Japan baseball players will strike
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TOKYO, Japan -- Japanese baseball players have gone on strike for the first time in the 70 year history of the game after last minute talks ended without an agreement.
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NAGOYA-A second weekend baseball strike was averted Thursday after team owners conceded to players&#39; demands and ended the often-nasty labor dispute.
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Ichiro Suzuki, baseball's sang-froid  player, is racing to shatter an elusive record for hits in a  single season, aiming to bring glory to himself, the Seattle  Mariners and his country Japan.
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Red Sox fans will have to set their alarms to catch the season-opening games in Japan.
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Ichiro Suzuki, baseball&#39;s sang-froid player, is racing to shatter an elusive record for hits in a single season, aiming to bring glory to himself, the Seattle Mariners and his country Japan.
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NEW YORK - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi hurled a ceremonial first pitch at the game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox on Sunday, with Yankees outfielder Hideki Matsui serving as catcher.
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Newspapers and TV are giving a daily  count-down, and Japanese from salarymen to politicians are  holding their breath as Seattle Mariners outfielder Ichiro  Suzuki challenges one of the oldest records in major league  baseball.
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Japan&#39;s baseball players and owners averted a strike Friday, reaching a last-minute agreement that will allow teams to continue playing through the weekend, the Kyodo News service and national broadcaster NHK reported.
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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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The Red Sox and Japan - two baseball loving nations - are standing by as Boston attempts to beat the deadline for signing pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka.
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Japan&#39;s professional baseball players averted a second strike this weekend after team representatives softened their stance Thursday and agreed with management that a club may be added next season.
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OSLO, Norway  - As a strike by Norwegian offshore oil rig workers dragged into its third month, employers were set to retaliate with a lockout planned for Thursday.
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A defiant Gene Upshaw said that if the NFL's owners opt out of the current labor agreement later this year, the players' union is ready for a strike or the decertification tactics it used to get free agency after the 1987 walkout.
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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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The next round of bargaining sessions intended to strengthen Major League Baseball&#39;s steroids-testing program have yet to begin, but the position taken by the players
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As Matsuzaka signs a huge contract with the Boston Red Sox, some Japanese fans worry about losing all their superstars. Others are just proud
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Celtic playmaker Shunsuke Nakamura has vowed to &quot;fight like a challenger&quot; as he cancelled his 29th birthday party to take part in Japan&#39;s crash training course ahead of their Asian Cup defence.