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Japanese baseball legend Nagashima dies at 89

Yomiuri Giants sluggers Shigeo Nagashima (R) and Sadaharu Oh pose during spring training in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 15, 1970. Nagashima, who was a key player together with Oh 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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Baseball: World Series

Combined photo taken on Sept. 19, 2024, and June 8, 2024, respectively, shows National League 2024 home run king Shohei Ohtani (L) of the Los Angeles Dodgers and American League 2024 home run king Aaron Judge of the New York Yankees. The two sluggers will take the field in the best-of-seven Major League Baseball World Series starting on Oct. 25.

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Memorial name boards at Koshien ballpark

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Giant name boards formerly used on an old scoreboard of the Koshien Stadium ballpark are displayed during a press preview of the new museum inside the ballpark in Hyogo Prefecture on March 12, 2010, ahead of its public opening. Among the names are those of popular Hanshin Tigers sluggers including Randy Bass of the United States (3rd from R, top).

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Wakamatsu, Aota among 4 Hall of Fame inductees

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Wakamatsu (R), who helped lead the Yakult Swallows to victory in the Japan Series as both a player and manager, poses for photos in Tokyo on Jan. 13 after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame along with three deceased figures -- (from L to R) baseball historian Ichiro Kimishima, Yoshinori Okoso, former owner of the Nippon Ham Fighters, and Noboru Aota, one of the top sluggers of his time.

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Wakamatsu, Aota among 4 Hall of Fame inductees

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Wakamatsu (L in file photo), who helped lead the Yakult Swallows to victory in the Japan Series as both a player and a manager, has been inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame along with the late Noboru Aota (C in file photo), one of the top sluggers of his time, the selection panel announced Jan. 13. Yoshinori Okoso (R in file photo), a former Nippon Ham Fighters owner, was also inducted with baseball historian Ichiro Kimishima, both posthumously, bringing the total number of Hall of Fame inductees to 168.

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Petagine, Cabrera invited to Independence Day celebrations

TOKYO, Japan - Venezueran Ambassador to Japan Carlos Bivero Garcia (C) poses with two Japan pro baseball sluggers from his country -- Roberto Petagine of the Yakult Swallows (L) and Alex Cabrera of the Seibu Lions (R) who were invited to the country's Independence Day celebrations at the embassy July 5. The ambassador holds a ball signed by Petagine.

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Wakamatsu, Aota among 4 Hall of Fame inductees

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Wakamatsu (L in file photo), who helped lead the Yakult Swallows to victory in the Japan Series as both a player and a manager, has been inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame along with the late Noboru Aota (C in file photo), one of the top sluggers of his time, the selection panel announced Jan. 13. Yoshinori Okoso (R in file photo), a former Nippon Ham Fighters owner, was also inducted with baseball historian Ichiro Kimishima, both posthumously, bringing the total number of Hall of Fame inductees to 168. (Kyodo)

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Wakamatsu, Aota among 4 Hall of Fame inductees

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Wakamatsu (R), who helped lead the Yakult Swallows to victory in the Japan Series as both a player and manager, poses for photos in Tokyo on Jan. 13 after being inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame along with three deceased figures -- (from L to R) baseball historian Ichiro Kimishima, Yoshinori Okoso, former owner of the Nippon Ham Fighters, and Noboru Aota, one of the top sluggers of his time. (Kyodo)

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Memorial name boards at Koshien ballpark

NISHINOMIYA, Japan - Giant name boards formerly used on an old scoreboard of the Koshien Stadium ballpark are displayed during a press preview of the new museum inside the ballpark in Hyogo Prefecture on March 12, 2010, ahead of its public opening. Among the names are those of popular Hanshin Tigers sluggers including Randy Bass of the United States (3rd from R, top). (Kyodo)

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Sugano, Giants sluggers keep rolling

Yomiuri Giants pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano (L) and outfielder Yang Dai-kang acknowledge the crowd after the Giants beat the Chunichi Dragons 8-2 on Aug. 5, 2017, at Tokyo Dome. Sugano won his 12th game this season, while Yang hit his fourth homer in three games, a three-run shot in the fourth that put the game out of reach. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Petagine, Cabrera invited to Independence Day celebrations

TOKYO, Japan - Venezueran Ambassador to Japan Carlos Bivero Garcia (C) poses with two Japan pro baseball sluggers from his country -- Roberto Petagine of the Yakult Swallows (L) and Alex Cabrera of the Seibu Lions (R) who were invited to the country's Independence Day celebrations at the embassy July 5. The ambassador holds a ball signed by Petagine.