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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima poses with an autographed paper at a hotel in Tokyo on March 21, 2014. 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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Pope Francis Dies Aged 88

File photo - Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip met Pope Francis for the first time during a private audience in a room next to the Paul VI auditorium in the Vatican on April 3, 2014. - Pope Francis will celebrate his 10th anniversary of pontificate on March 13. -- Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta. Photo by Eric Vandeville/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Turning snow into "gold": former forest worker's new role

STORY: Turning snow into "gold": former forest worker's new role SHOOTING TIME: March 13, 2024 DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: HARBIN, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Weixing Forest Farm 2. various of the Da Pan inn 3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU XIUYING, Owner of Da Pan Inn, Weixing Forest Farm 4. various of Hu Xiuying cleaning the inn STORYLINE: This year marks the 10th anniversary of a logging ban in forests of the Khingan Mountains, home to northern China's largest natural forest barrier. Following the ban, many state-owned forest workers transitioned from logging to alternative livelihoods. In Heilongjiang Province, Weixing Forest Farm, dubbed "Snow Village" by locals, opened to tourists in 2014. Thanks to the thriving forest environment, Hu Xiuying has witnessed real changes in her life after running a bed-and-breakfast (B&B) business here. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): HU XIUYING, Owner of Da Pan Inn, Weixing Forest Farm "My name is Hu Xiuying, and I run a

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Families of MH370 victims mark 10 years since flight disappearance

STORY: Families of MH370 victims mark 10 years since flight disappearance SHOOTING TIME: March 3, 2024 DATELINE: March 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:09 LOCATION: Kuala Lumpur CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTHONY LOKE SIEW FOOK, Malaysia's Transport Minister 3. various of the event STORYLINE: Family members of those aboard Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 marked the tenth year since the disappearance of the aircraft in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday. With speeches, presentations and poems, the next-of-kin marked the milestone, with Transport Minister Anthony Loke Siew Fook being in attendance. SOUNDBITE (English): ANTHONY LOKE SIEW FOOK, Malaysia's Transport Minister "As the minister and representing the Malaysian government to be here today, it is not just to express our solidarity, but it is a commitment and promise that the search will go on." The disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 was a tragic incident that occurred on March 8, 2014, when the Boeing 777,

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

Students from rural schools take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

Students from rural schools take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

Students from rural schools take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

Students from rural schools take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

People take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

Students from rural schools take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

Students from rural schools take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

Students from rural schools take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

Students from rural schools take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

People take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

People take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

People take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Rally For 43 Disappeared Students - Mexico City

People take part during the a March for the disappearance of 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school, on September 2014 in Iguala, in the state of Guerrero, demonstration held to mark 113th month since their disappearance. Mexico City, Mexico, March 3, 2024. Photo by Luis Barron/Eyepix Group/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHILE-SANTIAGO-EX-PRESIDENT-FUNERAL

(240208) -- SANTIAGO, Feb. 8, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This file photo taken on March 3, 2020 shows former Chilean President Sebastian Pinera attending a news conference in Santiago, Chile. Sebastian Pinera, who was Chile's president in 2010-2014 and 2018-2022, died on Tuesday when his private helicopter crashed on the shores of Lake Ranco, in southern Chile, according to his office. (Photo by Jorge Villegas/Xinhua)

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President Xi Jinping 3-Day-State-Visit - Lyon

China's President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan flanked by French Foreign Affairs minister Laurent Fabius and Mayor of Lyon Gerard Collomb pay a visit to the Lyon city hall as part of a a 3-day-state-visit in France, on March 25, 2014. Photo by Vincent Dargent/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan's current account surplus plunges in FY 2022

STORY: Japan's current account surplus plunges in FY 2022 DATELINE: May 12, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Tokyo CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views in Tokyo 2. various of ports 3. various of street views in Tokyo STORYLINE: Japan's current account surplus in fiscal year 2022 dived 54 percent from the previous period, owing to a record trade deficit due to price surges in imports and a weaker yen, official data showed on Thursday. According to the finance ministry's preliminary report, the current account surplus in the fiscal period from April 2022 to March 2023 stood at 9.23 trillion yen (68.85 billion U.S. dollars), hitting the lowest level since fiscal 2014. Imports were up 35 percent to 117.68 trillion yen while exports rose 16.3 percent to 99.62 trillion yen, the data showed. The deficit in goods trade widened to 18.06 trillion for the fiscal year, which is regarded by market watchers as the main reason for the country's bleaker balance of payments. As the deficit

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Palestinian blacksmith turns tear gas canisters into artworks

STORY: Palestinian blacksmith turns tear gas canisters into artworks DATELINE: March 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:07:22 LOCATION: RAMALLAH, Palestine CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Akram al-Wa'ra collecting tear gas canisters 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): AKRAM AL-WA'RA, Palestinian blacksmith 3. various of the workshop 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AKRAM AL-WA'RA, Palestinian blacksmith 5. various of the workshop 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): AKRAM AL-WA'RA, Palestinian blacksmith 7. various of the workshop STORYLINE: Amid the seemingly endless clashes between Israeli soldiers and Palestinians in the West Bank, the tear gas canisters tossed by Israelis were transformed into artworks by a 56-year-old Palestinian blacksmith. Akram al-Wa'ra, from the Aida refugee camp in the West Bank, came up with the idea in 2014 when Israel and Gaza were engaged in a 51-day fierce war, during which the Israeli forces fired hundreds of canisters at locals. "Back then, I was forced to close my workshop, my only source of income,

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Shops in Sochi with barrier-free access

TOKYO, Japan - A number of shops in the main part of Sochi, Russia, are equipped with slopes at the entrance to improve accessibility for those with disabilities or other special needs, as seen on Feb. 3, 2014. The Winter Olympic Games will open Feb. 7, 2014, in the Black Sea resort city, to be followed by the Paralympics in March.

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Athletes featured as Japan's hina doll

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken on Dec. 9, 2014, at a Tokyo hotel shows unique "hina dolls," to be usually displayed on the March 3 Doll Festival, featuring Olympic and world figure skating champion Yuzuru Hanyu (L) and tennis player Kei Nishikori.

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Kanazawa's travel map illustrates castle town attractions

KANAZAWA, Japan - A woman holds a map of Kanazawa which was created based on a map from the late Edo period in the central Japanese city in Ishikawa Prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014. Kanazawa is expecting more visitors due to bullet train service on the Hokuriku Shinkansen Line starting in March 2015 (Nagano-Kanazawa) to link Tokyo with Kanazawa.

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Kindergarten OKs 60 mil. yen in damages over tsunami deaths

SENDAI, Japan - The relatives of four kindergarteners who died in a pickup bus that was swamped by high waves in Ishinomaki, Miyagi Prefecture, in March 2011, attend a press conference in Sendai in the prefecture on Dec. 3, 2014, holding the photos of the children, after a settlement at the Sendai High Court. The privately run Hiyori kindergarten admitted it did not take sufficient measures to deal with a tsunami, agreeing to pay 60 million yen in damages and offer an apology over their deaths.

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Planned restart of nuclear power plant in Kagoshima

SATSUMASENDAI, Japan - Photo shows Kyushu Electric Power Co.'s nuclear power plant in the city of Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture, on Nov. 3, 2014. The same day, Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoichi Miyazawa visited the complex, which is expected to be the first nuclear plant to be brought back online under new safety regulations adopted after the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster.

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Work to shield groundwater flow at Fukushima nuke plant

SENDAI, Japan - The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's Nos. 1 to 4 reactor buildings (from foreground) are seen (L) from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 3, 2013. The other photo, taken on Sept. 5, 2014, shows work is under way to build underground ice walls around the basements of the buildings to prevent groundwater from seeping into them and becoming contaminated with radioactive substances.

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Coastal breakwater rebuilding in progress in north Japan

SENDAI, Japan - The severed coastal breakwater (L) in the town of Yamamoto, Miyagi Prefecture, is seen from a Kyodo News helicopter on March 19, 2011, eight days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the northeastern Japan region. Rebuilding of the breakwater in the same area (R) is in progress on Sept. 3, 2014.

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Brick-red train to mark centenary of Tokyo Station

TOKYO, Japan - East Japan Railway Co. announces on Sept. 3, 2014, in Tokyo that it will decorate one of its 11-coach trains running on Tokyo's Yamanote Line with a brick-red design, like this artist's image, between October and next March as part of an event to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Tokyo Station on Dec. 20.

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Man shows photos of B-29s crashed in 1945

SENDAI, Japan - Hiroshi Kawamata speaks in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, on Aug. 3, 2014, about his experience with showing pictures of U.S. B-29 bombers taken four months after they crashed on the ridge of Mt. Fubo in Shiraishi, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 10, 1945, the day of the so-called Great Tokyo Air Raids. Residents in the city are planning to hold a memorial service for 34 crew members killed in the three B-29 crashes, in 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the Pacific War.

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Pianist Yamashita, students perform at reconstruction concert

SENDAI, Japan - Popular jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita plays with junior and senior high school students from areas hit by the March 2011 disaster during an event in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on Aug. 3, 2014. Some 420 students participated in the event aimed at promoting reconstruction.

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Pianist Yamashita, students perform at reconstruction concert

SENDAI, Japan - Popular jazz pianist Yosuke Yamashita plays with junior and senior high school students from areas hit by the March 2011 disaster during an event in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on Aug. 3, 2014. Some 420 students participated in the event aimed at promoting reconstruction.

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Hyogo assembly member cries during press conference

KOBE, Japan - Ryutaro Nonomura, a member of the Hyogo prefectural assembly, cries during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on July 1, 2014. Nonomura admitted to spending around 3 million yen without any receipts for 195 one-day business trips in fiscal 2013 through March.

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Hyogo assembly member cries during press conference

KOBE, Japan - Ryutaro Nonomura, a member of the Hyogo prefectural assembly, cries during a press conference in Kobe, western Japan, on July 1, 2014. Nonomura admitted to spending around 3 million yen without any receipts for 195 one-day business trips in fiscal 2013 through March.

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China gains from isle spats, Abe's history view harms alliance: Berger

NEW YORK, United States - Photo taken on March 3, 2014, in Boston shows Thomas Berger, associate professor at Boston University. He revealed his views during an interview about Japan's relations with China and other countries.

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Photographer reveals reality on Fukushima farm

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 14, 2014 shows Tadao Mitome, a photographer who published a photo book titled "3/11 Fukushima: Hibaku no Bokujo (Stock Farm Exposed to Radiation)," documenting a farm in Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, and dying horses there.

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Constitution Day in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - People in favor of protecting Japan's current Constitution march through a street in Tokyo's Ginza district on May 3, 2014, Constitution Day, a national holiday to commemorate the enforcement of the supreme law 67 years ago. Various events hosted by people in favor of protecting or revising the Constitution were held in the capital.

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Planned site for casino resort in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea - Land on the island of Yeongjongdo, South Korea, where the South Korean government plans to build a casino resort is pictured on April 3, 2014. In March, the government decided to allow foreign companies to take part in the project to set up the resort on the island where Incheon airport is also located.

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'Hina' dolls released to river in Tottori, western Japan

TOTTORI, Japan - Kimono-clad girls release "hina" dolls made of paper into the Sendai River during a traditional event in Tottori, western Japan, to pray for their good health on April 2, 2014. The day fell on March 3 on the old calendar, or Girls' Day.

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Milan's Honda in action against Chievo Verona

MILAN, Italy - Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda (L) of AC Milan dribbles during a Serie A match against Chievo Verona in Milan, Italy, on March 29, 2014. Milan won 3-0.

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Milan's Honda in action against Chievo Verona

MILAN, Italy - Japanese footballer Keisuke Honda (R) of AC Milan fires over Chievo Verona goalkeeper Michael Agazzi in a Serie A game against in Milan on March 29, 2014. Milan won 3-0.

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Sony Open tennis

MIAMI, United States - Japan's Kei Nishikori returns a shot during a men's singles quarterfinal match against Roger Federer of Switzerland at the Sony Open in Miami, Florida, on March 26, 2014. Nishikori won 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.

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Japan defender Hosogai vies for ball in Bundesliga game

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese defender Hajime Hosogai (R) of German Bundesliga club Hertha BSC Berlin competes for the ball with French midfielder Frank Ribery of Bayern Munich in a game on March 25, 2014. Bayern won 3-1.

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Okazaki of Mainz in action against Braunschweig

BRAUNSCHWEIG, Germany - Japan's Shinji Okazaki (L) of Mainz competes for the ball with Bosnia's Ermin Bicakcic of Braunschweig in a Bundesliga match on March 25, 2014. Braunschweig won 3-1.

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Man U's Kagawa plays in Manchester derby

MANCHESTER, England - Manchester United's Japan international Shinji Kagawa (R) breaks free from Manchester City's Edin Dzeko of Bosnia during the second half of their Premier League derby in Manchester on March 25, 2014. City won 3-0.

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Vitesse's Havenaar in action against Groningen

GRONINGEN, Netherlands - Japanese footballer Mike Havenaar (L) of Vitesse Arnhem competes for the ball in a Dutch first division game against FC Groningen in Groningen, the Netherlands, on March 22, 2014. Groningen won 3-1.

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Hertha's Hosogai against Borussia MG

MONCHENGLADBACH, Germany - Japanese footballer Hajime Hosogai (L) of Hertha Berlin tries to dodge Borussia Monchengladbach's Juan Arango in a Bundesliga game in Monchengladbach, Germany, on March 22, 2014. Borussia MG won 3-0.

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Chinese police use Segway-like vehicles for patrols

BEIJING, China - Chinese police officers use two-wheeled electric-powered vehicles similar to the Segway personal transporter to conduct patrols at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on March 3, 2014.

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Gay photographer wins prize

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken March 3, 2014 in Tokyo shows Eiki Mori, a gay photographer who has won the prestigious Kimura Ihei award for the year with his photo collection "intimacy" which portrays his daily life with his partner.

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Yankees' Tanaka in preseason game

TAMPA, United States - New York Yankees starter Masahiro Tanaka pitches during a preseason baseball game against the Atlanta Braves in Tampa, Florida, on March 16, 2014. The Japanese right-hander allowed a run in 4-1/3 innings in a 7-4 win.