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Memorial ceremony for Japanese baseball legend Nagashima

A baseball bat and helmet of Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima are displayed on Nov. 21, 2025, at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, the venue of a memorial ceremony for the former Yomiuri Giants star player and manager who died in June.

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Saori Minami

Saori Minami=Date: November 2, 1971, Place: Japan

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Ken Takakura

Ken Takakura on the set of the movie “Abashiri Prison”=Date : December 10, 1971, Place : Sounkyo, Hokkaido

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Tomisaburo Wakayama

Tomisaburo Wakayama=Place: Akasaka, Japan

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Tetsuko Kuroyanagi

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima (R) receives a gold-painted bat during a People's Honor Award ceremony at Tokyo Dome on May 5, 2013. Standing next to him is former Giants and New York Yankees player Hideki Matsui. 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.

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Matsui teaches baseball to children

Hideki Matsui, former New York Yankees and Yomiuri Giants slugger, is seen at bat during a baseball clinic for children in Tokyo on May 10, 2025.

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Baseball: Torpedo bats cleared for use in games in Japan

Photo taken on April 11, 2025, at Yokohama Stadium in Yokohama near Tokyo shows a so-called torpedo bat (R) and a conventional bat. Nippon Professional Baseball notified its 12 clubs the same day that players can use the torpedo-shaped bats in regular-season games.

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Baseball: MLB Tokyo Series

Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki is seen at bat in the first inning of an exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers on March 15, 2025, at Tokyo Dome, prior to Major League Baseball's season-opening Tokyo Series between the Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers on March 18 and 19.

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Dragons' Tanishige donates bat to museum

TOKYO, Japan - Chunichi Dragons player-manager Motonobu Tanishige on Aug. 23, 2014, donates to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo the bat and ball used to extend his home run streak to a record 26 consecutive years in a game against DeNA the previous month.

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Cuban outfielder Despaigne joins Chiba Lotte Marines

CHIBA, Japan - Alfredo Despaigne, a Cuban outfielder who recently signed with Japanese professional baseball side Chiba Lotte Marines, poses with a bat after a press conference at the QVC Marine Field in Chiba, east of Tokyo, on July 24, 2014.

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Japanese, Mongolian defense ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera (R) shakes hands with his Mongolian counterpart, Bat-Erdene Dashdemberel, at the ministry in Tokyo on April 17, 2014.

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Master bat maker

TOKYO, Japan - Master bat maker Isokazu Kubota (R) and Hideki Matsui, then a player of the New York Yankees, chat at Mizuno Technics Corp. in Yoro, Gifu Prefecture, in December 2003. The craftsman whose bats have launched thousands of big league hits for Matsui and Ichiro Suzuki announced his retirement on Jan. 28, 2014.

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Nagashima, Matsui receive honor award

TOKYO, Japan - Former professional baseball players Hideki Matsui (L) and Shigeo Nagashima (R) hold a golden baseball bat they received from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as a commemorative gift during a ceremony to present them with the People's Honor Award at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on May 5, 2013. (Pool photo)

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Nagashima, Matsui receive honor award

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) presents a golden baseball bat to former professional baseball players Hideki Matsui (C) and Shigeo Nagashima (R) as a commemorative gift in a ceremony to present them with the People's Honor Award at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on May 5, 2013.

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Ichiro at season opener

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki breaks his bat as he hits an infield single during the fourth inning of the season opener against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 28, 2012. The Mariners won 3-1 in 11 innings.

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Ichiro works out in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (R) is about to start practice holding his glove and bat at an indoor training field of the Yomiuri Giants in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2009. Ichiro worked out for about an hour, sharing the field with members of the Giants, one of the most popular Japanese baseball clubs.

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Yomiuri's Matsumoto leaps at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants center fielder Tetsuya Matsumoto jumps to make a catch off the bat of Yakult Swallows' Kazuki Fukuchi in the first inning of a game at Tokyo Dome on Sept. 6, 2009.

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Failed catch attempt by Swallows' Guiel leads to double

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows right fielder Aeron Guiel tries to catch a fly ball off the bat of Chinichi Dragons catcher Motonobu Tanishige in the seventh inning of their game at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on July 31. The ball Guiel missed ended up an RBI double. The Swallows won 3-2.

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Hitting great Oh, poet Masaoka honored in Tokyo baseball museum

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at items displayed in the special exhibition ''50 Years of History of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum'' at the museum on its starting day June 5, including a bat, gloves and a uniform of legendary slugger Shigeo Nagashima, who wore No. 3.

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Japanese cities experience summer-day weather

TOKYO, Japan - A boy and a girl enjoy bathing at Odaiba seaside park on Tokyo Bat on May 1. Cities in Kanto and eastern regions of Japan had summer-like weather with temperatures topping 30C due to effects of warm winds coming in from south, meteorological agency officials said. Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, recorded 33.4C, Otsuki in the same prefecture logged 32.5C, and Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture had 32.0C.

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Matsui receives premier's cup

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (R) in a Yankees windbreaker jacket with a bat in hands poses with New York Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui at his office Jan. 27. Matsui presented the gifts to Koizumi in return for the prime minister's cup he won for his outstanding Major League performances in the 2003 season. (MLB)

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Cabrera fails in bid to break Japanese HR record

TOKYO, Japan - Seibu Lions infielder Alex Cabrera reacts after being struck out in his final at-bat and failing to break Japan's home run record as the Pacific League champion concluded their regular season schedule with a 3-2 win over the Lotte Marines at Chiba Marine Stadium on Oct. 14. ''I regret not being able to break the home run record but I appreciate that the opposing pitchers challenged me more than I expected,'' Cabrera said later.

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Minor nabbed after bashing strollers in Tokyo's Shibuya

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a street in Tokyo's busy Shibuya district, where a 17-year-old high school student allegedly bludgeoned strollers with a metal baseball bat on the evening of Dec. 16. The boy inflicted minor injuries on at least seven people. The boy, from Yokohama, allegedly conducted the attack at around 9:05 p.m. on a pavement outside an exit of Shibuya Station of East Japan Railway Co. Police said the minor appears to be mentally unstable and may not be able to assume criminal responsibility.

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Sosa meets Japanese Premier Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Sammy Sosa (R), outfielder of the Chicago Cubs, meets Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuhi at Obuchi's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 13. In the meeting, Obuchi showed a bat which Sosa had presented to him in Chicago. Sosa came to Japan to promote Major League Baseball's season-opening games against the New York Mets at Tokyo Dome on March 29 and 30 next year.

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Hitting great Oh, poet Masaoka honored in Tokyo baseball museum

TOKYO, Japan - Visitors look at items displayed in the special exhibition ''50 Years of History of the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum'' at the museum on its starting day June 5, including a bat, gloves and a uniform of legendary slugger Shigeo Nagashima, who wore No. 3. (Kyodo)

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Single-season hit record holder Akiyama donates bat to museum

Shogo Akiyama of the Seibu Lions donates the bat he used to record his 215th hit of the season to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo on Nov. 25, 2015. Akiyama finished with 216 hits, two more than the previous Japanese baseball single-season hit record Matt Murton set in 2010 with the Hanshin Tigers. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho's coach arrested over violence

Sumo's grand champion Hakuho is surrounded by reporters at his Miyagino stable in Tokyo after his coach is arrested for alleged violence against an acquaintance. Coach Kumagatani, whose real name is Kazuyuki Yamamura, allegedly hit the acquaintance in the back with an aluminum bat about a dozen times in late July, requiring him to receive two weeks of treatment, according to police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho's coach arrested over violence

Kumagatani, coach at sumo grand champion Hakuho's Miyagino stable, is arrested in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2015. The 45-year-old, whose real name is Kazuyuki Yamamura, allegedly hit an acquaintance in the back with an aluminum bat about a dozen times in late July, requiring him to receive two weeks of treatment, according to police. Kumagatani has admitted to the charges. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hakuho's coach arrested over violence

Sumo's grand champion Hakuho is surrounded by reporters at his Miyagino stable in Tokyo after his coach is arrested for alleged violence against an acquaintance. Coach Kumagatani, whose real name is Kazuyuki Yamamura, allegedly hit the acquaintance in the back with an aluminum bat about a dozen times in late July, requiring him to receive two weeks of treatment, according to police. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Swallows slugger Yamada hits record-tying 4 straight homeruns

Yakult Swallows infielder Tetsuto Yamada blasts three straight homeruns (from L to R) against the Chunichi Dragons at Tokyo's Jingu Stadium on Aug. 22, 2015, following his last at-bat homer the night before, tying the Nippon Professional Baseball Organization's record of four straight. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Franco returns to Japan as player-manager for independent league club

Former captain Julio Franco of the Japanese professional baseball club Lotte Marines poses with his bat and uniform during a press conference in Tokyo on March 13, 2015, as he returns to Japan as player-manager of the Ishikawa Million Stars of the independent Route Inn Baseball Challenge League for the 2015 season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese cities experience summer-day weather

TOKYO, Japan - A boy and a girl enjoy bathing at Odaiba seaside park on Tokyo Bat on May 1. Cities in Kanto and eastern regions of Japan had summer-like weather with temperatures topping 30C due to effects of warm winds coming in from south, meteorological agency officials said. Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo, recorded 33.4C, Otsuki in the same prefecture logged 32.5C, and Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture had 32.0C. (Kyodo)

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CORRECTED Ichiro at season opener

TOKYO, Japan - INSERTING NAME OF RIGHT FIELDER Seattle Mariners right fielder Ichiro Suzuki breaks his bat as he hits an infield single during the fourth inning of the season opener against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 28, 2012. The Mariners won 3-1 in 11 innings. (Kyodo)

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Ichiro at season opener

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners right fielder breaks his bat as he hits an infield single during the fourth inning of the season opener against the Oakland Athletics at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 28, 2012. The Mariners won 3-1 in 11 innings. (Kyodo)

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Dragons' Tanishige donates bat to museum

TOKYO, Japan - Chunichi Dragons player-manager Motonobu Tanishige on Aug. 23, 2014, donates to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Tokyo the bat and ball used to extend his home run streak to a record 26 consecutive years in a game against DeNA the previous month. (Kyodo)

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Baseball: Japan-MLB all-star series

Yadier Molina of the Major League Baseball All-Stars hits a broken-bat single in the fourth inning of Game 3 of the MLB all-star series against Samurai Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 11, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Man arrested for injuring 5 in alleged knife-wielding rampage

Police officers investigate around a park in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, on May 21, 2017, where a 34-year-old man was arrested after allegedly going on a rampage with a knife and baseball bat earlier that day. The attack left five people hurt, although none sustained life-threatening injuries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Netherlands crush Cuba 14-1 in WBC 2nd round

Players of the Netherlands team celebrate after Wladimir Balentien (front) hits a home run in a second straight at-bat during the third inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against Cuba at Tokyo Dome on March 15, 2017. The Netherlands won 14-1 as the game was called after seven innings due to the mercy rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Netherlands crush Cuba 14-1 in WBC 2nd round

Wladimir Balentien of the Netherlands hits a home run in a second straight at-bat during the third inning of a World Baseball Classic second-round game against Cuba at Tokyo Dome on March 15, 2017. The Netherlands won 14-1 as the game was called after seven innings due to the mercy rule. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ichiro works out in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro Suzuki (R) is about to start practice holding his glove and bat at an indoor training field of the Yomiuri Giants in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Dec. 17, 2009. Ichiro worked out for about an hour, sharing the field with members of the Giants, one of the most popular Japanese baseball clubs. (Kyodo)

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Yomiuri's Matsumoto leaps at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants center fielder Tetsuya Matsumoto jumps to make a catch off the bat of Yakult Swallows' Kazuki Fukuchi in the first inning of a game at Tokyo Dome on Sept. 6, 2009. (Kyodo)

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Cabrera fails in bid to break Japanese HR record

TOKYO, Japan - Seibu Lions infielder Alex Cabrera reacts after being struck out in his final at-bat and failing to break Japan's home run record as the Pacific League champion concluded their regular season schedule with a 3-2 win over the Lotte Marines at Chiba Marine Stadium on Oct. 14. ''I regret not being able to break the home run record but I appreciate that the opposing pitchers challenged me more than I expected,'' Cabrera said later. (Kyodo)

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Minor nabbed after bashing strollers in Tokyo's Shibuya

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows a street in Tokyo's busy Shibuya district, where a 17-year-old high school student allegedly bludgeoned strollers with a metal baseball bat on the evening of Dec. 16. The boy inflicted minor injuries on at least seven people. The boy, from Yokohama, allegedly conducted the attack at around 9:05 p.m. on a pavement outside an exit of Shibuya Station of East Japan Railway Co. Police said the minor appears to be mentally unstable and may not be able to assume criminal responsibility.

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Sosa meets Japanese Premier Obuchi

TOKYO, Japan - Sammy Sosa (R), outfielder of the Chicago Cubs, meets Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuhi at Obuchi's official residence in Tokyo on Dec. 13. In the meeting, Obuchi showed a bat which Sosa had presented to him in Chicago. Sosa came to Japan to promote Major League Baseball's season-opening games against the New York Mets at Tokyo Dome on March 29 and 30 next year.