Recently introduced Japan baseball national team manager Hiroki Kokubo doesn't appear to impose victories on his players right away.
Instead, he will ask them to understand the significance of representing their country and being a part of the Samurai Japan squad.
Kokubo, who revealed his squad on Monday for the three exhibition games against Taiwan from Nov. 8 to 10 in Taipei, said before Tuesday's Game 3 of the Japan Series at Tokyo Dome that he intended to select younger players who have not put on the Japan jersey on the international stage in the past.