Japan baseball pros start teaching adults better ways to play ball

Japan baseball pros start teaching adults better ways to play ball

KAWASAKI, Japan - Participants in the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association's first ''yakyu kyoshitsu'' or baseball classroom for adults receive a lesson from former Yakult Swallows pitcher Tomokazu Teramura.

Harmonica man Teramura performs at peace concert in Osaka

Harmonica man Teramura performs at peace concert in Osaka

Harmonica player Yasuo Teramura performs at a peace concert held in Osaka on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Harmonica man Teramura performs at peace concert in Osaka

Harmonica man Teramura performs at peace concert in Osaka

Harmonica player Yasuo Teramura performs at a peace concert held in Osaka on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Swimming: National championships, final Olympic qualifier

Swimming: National championships, final Olympic qualifier

Miho Teramura (R) and Yui Ohashi compete in the women's 200-meter individual medley final at the national swimming championships at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on April 6, 2021. Teramura and Ohashi earned their Tokyo Olympic berths in the event after finishing first and second, respectively.

Swimming: National championships, final Olympic qualifier

Swimming: National championships, final Olympic qualifier

Miho Teramura (L) and Yui Ohashi congratulate each other after finishing first and second, respectively, in the women's 200-meter individual medley final at the national swimming championships and earning their Olympic berths in the event at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on April 6, 2021.

Swimming: National championships, final Olympic qualifier

Swimming: National championships, final Olympic qualifier

Miho Teramura (L) and Yui Ohashi congratulate each other after finishing first and second, respectively, in the women's 200-meter individual medley final at the national swimming championships and earning their Olympic berths in the event at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on April 6, 2021.

Swimming: National championships, final Olympic qualifier

Swimming: National championships, final Olympic qualifier

Miho Teramura (L) and Yui Ohashi congratulate each other after finishing first and second, respectively, in the women's 200-meter individual medley final at the national swimming championships and earning their Olympic berths in the event at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on April 6, 2021.

Harmonica player holds concert in Osaka on Aug. 15

Harmonica player holds concert in Osaka on Aug. 15

Yasuo Teramura, 75, plays the harmonica on May 21, 2015. Teramura, who has been playing the instrument ever since he picked up a harmonica in devastated Osaka right after the end of World War II, held a concert at the Osaka City Central Public Hall to pray for peace on Aug. 15, 2015, the 70th anniversary of the end of the war. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo