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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima (3) exchanges a few words with former Giants and New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui following their People's Honor Award ceremony at Tokyo Dome on May 5, 2013. Japanese baseball legend Nagashima died on June 3, 2025, aged 89.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) receives a gold-painted bat during a People's Honor Award ceremony at Tokyo Dome on May 5, 2013. Standing next to him is former Giants and New York Yankees player Hideki Matsui. 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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Sakai joins Stuttgart

STUTTGART, Germany - Japan Under-22 defender Gotoku Sakai (L) holds his new shirt during a press conference in Stuttgart, Germany, on Jan. 3, 2012, after joining German first-division team Stuttgart on loan from Albirex Niigata through June 2013.

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Hakodate city suit over MOX reactor

TOKYO, Japan - A June 2013 photo taken from a Kyodo News airplane shows the Oma nuclear power plant (bottom) under construction in Aomori Prefecture. At top is the city of Hakodate, Hokkaido, across the Tsugaru Strait. The city of Hakodate filed a lawsuit on April 3, 2014, against the Japanese state government and Electric Power Development Co. seeking suspension of the construction of a plutonium-uranium mixed oxide fuel reactor at the Oma plant due to safety concerns.

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Cubs' Fujikawa practices in bullpen

MESA, United States - The Chicago Cubs' Japanese pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa practices on March 3, 2014, during the MLB club's spring training in Mesa, Arizona, as pitching coach Chris Bosio looks on. It was Fujikawa's third pitching practice in the bullpen since having Tommy John surgery in June 2013.

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Handicapped people's art, music

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Photo shows members of the "otto&orabu" percussion group at the Shobu Gakuen rehabilitation facility for the mentally disabled during practice on June 3, 2013, in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture.

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Handicapped people's art, music

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - Shin Fukumori (far R), head of the Shobu Gakuen rehabilitation facility for the mentally disabled, leads a practice of the "otto&orabu" percussion group on June 3, 2013, in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture.

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NPB ball change revelation

TOKOROZAWA, Japan - Photo shows Nippon Professional Baseball's official balls being used from the 2013 season. The balls were used in a game between the Seibu Lions and the Yomiuri Giants on June 3, 2013. NPB admitted on June 11, 2013, that it had changed its official ball for the 2013 season.

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U.N. arms trade treaty

NEW YORK, United States - Mari Amano (L), Japan's ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament, signs a treaty on arms trade at the U.N. headquarters in New York on June 3, 2013. An overwhelming majority of member states backed the treaty, the first of its kind to regulate the global flow of conventional arms, at the General Assembly two months ago.

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IAEA chief Amano

VIENNA, Austria - Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, holds a press conference at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna on June 3, 2013.

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FAO chief in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization chief Jose Graziano da Silva (L) and Japanese farm minister Yoshimasa Hayashi head to their meeting at the farm ministry in Tokyo on June 3, 2013.

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Demonstrations in Turkey

ISTANBUL, Turkey - Demonstrators march in Istanbul on June 3, 2013. Antigovernment demonstrations have spread in Turkey after initial protests in Istanbul in late May over a local development project.

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IAEA meeting

VIENNA, Austria - International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano (L) attends an IAEA regular board of governors meeting in Vienna, Austria, on June 3, 2013.

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Mauritius Prime Minister Navinchandra Ramgoolam (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands before their meeting in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 3, 2013. They met on the sidelines of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Dioncounda Traore (R), Mali's interim president, is escorted by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe before their meeting in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 3, 2013. They met on the sidelines of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R in middle row) and Empress Michiko (R in middle row) and other members of the imperial family take part in a toast at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 3, 2013, with participants in the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito (2nd from R in middle row) and Empress Michiko (R in middle row) and other members of the imperial family take part in a toast at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 3, 2013, with participants in the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko meet at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on June 3, 2013, with participants in the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)

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Honda arrives in Japan with baby son

NARITA, Japan - CSKA Moscow midfielder Keisuke Honda walks holding his baby son in his arms at Narita airport, near Tokyo, on June 3, 2013, after arriving from Russia to take part in Japan's World Cup qualifier against Australia the following day.

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Nikkei down 3.7%

TOKYO, Japan - A signboard in Tokyo shows the Nikkei index falling over 3.7 percent to its lowest level in more than a month at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on June 3, 2013, amid caution over the possible scaling down of U.S. stimulus measures.

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands after a press conference following the closing of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 3, 2013.

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn speaks at the closing ceremony of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 3, 2013. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From L) Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairwoman of the African Union Commission, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attend a press conference after the closing of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 3, 2013.

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks after the Yokohama Declaration was adopted at the closing ceremony of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Yokohama on June 3, 2013. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - (From R) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma, chairwoman of the African Union Commission, attend a press conference after the closing of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 3, 2013.

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks after the Yokohama Declaration was adopted at the closing ceremony of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, in Yokohama on June 3, 2013. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the closing ceremony of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, where the Yokohama Declaration was adopted, in Yokohama on June 3, 2013. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - U.N. Development Program chief Helen Clark speaks before the closing of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Yokohama on June 3, 2013. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Photo shows the closing ceremony of the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development, where the Yokohama Declaration was adopted, in Yokohama on June 3, 2013. (Pool photo)

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New maglev train

KOFU, Japan - Photo taken in Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, on June 3, 2013, shows Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Tokai)'s L0 series magnetically levitated train cars designed for commercial runs, being demonstrated at a test line for the first time to the press.

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World Bank head Kim in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (R) shakes hands with Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso at the Finance Ministry in Tokyo on June 3, 2013, during his visit to Japan to participate in the fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development.

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'Super Cool Biz' campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Employees at the Environment Ministry work in casual wear in their office in Tokyo on June 3, 2013, the first day of this year's "Super Cool Biz" campaign to promote energy conservation in the workplace by having air conditioners set at 28 C and encouraging employees to dress more casually.

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New names of Nagasaki A-bomb victims

NAGASAKI, Japan - Masahiro Tanigawa (R), a "hibakusha" atomic bombing survivor and former employee of the Nagasaki city government, and Takako Morita, a second-generation hibakusha and calligraphy master, add the names of newly confirmed victims of the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing of Nagasaki on a list, an annual task conducted by the city, at Nagasaki city hall in Nagasaki Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on June 3, 2013.

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'Super Cool Biz' campaign

TOKYO, Japan - Employees at the Environment Ministry work in casual wear in their office in Tokyo on June 3, 2013, the first day of this year's "Super Cool Biz" campaign to promote energy conservation in the workplace by having air conditioners set at 28 C and encouraging employees to dress more casually.

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (back C) speaks at the outset of a meeting on the reform of the U.N. Security Council, also participated in by leaders from 10 African countries, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 3, 2013. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)

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African development conference in Japan

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks at the outset of a meeting on the reform of the U.N. Security Council, also participated in by leaders from 10 African countries, in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on June 3, 2013. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development. (Pool photo)