Strike threatens Japan baseball
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Japan's professional baseball players threaten to strike for the first time since the game was introduced 70 years ago.
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A complicated three-team deal designed  to bring five-times Cy Young award winner Randy Johnson to the  New York Yankees was under threat on Friday.
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Japan's Ichiro Suzuki is poised to break one of the oldest records in major league baseball.
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The report is expected to be sharply critical of both Major League Baseball and the playersâ union.
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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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Yuta Tabuse could be taken off the  Phoenix Suns' roster less than a week after becoming the first  Japanese player to appear in the NBA.
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Workers at South Korea's largest automaker Hyundai Motor will go on strike Friday to oppose proposed government labor reform legislaton, union leaders said.
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A powerful South Korean labor union said  Sunday hundreds of thousands of its members will strike from  next week against a bill that aims to curb union militancy and  allow companies to hire more temporary workers.
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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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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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A powerful South Korea labor group said it would call hundreds of thousands of its members to strike next week against a government bill aimed at stopping union militancy and securing flexible job markets.
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Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda warns action is needed to tackle the growing risks to the world economy.
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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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Tokyo, Japan (Sports Network) - Japan&#39;s baseball players have decided to go on strike for the first time in the 70-year history of the sport in that nation.
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Unions are threatening a general strike in the Ivory Coast in a protest against the prices farmers are paid for their cocoa supplies.
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The rivalry between the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees took on an Asian flavor on Monday when three Japanese players met before their exhibition game.
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Japan on Tuesday warned it might sanctions against North Korea after accusing the communist country of failing to properly investigate the fates of Japanese citizens it kidnapped years ago.