchi (R), an 18-year-old high school student in Date, Fukushima Prefecture, in northeastern Japan, delivers presents in Santa Clause costume to evacuees from the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant at temporary housing in Date on Dec. 2, 2011. Saiuchi is set to join the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball club as a pitcher.

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Hoshino parts with Hanshin

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers senior director Senichi Hoshino announces he is leaving the baseball club during a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on Oct. 19, 2010, to begin negotiating with the Rakuten Eagles to become their new manager.

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Hoshino parts with Hanshin

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers senior director Senichi Hoshino announces he is leaving the baseball club during a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on Oct. 19, 2010, to begin negotiating with the Rakuten Eagles to become their new manager.

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Fujikawa's salary stays the same at 400 million yen

GINOWAN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers closer Kyuji Fujikawa speaks to reporters in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 4, 2010, after re-signing with the Central League baseball club for an annual salary of 400 million yen.

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Tiger's Kanemoto takes salary cut

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto gives a press conference at the baseball club's office in Nishinomiya on Jan. 22, 2010. The 41-year-old remained one of the highest earners in Japanese baseball despite his salary being cut by 100 million yen to 450 million yen for the 2010 season.

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Tiger's Kanemoto takes salary cut

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto wraps up a press conference at the baseball club's office in Nishinomiya on Jan. 22, 2010. The 41-year-old remained one of the highest earners in Japanese baseball despite his salary being cut by 100 million yen to 450 million yen for the 2010 season.

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Jewelry firm to sell 30 mil. yen gold Hanshin Tigers calendar

OSAKA, Japan - A woman looks at a gold-based 2010 calendar with a logo of the Hanshin Tigers professional baseball club on Nov. 24, 2009, in Osaka, to be sold by Tanaka Kikinzoku K.K. The calendar commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Hanshin Tigers and the Year of the Tiger in 2010, according to the Japanese zodiac, uses some 6 kilograms of fine gold and will be sold for 30 million yen.

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Jojima signs 4-year deal with Hanshin

OSAKA, Japan - Former Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Jojima speaks at a news conference at a hotel in Osaka on Nov. 13, 2009 after signing a four-year, 2 billion yen contract with the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers.

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Jojima signs 4-year deal with Hanshin

OSAKA, Japan - Former Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Jojima (R) shakes hands with Akinobu Mayumi, manager of the Hanshin Tigers, during a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on Nov. 13, 2009. Jojima signed a four-year, 2 billion yen contract with the Central League baseball club.

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Jojima signs 4-year deal with Hanshin

OSAKA, Japan - Former Seattle Mariners catcher Kenji Jojima poses wearing a Hanshin Tigers's cap and shirt during a press conference at a hotel on Osaka on Nov. 13, 2009. Jojima signed a four-year, 2 billion yen contract with the Central League baseball club.

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Yakult beats Hanshin, clinches final playoff spot

TOKYO, Japan - Players of Central League baseball club Yakult Swallows celebrate after beating the Hanshin Tigers 3-1 at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2009, to earn the third and final spot for the Climax Series playoffs.

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Partially restored statue of Colonel Sanders unveiled

OSAKA, Japan - A partially restored statue of Colonel Sanders is unveiled to the media during a ritual at Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine in Osaka on June 25. The statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder, which had been tossed into a river in Osaka by exited Hanshin Tigers fans in 1985 after the Central League baseball club won the league title, was recovered from the bottom of a river in Osaka in March. The statue has been given a new protective coating.

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Recovered Colonel Sanders statue returned to KFC

OSAKA, Japan - Kentucky Fried Chicken Japan Ltd. President Masao Watanabe puts a pair of new glasses on a battered statue of KFC founder Colonel Sanders at the Osaka city government office on March 13. The statue was returned to the company for the first time since it was thrown into a river in the city 24 years ago by crazed fans of the baseball club Hanshin Tigers.

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Hanshin slugger Kanemoto re-signs for 550 mil. yen

KOSHIEN, Japan - Hanshin Tigers outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto smiles during a press conference in Nishinomiya, Kyoto Prefecture, on Dec. 25 after re-signing with the Central League baseball club for an unchanged salary of 550 million yen plus performance bonuses in 2009, the richest contract so far this off-season in Japanese baseball.

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Baseball: Free agent Arai agrees to join Hanshin

FUKUOKA, Japan - Slugger Takahiro Arai speaks to reporters in Fukuoka on Nov. 21 after he agreed to join the Hanshin Tigers in a second round of negotiations with the Central League club.

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Hanshin's Kanemoto re-signs for 550 million yen

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers slugger Tomoaki Kanemoto, 38, re-signed with the Central League club on Dec. 28 for a three-year deal with 550 million yen in annual salary, the highest for an active Japanese pro baseball club player in the coming season.

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Yankees win negotiating rights for Igawa: Tigers

OSAKA, Japan - Toshihiro Makita (L), president of the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers, and the team's left-hander Kei Igawa shake hands after a press conference at a hotel in Osaka on Nov. 29. The team announced that the New York Yankees have won the right to negotiate with Igawa for $26 million (3 billion yen).

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Hanshin accepts bid for Igawa

MIKI, Japan - Toshihiro Makita, president of the Hanshin Tigers, announces at a press conference in Miki, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 28 that the Central League club has accepted an offer from a major league team for the right to negotiate with left-hander Kei Igawa. The Major League Baseball commissioner's office notified the Osaka club of the amount of the highest bid. The successful bidder is scheduled to be revealed simultaneously in Japan and the United States on Nov. 29.

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Hanshin gives Igawa go-ahead to try out in majors

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers pitcher Kei Igawa smiles during a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 10 after the Central League baseball club gave him the green light to try for the major leagues through the so-called posting system.

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Hanshin gives Igawa go-ahead to try out in majors

OSAKA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers pitcher Kei Igawa (R) and Toshihiro Makita, president of the Central League baseball club, shake hands during a press conference in Osaka on Nov. 10 after the club gave Igawa the green light to try for the major leagues through the so-called posting system.

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Baseball players begin training for the 2006 season

GINOZA, Japan - Hanshin Tigers manager Akinobu Okada makes a pep-up speech at the start of his club's official training for the 2006 season in the Okinawa village of Ginoza on Feb. 1.

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CL MVP Kanemoto to earn 260 mil. yen plus bonuses in 2006

OSAKA, Japan - Central League MVP Tomoaki Kanemoto smiles after a press conference at offices of the Hanshin Tigers baseball club in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Dec. 6. The club agreed to pay Kanemoto an unchanged estimated 260 million yen in annual salary, plus performance-based incentives, for 2006.

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Lotte Marines wins Japan Series with four-game sweep

KOSHIEN, Japan - Lotte Marines manager Bobby Valentine is tossed into the air by players at Koshien Stadium after his team beat the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers 3-2 to win the best-of-seven Japan Series. The Pacific League baseball club won their first Japan Series title in 31 years.

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Hanshin Tigers owner resigns over scouting scandal

OSAKA, Japan - Shunjiro Kuma (L), owner of the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers, and club president Katsuyoshi Nozaki speak at a press conference in Osaka on Oct. 22 about their resignations over unethical scouting of amateur prospect Yasuhiro Ichiba.

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Kakefu named as candidate to manage Rakuten ball team

TOKYO, Japan - Former Hanshin Tigers star player Masayuki Kakefu (file photo) has been named as a candidate to be manager of Internet mall operator Rakuten Inc.'s proposed new baseball club, Rakuten officials said on Oct. 7.

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'Tiger' chosen as kanji character of yr

KYOTO, Japan - Seihan Mori, chief priest of Kiyomizudera Temple in Kyoto, paints the Chinese character, or kanji, for ''tiger,'' at the temple on Dec. 12. The character was chosen as the kanji symbol of the year in an annual poll conducted by a Kyoto-based association. It was chosen because the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers has bolstered public sentiment by winning the league pennant for the first time in 18 years.

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Irabu to stay with Hanshin Tigers next season

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Free-agent right-hander Hideki Irabu (L) speaks to reporters about his decision to remain with the Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers at the team's office in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, on Nov. 27. Irabu landed a basic two-year contract worth 700 million yen with the club. At right is Katsuyoshi Nozaki, the team's president.