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Miami Marlins manager Don Mattingly will lead a team of major league All-Stars against Japan's national team, Samurai Japan, in November. It will be the first time the two sides have met since 2014, ending a drought of visits by the MLB All-Star side. "We are ...
Eagles' Japhet Amador banned six months for doping
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles infielder Japhet Amador has been suspended for six months after testing positive for banned substances, Nippon Professional Baseball announced Thursday afternoon. Amador's suspension began the same day and will last until Feb. 8, 2019. According to NPB, Amador was tested following a ...
NPB commissioner Atsushi Saito rejects Orix request for game replay
Japan's pro baseball commissioner rejected on Friday a request from Orix to replay a game the Buffaloes lost after a botched video replay. Atsushi Saito, the commissioner of NPB said he had apologized to the Pacific League club over the incident and vowed to ensure ...
NPB getting on board with boom in esports
Nippon Professional Baseball is ready to take a swing at esports. This fall, the league will join forces with Konami to launch the Pawapuro Pro League, an esports league that will bring together pro baseball and pro gamers. Players in the league will compete using ...
NPB names former Tokyo Stock Exchange boss Atsushi Saito next commissioner
Former securities exchange executive Atsushi Saito was approved as the next commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball on Monday. Saito, formerly the CEO of the Japan Exchange Group Inc. that oversees the operations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka Exchange, will take over from ...
Japan's CEOs: underpaid and underwhelming
Atsushi Saito says Japanese corporate heads are underpaid and shun bold decisions for fear of missing out on cushy adviser roles after they retire.
Outgoing JPX chief brushes off media concerns about earnings leaks to Nikkei
The outgoing head of Japan's top bourse is unperturbed about a disclosure practice that has characterized the nation's stock market for years. Publishing companies' financial results in the local press before they are officially announced isn't unfair, Atsushi Saito, chief executive officer of Japan Exchange ...
