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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Yomiuri Giants players observe a moment of silence before practice at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 3, 2025, after former Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day. Nagashima led the Giants to nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973 and later managed the club.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Yomiuri Giants players observe a moment of silence before practice at Zozo Marine Stadium in Chiba Prefecture, eastern Japan, on June 3, 2025, after former Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima died aged 89 earlier in the day. Nagashima led the Giants to nine consecutive Central League and Japan Series titles from 1965 to 1973 and later managed the club.

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima (front, C) poses for a photo with Giants manager Tatsunori Hara (front, L) and his players at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan arena on Dec. 8, 2021, after receiving the Order of Culture, Japan's top cultural award, in November 2021. 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. (Pool photo)

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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo taken at Hiroshima Citizens Stadium in Hiroshima, western Japan, on Oct. 16, 1976, shows Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima being tossed into the air by his players after the team won the Central League championship. 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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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

File photo taken July 23, 2021, shows former Yomiuri Giants players (from R) Sadaharu Oh, Hideki Matsui and Shigeo Nagashima serving as torch runners during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics at National 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.

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China-U.S. "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" commemorated in Southern California

STORY: China-U.S. "Ping-Pong Diplomacy" commemorated in Southern California SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 21, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: LOS ANGELES, U.S. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event STORYLINE: Hundreds of Chinese and Americans gathered in Southern California on Wednesday evening to commemorate the 52nd anniversary of China-U.S. "Ping-Pong Diplomacy." "Looking back over the past half-century, we deeply feel the historical journey from a Ping-Pong friendship to diplomatic normalization. This journey is not only remarkable but also laid a solid foundation for the communications and exchanges between the people of China and the United States," said Chinese Consul General in Los Angeles Guo Shaochun at a reception held in the Pacific Palms Resort in Los Angeles County. In April 1971, nine players from the U.S. Table Tennis team took a historic trip to China, becoming the first delegation of Americans to visit China in decades. Their trip was the start of what has

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231222) -- BEIJING, Dec. 22, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students take a speed skating course at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students of speed skating team participate in training at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students experience ice-sleigh under the guidance of teachers at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students of ice hockey team participate in training at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students of the Miaoergou middle school take a skiing course at a ski resort in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 19, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students of speed skating team participate in training at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students experience ice-sleigh at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A teacher guides students to take speed skating course at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students experience ice-sleigh at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students take a speed skating course at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A teacher guides a student to take speed skating course at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students take a speed skating course at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students take a figure skating course at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students of ice hockey team participate in training at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students of the Miaoergou middle school take a skiing course at a ski resort in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 19, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students take a speed skating course at the Shuixigou middle school in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 20, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-XINJIANG-URUMQI-SCHOOL-WINTER SPORTS (CN)

(231221) -- URUMQI, Dec. 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Students of the Miaoergou middle school take a skiing course at a ski resort in Urumqi County, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Dec. 19, 2023. Shuixigou middle school, a nine-year education school in Urumqi County of Xinjiang, has developed its winter sports education for more than 20 years. Students are provided with elementary ice-skating courses at their lower grades, after which they could choose to take part in the speed skating team, ice hockey team or figure skating team based on individual circumstances. Years of education on winter sports has made it a characteristic subject, with a batch of excellent ice-snow student players standing out from the campus. Based on abundant ice-snow resources and gifted climate conditions, local authorities of Urumqi City have ramped up efforts in promoting winter sports among different schools in recent years. (Xinhua/Li He)

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Baseball: Ceremony for WBC "best nine" players

(from L) Mike Trout, Shohei Ohtani and Patrick Sandoval -- Los Angeles Angels players who played for the United States, Japan and Mexico, respectively, during the 2023 World Baseball Classic -- pose for a photo during a ceremony to celebrate their selection among the WBC "best nines," held prior to a game against the Miami Marlins at Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, on May 26, 2023.

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Egypt holds 16th "Chinese Bridge" contest for secondary school students

STORY: Egypt holds 16th "Chinese Bridge" contest for secondary school students DATELINE: April 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:31 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: CULTURE/EDUCATION SHOTLIST: 1. various of Egyptian students performing during the Chinese Bridge language contest 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED ESMAIL, Winner of the competition 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MARIAM TAREK, Winner of the competition STORYLINE: A qualifying round of an annual Chinese proficiency contest for foreign students concluded in the Egyptian capital on Thursday. Themed "Fly high with Chinese," the 16th edition of the "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for foreign secondary school students in Egypt's division was held in the Confucius Institute at Cairo University, with nine finalists competing for a ticket to the final in China. The players, all teenage students from the Egyptian Chinese Friendship School in Cairo, competed in self-introduction, delivering keynote speeches and showcasing a traditional

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Relief panels of Nagashima, Oh unveiled at Tokyo Dome

TOKYO, Japan - Shigeo Nagashima (L) and Sadaharu Oh, two former Yomiuri Giants star players who led the Japanese baseball club to nine consecutive Japan Series championships from 1965 to 1973, pose for a photo following a ceremony to unveil new relief panels depicting them batting at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo on March 23, 2014.

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Lawson, Japan Post to sell stamps featuring Hanshin Tigers

TOKYO, Japan - Convenience store chain operator Lawson Inc. and Japan Post said Sept. 1 they will jointly release stamps (in photo) featuring the Hanshin Tigers if the professional baseball club wins the Central League pennant this season as expected. Japan Post will wholesale 80-yen stamps on which it will imprint images of Tigers Manager Senichi Hoshino and the best nine players designed by Lawson.

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Golf: Rain washes out 1st round of U.S. Open

Hideto Tanihara of Japan tees off on the sixth hole in the first round of the U.S. Open at Oakmont Country Club in Pennsylvania on June 16, 2016. Tanihara was 1 over through 16 holes as only nine players completed their rounds due to rain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rugby: Hammett names Japan team for Canada test

(From L) Japan interim coach Mark Hammett, interpreter Hidenori Sato and center Harumichi Tatekawa attend a press conference in Vancouver on June 9, 2016, as Hammett named his Japan match-day squad ahead of the June 11 one-off test against Canada. The 23-man squad contains five new caps, and just nine players who featured at the 2015 Rugby World Cup in England. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volleyball: Toray's victory at national c'ships

Toray volleyball players celebrate their first national title in nine years after defeating Hitachi in the women's final at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka on May 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Volleyball: Toray's victory at national c'ships

Toray volleyball players celebrate their first national title in nine years after defeating Hitachi in the women's final at Maruzen Intec Arena Osaka on May 6, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka Toin secures 2nd high school invitational title

Players of Osaka Toin High School celebrate after scoring five nine-inning runs to see off Riseisha 8-3 to claim the school's second national high school invitational championship on April 1, 2017, at Koshien Stadium in western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka Toin secures 2nd high school invitational title

Players of Osaka Toin High School celebrate after scoring five nine-inning runs to see off Riseisha 8-3 to claim the school's second national high school invitational championship on April 1, 2017, at Koshien Stadium in western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Osaka Toin secures 2nd high school invitational title

Players of Osaka Toin High School celebrate after scoring five nine-inning runs to see off Riseisha 8-3 to claim the school's second national high school invitational championship on April 1, 2017, at Koshien Stadium in western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lawson, Japan Post to sell stamps featuring Hanshin Tigers

TOKYO, Japan - Convenience store chain operator Lawson Inc. and Japan Post said Sept. 1 they will jointly release stamps (in photo) featuring the Hanshin Tigers if the professional baseball club wins the Central League pennant this season as expected. Japan Post will wholesale 80-yen stamps on which it will imprint images of Tigers Manager Senichi Hoshino and the best nine players designed by Lawson. (Kyodo)