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Cenotaph built for baseball coach of Taiwan high school

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A ceremony is held on Oct. 6, 2014, in Matsuyama, southwestern Japan, to unveil a cenotaph built in honor of Japanese baseball coach Hyotaro Kondo who led Taiwan's Kagi Norin High School to a runner-up in Japan's national high school baseball tournament in 1936 during the Japanese colonial rule of the island in 1895-1945. Kondo's motto of "Ball is Spirit" is engraved in the baseball-shaped top of the monument.

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Ex-Taiwan high school players sing before coach's cenotaph

MATSUYAMA, Japan - Former baseball players of Taiwan's Kagi Norin High School sing its school song during an unveiling ceremony for a cenotaph built in honor of their coach Hyotaro Kondo in Matsuyama, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 6, 2014. Kondo led the school to a runner-up in Japan's national high school baseball tournament in 1936 during the Japanese colonial rule of Taiwan in 1895-1945.

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Japanese baseball coach's motto on ball-like cenotaph

MATSUYAMA, Japan - The motto of "Ball is Spirit" advocated by former Japanese baseball coach Hyotaro Kondo, engraved on the ball-shaped top of a cenotaph built in his honor, is shown at an unveiling ceremony in Matsuyama, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 6, 2014. Kondo led Taiwan's Kagi Norin High School to a runner-up in Japan's national high school baseball tournament in 1936 during the Japanese colonial rule of the island in 1895-1945.

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Man in news: Director of film on wheat Norin-10 developer

Hidetaka Inazuka, film producer and director who directed a film entitled "Norin Ten - The Story of Gonjiro Inazuka," is seen in this photo. Inazuka is a distant relative of Gonjiro (1897-1988), who developed the wheat strain Norin-10 that significantly contributed to the Green Revolution, a spectacular increase in food production and hunger reduction in developing countries led by American scientist Norman Borlaug, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, during the 1960s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Norinchukin Bank promotes western Japan products in Osaka

A Mitsukura Norin Y.K. official (far R) makes a pitch for its mushrooms during a business meeting in Osaka organized by Norinchukin Bank's local branch on Nov. 18, 2015. The agricultural bank is promoting the sale of western Japan-originated farm and fishery products. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cenotaph built for baseball coach of Taiwan high school

MATSUYAMA, Japan - A ceremony is held on Oct. 6, 2014, in Matsuyama, southwestern Japan, to unveil a cenotaph built in honor of Japanese baseball coach Hyotaro Kondo who led Taiwan's Kagi Norin High School to a runner-up in Japan's national high school baseball tournament in 1936 during the Japanese colonial rule of the island in 1895-1945. Kondo's motto of "Ball is Spirit" is engraved in the baseball-shaped top of the monument. (Kyodo)

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Japanese baseball coach's motto on ball-like cenotaph

MATSUYAMA, Japan - The motto of "Ball is Spirit" advocated by former Japanese baseball coach Hyotaro Kondo, engraved on the ball-shaped top of a cenotaph built in his honor, is shown at an unveiling ceremony in Matsuyama, southwestern Japan, on Oct. 6, 2014. Kondo led Taiwan's Kagi Norin High School to a runner-up in Japan's national high school baseball tournament in 1936 during the Japanese colonial rule of the island in 1895-1945. (Kyodo)