Japan Players to Go on First-Ever Strike
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Japanese baseball players decided to go on strike for the first time in the 70 year history of the local game after last minute talks with the representatives
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Hideki Matsui took batting practice Wednesday for the first time since the New York Yankees left fielder broke his left wrist in May.
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Fans of the Montreal Expos prepared to bid adieu on Wednesday, as Canada&#39;s first big league baseball team appeared set to move to Washington.
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March 31 &#151; Player representatives of the Major League Baseball Players Association, in a 47-0 vote, authorize a strike to begin April 1. All 12 exhibition games for that day are canceled.
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Pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is set to make  history as the most expensive Japanese player to enter Major  League Baseball after the Boston Red Sox sealed a  record-breaking deal worth a total $103.1 million.
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Tabuse, who was waived after training camp with the Denver Nuggets last year, hopes to become the first Japanese-born player to make the NBA.
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Ichiro Suzukiâs attempt to break George Sislerâs season hits record is not only big for baseball, but also for Japanese players all over the world.
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Royal Mail postal workers are ready to go on strike for the first time since 1996 in a row over pay increases.
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Nearly one million people across Japan have taken part in drills to prepare for a major earthquake, in an annual exercise joined for the first time by US and South Korean authorities.
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Baseball fans across Japan on Saturday celebrated Ichiro Suzuki&#39;s new Major League record for the most hits in a single season.
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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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SUZUKA (Japan) - First football&#39;s English Premiership, then women&#39;s tennis. Now, the Russians are set to make their mark in Formula One.
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TIGER Woods will be looking for his first victory in Japan when he tees off today in the Dunlop Phoenix tournament in Miyazaki. &quot;Iâve never won in Japan,&quot; Woods, the world No 2, said yesterday.
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Yuta Tabuse has signed for Phoenix, boosting his hopes of becoming the first Japanese player to see action in the NBA. The 23-year-old guard, who took part in the Denver Nuggets&#39; pre-season training camp last
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FOR Ichiro Suzuki, it was the most emotional moment of his life. For Japan, it was a day of national celebration. The outfielder set a Major League record for most hits in a season on Friday, breaking an 84
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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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Akinori Iwamura stepped up to the podium, took a deep breath and smiled. The last time the five-time Japanese League All-Star remembered feeling so nervous, his country was facing the United States on the way to winning the inaugural World Baseball Classic last winter.