THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 18, 2022 at 19:20 JST
Baseball manga cartoonist Shinji Mizushima. The photo was carried in The Asahi Shimbun in 1984. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Manga artist Shinji Mizushima, who parlayed his love of baseball into manga series that were beloved by fans and the players alike, died of pneumonia on Jan. 10. He was 82. [Read More]
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