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Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach
Pitchers Daisuke Matsuzaka and Clay Buchholz work out with the Red Sox today in the Tokyo Dome.

Journal photo / Bob Breidenbach
Red Sox pitcher and former Japanese league star Daisuke Matsuzaka bows to photographers at the Dome.

AP photo / Itsuo Inouye
Red Sox pitchers, from left, Tim Wakefield, Mike Timlin, Bryan Corey and Curt Schilling present team jerseys to U.S. Army Japan Commanding Gen. Elbert Perkins and Garrison Japan Commander Robert Waltemeyer. The four Sox players were visiting Camp Zama, west of Tokyo.

While we're getting our days started here in Rhode Island, the Red Sox are finished with the first full day of their weeklong trip to Japan. Above are a few photos from the day, which included an official welcoming ceremony, a tour by four Red Sox pitchers of a U.S. military base, and a team workout in the Tokyo Dome.

At 11 tonight our time (noon tomorrow Tokyo time), the Red Sox will play an exhibition game against the Hanshin Tigers, a Japanese professional team. Projo sports writer Sean McAdam and photographer Bob Breidenbach are accompanying the team on the trip, and you can stories and photos on our Red Sox page and our SoxBlog.

We'll also have pitch-by-pitch coverage of next week's regular-season games in Tokyo against the Oakland Athletics on the Red Sox page.

Click here to see a slideshow of Bob Breidenbach's photos from today in Tokyo.

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