Japanese baseball strike nears
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Professional baseball in Japan has truly come of age: the nation is bracing for its first ever players&#39; strike. Athletes are angry about a proposed merger between two clubs, the
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The Finnish bus strike, which on Tuesday entered its second week and affects eight cities, is likely to spread on Wednesday to the Port of Helsinki and ADR-Haanpaa Oy, the industrial chemical transporter.
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TOKYO It leads the TV news, and everyone from schoolchildren to the prime minister is talking about it. The first baseball strike in Japanese history has gripped the nation and rekindled interest in what was
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Japanese baseball players will strike for the first time if owners proceed with a proposed merger of two teams, the players' union said Monday.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers have made a bid for Japanese infielder Norihiro Nakamura, Japanese baseball officials said Tuesday.
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Japan has protested to North Korea and threatened to cut food aid after an incident involving the ashes of a Japanese woman. Tokyo&#39;s has accused Pyongyang of handing over other people&#39;s ashes to prove the
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Japan&#39;s Ichiro Suzuki is poised to break one of the oldest records in major league baseball. The Seattle Mariners outfielder is chasing
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Daisuke Matsuzaka is quickly putting his off-the-field worries behind him. Now, the Japanese ace is hungry for spring training with the Boston Red Sox.
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The Devil Rays were closing in on an agreement with Japanese star infielder Akinori Iwamura and are likely to finalize a deal Friday in what would be Tampa Bay's first major move of the offseason.
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Since 1998, major league baseball teams have had to pay posting fees for the right to negotiate with Japanese players who are still under contract.
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It isn't as though Hideki Matsui hasn't been in the middle of a baseball blood rivalry before. In Japan, the clan war between the Yomiuri Giants and Hanshin Tigers has been going on for decades. It's just as lopsided (30 Central League titles for the Giants, 4 for the Tigers) and it even has its own curse.
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Baseball is about to be offered some much-needed help pulling its head out of the sand.
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Japanese baseball players elected to stage the first strike in the history of the sport in Japan on Friday after extended negotiations with team officials failed to reach an agreement.
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TOKYO Baseball players in Japan are going on strike for the first time in the sport&#39;s history there. Games this weekend are being called off after extended negotiations with team officials failed to bear fruit.
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Japan Airlines holds talks with unions in an effort to avert a two-day strike at its domestic operations.
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North Korea appeared close Sunday to test-firing a long-range missile capable of reaching the United States, prompting the White House to warn of an appropriate response and Japan to threaten a &quot;fierce&quot; protest to the United Nations.
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Negotiators for the U.A.W. and G.M. met here today ahead of a midnight contract deadline as workers at local unions across the country prepared for a possible strike.