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BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 29, 2004

MLB settles lawsuit with Morioka

Major League Baseball, which had been the target of a $3.4 million lawsuit by Tokyo native Juri Morioka, charging wrongful termination and overt racism against Asians, has quietly settled the case, The Japan Times has learned.
BASEBALL / MLB
Dec 1, 2004

Kiyohara to play for Giants in 2005

Disgruntled veteran slugger Kazuhiro Kiyohara said Tuesday he has reached middle ground with the Yomiuri Giants and will play for the Central League club next season, the final year of his four-year deal.
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Nov 27, 2004

'Godzilla' returns home after heartbreak season

Even after living every boy's dream of hitting cleanup for the New York Yankees in the 2004 season, Hideki Matsui isn't happy.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 25, 2004

Ramirez, Swallows set to ink new deal

The Yakult Swallows are set to sign a new deal with outfielder Alex Ramirez, who has turned down an offer from the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, Yakult officials said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 10, 2004

Ishii, Otsuka do their best to fill shoes of Japan's biggest stars

The organizers of the Major League Baseball All-Star show currently touring Japan were not able to convince Ichiro Suzuki of the Seattle Mariners or Hideki Matsui of the New York Yankees to play in this year's Nichibei yakyu, but the appearance of Japanese pitchers Kazuhisa Ishii and Akinori Otsuka has...
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2004

Kokudo not to sell Seibu Lions, for now

Kokudo Corp. said Monday it will not sell the Seibu Lions professional baseball club.
JAPAN
Nov 7, 2004

Seibu Lions ballclub up for sale

Scandal-tainted Kokudo Corp. has decided to sell the Seibu Lions baseball team for more than 20 billion yen, sources said Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 1, 2004

BayStars' slugger Woods free to talk

Central League home-run king Tyrone Woods will be made available to other teams as he was not able to reach an agreement on a new contract for next season with the Yokohama BayStars, baseball officials said Sunday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 30, 2004

Plans announced for new league

Pro baseball commentator Takenori Emoto revealed Friday a plan to establish an independent league in Japan from 2006.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2004

Daiei chief to resign over rehab fiasco

Daiei Inc. President Kunio Takagi announced Friday he will step down next week to take responsibility for the ailing retailer's decision to ask a state-backed bailout agency to help in its rehabilitation.
JAPAN
Oct 14, 2004

Banks force Daiei into climbdown, arms of IRCJ

Pressure from creditor banks has forced debt-ridden retailer Daiei Inc. into deciding to seek help from the Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan, officials said Wednesday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Oct 9, 2004

East-West game set for Nov. 3

Players selected from all 12 teams, including the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes who will merge in the off-season, take part in the East-West exhibition game at Tokyo Dome on Nov. 3, Nippon Professional Baseball said Friday.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 8, 2004

Rakuten names Kakefu as managerial candidate

Former Hanshin Tigers star player Masayuki Kakefu has been named as a candidate to be manager of Internet mall operator Rakuten Inc.'s proposed new baseball club, Rakuten sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
Features
Oct 3, 2004

Teddy bares all

Long before baseball's Ichiro Suzuki or soccer's Hidetoshi Nakata became stars overseas, in 1987 a 15-year-old boy from Asahikawa in Hokkaido flew to London on his way to taking the ballet world by storm just a few years later.
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE
Sep 25, 2004

Look at the moon! Hiraite, chong, chong

My next-door neighbor Kazu-chan was standing in my "genkan." "Amy, I've signed you up to take part in the dance performance on Respect for the Aged Day." This national holiday was observed on Monday, but our island celebrated it on Thursday, the autumnal equinox.
BASEBALL / MLB
Sep 23, 2004

Rakuten, Livedoor battle for Sendai team

Rakuten president Hiroshi Mikitani says he'll make a formal application Friday to set up a professional baseball team based in Miyagi Prefecture north of Tokyo -- a move that would put the firm in direct competition with fellow Internet services company Livedoor.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY
Sep 18, 2004

Shakespeare goes Gothic at New National Theater

As a law unto himself, Dwayne Lawler is well named. Tense -- intense is the better word -- and charismatic, he is driven by powerful forces to make his mark on Japan, his native Australia and the world at large. At the same time he is incredibly nervous, and so polite and desperate to please that I want...
BUSINESS
Aug 7, 2004

Daiei creditors to seek IRCJ help; Hawks may go

Daiei Inc.'s three main creditor banks are in the final stages of hammering out a plan to seek the help of the state-backed Industrial Revitalization Corp. of Japan to rescue the embattled retailer, sources said Friday.

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