Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Yomiuri Giants third baseman Shigeo Nagashima (R) and Nishitetsu Lions pitcher Kazuhisa Inao pose ahead of Game 1 of the 1958 Japan Series at Tokyo's Korakuen Stadium on Oct. 11, 1958. 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.

E

Japanese novelist Mishima

TOKYO, Japan, Oct. 11 Kyodo - Japanese novelist Yukio Mishima poses for a photo with his wife Yoko Hiraoka at their wedding in Tokyo on June 1, 1958.

E

Truck fair in Japan in 1950s

File photo taken Oct. 11, 1958, shows a truck fair at a velodrome in Tokyo. Most of the exhibits were three-wheelers, a popular utility vehicle in Japan in the 1950s. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo