Former Yomiuri Giants slugger Hideki Matsui, who has joined the New York Yankees, is not the only Japanese to take advantage of a free-agent system.
Though big bucks are not part of the deal, workers at Toshiba Corp. are trying to prove themselves in their chosen sections under a so-called in-house FA program.
Earlier this month, the first group of free agents were assigned to new positions at Toshiba in line with its FA program, which assigns employees to jobs in departments of their choice.