Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo taken Oct. 14, 1974, shows Yomiuri Giants third baseman Shigeo Nagashima (facing camera) chatting with first baseman Sadaharu Oh (1) and manager Tetsuharu Kawakami (77) after making a speech at his retirement ceremony at Tokyo's Korakuen Stadium. 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.

Japanese baseball legend Kawakami dies

Japanese baseball legend Kawakami dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo from January 2001 shows Japanese baseball legend Tetsuharu Kawakami. The former Yomiuri Giants slugger and manager died aged 93 at a hospital in western Tokyo on Oct. 28, 2013.

Central League baseball clubs begin 2006 season

Central League baseball clubs begin 2006 season

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Nagashima (R), former manager of the Yomiuri Giants who is on the road to recovery from a stroke suffered in March 2004, smiles as he visits Tokyo Dome to see a game between the Giants and the Yokohama BayStars on March 31, the start of the 2006 season of the Central League baseball clubs. At left is his predecessor Tetsuharu Kawakami.

Central League baseball clubs begin 2006 season

Central League baseball clubs begin 2006 season

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Nagashima (R), former manager of the Yomiuri Giants who is on the road to recovery from a stroke suffered in March 2004, smiles as he visits Tokyo Dome to see a game between the Giants and the Yokohama BayStars on March 31, the start of the 2006 season of the Central League baseball clubs. At left is his predecessor Tetsuharu Kawakami. (Kyodo)

San Francisco Seals visit Japan

San Francisco Seals visit Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants infielder Tetsuharu Kawakami (L), San Francisco Seals manager Frank O'Doul (C) and New York Yankees outfielder Joe DiMaggio. The place and the date of the photo are unknown. (Kyodo)

Former Nankai Hawks baseball manager Tsuruoka dies

Former Nankai Hawks baseball manager Tsuruoka dies

OSAKA, Japan - Kazuto Tsuruoka, former manager of the Japanese professional baseball team Nankai Hawks, predecessor of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks, died March 7 at an Osaka hospital. He was 83. In this file photo, Tsuruoka (R), shakes hands with his rival Tetsuharu Kawakami, then manager of the Yomiuri Giants, prior to a game in the Japan Series in 1961.