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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo taken Nov. 2, 1969, shows Yomiuri Giants third baseman Shigeo Nagashima sitting on the hood of a car given to him after being named the Japan Series MVP for the third time in his career. 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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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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Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Photo taken on Nov. 3, 1969, shows Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima at the National Theatre in Tokyo attending an event marking the first anniversary of a nationalist militia he established in protest at the country's pacifist Constitution.(Kyodo)

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(1)Yukio Mishima

TOKYO, Japan - Prizewinning writer Yukio Mishima at a parade to celebrate the first anniversary of the foundation of "Tateno Kai" rightist group. The photo was taken Nov. 3, 1969. (Kyodo)