Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Former Japan scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka (C) poses for a photo with Kotaro Matsushima (L) and Rikiya Matsuda, his former teammates with the Japan national team, during a press conference in Tokyo on April 24, 2024. Tanaka announced his decision to retire at the end of his current League One rugby season with second-division Green Rockets Tokatsu.

Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Former Japan scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka (L) weeps as national teammate Kotaro Matsushima appears during a press conference in Tokyo on April 24, 2024. Tanaka announced his decision to retire at the end of the League One rugby season with second-division Green Rockets Tokatsu.

Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Former Japan scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka announces his decision to retire at the end of his current League One rugby season with second-division Green Rockets Tokatsu, during a press conference in Tokyo on April 24, 2024.

Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Rugby: Scrum-half Tanaka to retire at season-end

Former Japan scrum-half Fumiaki Tanaka poses for photos as he attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 24, 2024, to announce his decision to retire at the end of his current League One rugby season with second-division Green Rockets Tokatsu.

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Photo taken May 4, 2020, at Tokatsu Hospital in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows a tent for PCR tests amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New coronavirus

Photo taken May 4, 2020, at Tokatsu Hospital in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, shows a waiting room for those who have developed fever or had a cough due to possible coronavirus infection, separated from other patients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Those who have developed fever or had a cough due to possible coronavirus infection are treated in a newly established unit, separately from other patients, at Tokatsu Hospital in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 4, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Those who have developed fever or had a cough due to possible coronavirus infection are treated in a newly established unit, separately from other patients, at Tokatsu Hospital in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 4, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

New coronavirus

New coronavirus

Those who have developed fever or had a cough due to possible coronavirus infection are treated in a newly established unit, separately from other patients, at Tokatsu Hospital in Nagareyama, Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on May 4, 2020. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo