![Baseball great Nagashima, five others awarded Order of Culture | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis Baseball great Nagashima, five others awarded Order of Culture | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis](https://p.potaufeu.asahi.com/de5d-p/picture/26459148/bfe953bd2fd0f91fa0d1c914a4364a3d.jpg)
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![TIME Magazine Cover: The Boys of Autumn - Oct. 30, 2000 - Japan - Baseball - Sadaharu Oh - Shigeo Nagashima - Managers - National championship TIME Magazine Cover: The Boys of Autumn - Oct. 30, 2000 - Japan - Baseball - Sadaharu Oh - Shigeo Nagashima - Managers - National championship](https://content.time.com/time/images/covers/asia/2000/20001030_400.jpg)
TIME Magazine Cover: The Boys of Autumn - Oct. 30, 2000 - Japan - Baseball - Sadaharu Oh - Shigeo Nagashima - Managers - National championship
![tphoto on Twitter: "ペレと長嶋茂雄 Pele and Shigeo Nagashima (Legend baseball player of Yomiuri Giants in Japan) at Tokyo in Japan on 21 Nov 1974 photo by Masahide Tomikoshi https://t.co/W7bPekVSWx" / Twitter tphoto on Twitter: "ペレと長嶋茂雄 Pele and Shigeo Nagashima (Legend baseball player of Yomiuri Giants in Japan) at Tokyo in Japan on 21 Nov 1974 photo by Masahide Tomikoshi https://t.co/W7bPekVSWx" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D9o0xVoVAAIyIzk.jpg:large)
tphoto on Twitter: "ペレと長嶋茂雄 Pele and Shigeo Nagashima (Legend baseball player of Yomiuri Giants in Japan) at Tokyo in Japan on 21 Nov 1974 photo by Masahide Tomikoshi https://t.co/W7bPekVSWx" / Twitter
![Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima show off their Japan Series banners from their 8 consecutive championships, 1973. They'd go on to win one more together that year. : r/baseball Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima show off their Japan Series banners from their 8 consecutive championships, 1973. They'd go on to win one more together that year. : r/baseball](https://i.redd.it/d9d5v9jbw6da1.jpg)
Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima show off their Japan Series banners from their 8 consecutive championships, 1973. They'd go on to win one more together that year. : r/baseball
![PUSAN, South Korea - Japan's baseball team adviser Shigeo Nagashima (L) talks to members of the Chinese team before the baseball bronze medal match at the Asian Games on Oct. 9. (Asian PUSAN, South Korea - Japan's baseball team adviser Shigeo Nagashima (L) talks to members of the Chinese team before the baseball bronze medal match at the Asian Games on Oct. 9. (Asian](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/JNGMAW/pusan-south-korea-japans-baseball-team-adviser-shigeo-nagashima-l-JNGMAW.jpg)
PUSAN, South Korea - Japan's baseball team adviser Shigeo Nagashima (L) talks to members of the Chinese team before the baseball bronze medal match at the Asian Games on Oct. 9. (Asian
![May 5, 2013 - Tokyo, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants slugger SHIGEO NAGASHIMA, right, accompanied by former Giants and New York Yankees outfielder HIDEKI MATSUI, hold a golden bat presented by Prime May 5, 2013 - Tokyo, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants slugger SHIGEO NAGASHIMA, right, accompanied by former Giants and New York Yankees outfielder HIDEKI MATSUI, hold a golden bat presented by Prime](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/D7DYJH/may-5-2013-tokyo-japan-former-yomiuri-giants-slugger-shigeo-nagashima-D7DYJH.jpg)
May 5, 2013 - Tokyo, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants slugger SHIGEO NAGASHIMA, right, accompanied by former Giants and New York Yankees outfielder HIDEKI MATSUI, hold a golden bat presented by Prime
![Ebbets Field Flannels on Twitter: "Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima of the Tokyo Kyojin (Giants) "ON" attack that led the Giants to a record nine straight Japan Series victories. #JapaneseBaseball https://t.co/koUhTn5xFq" / Ebbets Field Flannels on Twitter: "Sadaharu Oh and Shigeo Nagashima of the Tokyo Kyojin (Giants) "ON" attack that led the Giants to a record nine straight Japan Series victories. #JapaneseBaseball https://t.co/koUhTn5xFq" /](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ES73tYKXsAETIJn.jpg)