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July 11, 2007 Staff Photo By Takaaki Iwabu [/assets/story/image_buynow.comp]
Sportswriters from Japan surround Masao Kawarai, second from left, a baseball coach for the Japanese University All-Stars, after the team’s practice in Cary. As many as 150 people from Japanese media traveled to North Carolina last week to cover the team playing against an American counterpart, but most attention went to one player — Yuki Saito, a 19-year-old pitcher with national fame. The media hoopla forced the team to restrict the journalists from contacting Saito except for the post-game interviews.
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About This Project


Takaaki Iwabu
"No Ordinary Day" is a visual diary of the events, both large and small, that serve as milestones in people's lives. It debuted on March 24, 2002 and concluded on Aug. 29, 2007. We hope you continue to enjoy looking at our archive of “No Ordinary Day” images.


Travis Long
The column is a celebration of the struggles, triumphs and tears we experience as we travel from birth to death. Our goal was to document moments in time that might otherwise be missed; sometimes it's the tiniest incident in one's life that has the most profound effect. When on assignment for the column, we looked for that one photo that tells a whole story. Some are the result of a found moment we came across on our daily assignments or our daily existence. For others, we thought of a specific event, like a first haircut or last dance, and sought out a subject who might illustrate the idea.

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