Former Yomiuri Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima, who has been hospitalized since suffering a stroke two weeks ago, will be registered as the skipper of Japan's Olympic baseball team as scheduled, baseball officials said after a staff meeting on Monday.
Kiyoshi Nakahata, a batting coach for the Japan national team, said Nagashima leading Japan's team at the 2004 Athens Olympics is as good as a done deal.