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Baseball: Hawks clinch Japan Series title

SoftBank Hawks players celebrate after winning the 2025 Japan Series title with a victory in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series against the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Oct. 30, 2025.

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Baseball: Hawks clinch Japan Series title

SoftBank Hawks manager Hiroki Kokubo is tossed up in the air after the Pacific League baseball team won the 2025 Japan Series title with a victory in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series against the Central League's Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Oct. 30, 2025.

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Baseball: Hawks clinch Japan Series title

SoftBank Hawks manager Hiroki Kokubo is tossed up in the air after the Pacific League baseball team won the 2025 Japan Series title with a victory in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series against the Central League's Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Oct. 30, 2025.

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Baseball: Hawks clinch Japan Series title

SoftBank Hawks manager Hiroki Kokubo is tossed up in the air after the Pacific League baseball team won the 2025 Japan Series title with a victory in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series against the Central League's Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Oct. 30, 2025.

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Baseball: Hawks clinch Japan Series title

SoftBank Hawks players celebrate after winning the 2025 Japan Series title with a victory in Game 5 of the best-of-seven series against the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Oct. 30, 2025.

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Baseball: CL Climax Series final stage

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after winning the Central League Climax Series final stage with a 4-0 victory over the DeNA BayStars in Game 3 at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Oct. 17, 2025.

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Baseball: CL Climax Series final stage

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after winning the Central League Climax Series final stage with a 4-0 victory over the DeNA BayStars in Game 3 at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Oct. 17, 2025.

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Baseball: CL Climax Series final stage

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after winning the Central League Climax Series final stage with a 4-0 victory over the DeNA BayStars in Game 3 at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Oct. 17, 2025.

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Baseball: CL Climax Series final stage

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after winning the Central League Climax Series final stage with a 4-0 victory over the DeNA BayStars in Game 3 at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Oct. 17, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers fans celebrate after the baseball team won the Central League pennant following a 2-0 victory over the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after the baseball team won the Central League pennant following a 2-0 victory over the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after the baseball team won the Central League pennant following a 2-0 victory over the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers players celebrate after the baseball team won the Central League pennant following a 2-0 victory over the Hiroshima Carp at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers players pose for a photo after the baseball team won the Central League pennant at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers players pose for a photo after the baseball team won the Central League pennant at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers manager Kyuji Fujikawa is tossed in the air by his players after the baseball team won the Central League pennant at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers manager Kyuji Fujikawa is tossed in the air by his players after the baseball team won the Central League pennant at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers manager Kyuji Fujikawa is tossed in the air by his players after the baseball team won the Central League pennant at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers manager Kyuji Fujikawa is tossed in the air by his players after the baseball team won the Central League pennant at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: Tigers clinch CL pennant

Hanshin Tigers manager Kyuji Fujikawa is tossed in the air by his players after the baseball team won the Central League pennant at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate as they claim the club's first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate as they claim the club's first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate as they claim the club's first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate as they claim the club's first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate with those cheering them in the stand as the team claims its first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Baseball: National high school championship

Okinawa Shogaku high school baseball club players celebrate with those cheering them in the stand as it claims its first summer national high school championship title on Aug. 23, 2025, at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo.

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Japan marks 80th anniv. of WWII surrender

Spectators observe a moment of silence to honor the war dead at the National High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Japan marks 80th anniv. of WWII surrender

Spectators observe a moment of silence to honor the war dead at the National High School Baseball Championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 15, 2025, the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II.

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Japan high school baseball tournament

The opening ceremony of the 107th National High School Baseball Championship is held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2025.

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Japan high school baseball tournament

The opening ceremony of the 107th National High School Baseball Championship is held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2025.

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Japan high school baseball tournament

The opening ceremony of the 107th National High School Baseball Championship is held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2025.

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Japan high school baseball tournament

The opening ceremony of the 107th National High School Baseball Championship is held at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Aug. 5, 2025.

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Event to mark 100th anniv. of Koshien Stadium

NISHINOMIYA, Japan, July 18 Kyodo - Characters featured in "Touch," a Japanese high school baseball manga series, are projected on the main board of Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo during an event marking the 100th anniversary of the opening of the ballpark on Aug. 1, 2022.(Kyodo)

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Condolences for Shigeo Nagashima

Flags fly at half-staff at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on June 6, 2025, in memory of Shigeo Nagashima. The Japanese baseball legend died aged 89 on June 3.

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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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Baseball: Yu Darvish

Tohoku High School baseball club manager Masahiro Wako (L) consoles pitcher Yu Darvish after the team was defeated by Joso Gakuin in the final of the national high school baseball championship at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, western Japan, on Aug. 23, 2003.

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Athletics: Ex-marathon world record holder Terasawa dies at 90

Photo taken in June 2017 in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, shows former marathon world record holder Toru Terasawa of Japan in the official uniform worn by the Japanese delegation during the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. The Toyama Prefecture native died of chronic heart failure on March 23, 2025, at the age of 90.

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