Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo taken Nov. 3, 2000, shows Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima smiling during the baseball team's Japan Series championship parade in Tokyo's Ginza district. 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.

Overseas Palestinian safeguards cultural heritage through artworks

STORY: Overseas Palestinian safeguards cultural heritage through artworks SHOOTING TIME: Recent footage, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 24, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:54 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the artist working in his house 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HANI AL-RAKOUI, Palestinian artist 3. various of the artist working in his house 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HANI AL-RAKOUI, Palestinian artist 5. various of the artist's store STORYLINE: Hani al-Rakoui, a Palestinian refugee living in Syria, is on a unique journey to safeguard and promote the Palestinian heritage among the diaspora by creating artworks representing his homeland culture. Inspired by his father, who started the work back in 2000 in the Yarmouk Camp, the largest camp for Palestinian refugees in the Syrian capital Damascus, the now 36-year-old information technology graduate has taken on the mission to connect Palestinians living abroad with their traditional culture. At his house in the countryside of Damascus, al-Rakoui has

3 giant pandas on journey back to China from Washington zoo

STORY: 3 giant pandas on journey back to China from Washington zoo SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 8, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:39 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of giant pandas being transported and the pandas from earlier footage STORYLINE: Three giant pandas left the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday for a flight returning to China. The three are the panda cub Xiao Qi Ji, his mom Mei Xiang and dad Tian Tian. Since arriving in Washington in 2000, the panda pair have had four cubs, three of which have already gone back to China. The fourth one, Xiao Qi Ji, was born at the zoo in 2020. To celebrate the joy the pandas have brought to local people and say goodbye to them, the zoo held a "giant farewell" event recently. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Washington D.C. (XHTV)

Tochiazuma promoted to ozeki

Tochiazuma promoted to ozeki

FUKUOKA, Japan - Sekiwake Tochiazuma (C) accepts his promotion by the Japan Sumo Association to the rank of ozeki in Sue, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2001. The 25-year-old Tokyo native, who posted a 12-3 record as sekiwake and finished runner-up to yokozuna Musashimaru at the just-ended 15-day meet tournament in Fukuoka, became the first wrestler to reach sumo's second-highest rank since Kaio was promoted in July 2000.

Tochiazuma promoted to ozeki

Tochiazuma promoted to ozeki

FUKUOKA, Japan - Sekiwake Tochiazuma (C) accepts his promotion by the Japan Sumo Association to the rank of ozeki in Sue, Fukuoka Prefecture, on Nov. 28, 2001. The 25-year-old Tokyo native, who posted a 12-3 record as sekiwake and finished runner-up to yokozuna Musashimaru at the just-ended 15-day meet tournament in Fukuoka, became the first wrestler to reach sumo's second-highest rank since Kaio was promoted in July 2000.