THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 29, 2021 at 18:00 JST
Masahiro Tanaka, who has signed with his former team, the Rakuten Eagles, greets children at an evacuation center in Higashi-Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 8, 2011, in the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
SENDAI--For Tadatsugu Tamura, the owner of popular “oden” restaurant here, the news of Masahiro Tanaka's signing with the Rakuten Eagles couldn't come at a better time for a region hungry for good news. [Read More]
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