Akiko Nagashima
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Akiko Nagashima (January 5, 1943 - September 18, 2007) was a Japanese businesswoman and the wife of former Yomiuri Giants hitter and team manager Shigeo Nagashima and mother of actor and sports commentator Kazushige Nagashima.
She worked on a project related to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics where she met Shigeo. They married in January 1965,[1] and she had their first son, Kazushige, a year later. She subsequently had three other children including Masaoki, now a race car driver, and Mina, a newscaster.
In 2002, she was selected to be the spokesperson for a government program dealing with the effects of global warming.[1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Obituary: Akiko Nagashima". The Japan Times. 19 September 2007. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
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- 1943 births
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- 20th-century Japanese businesspeople
- Businesspeople from Tokyo
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