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POSTING SYSTEM

Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Nov 7, 2021
Carp¡¯s Seiya Suzuki to be made available to MLB teams
The five-time NPB All Star, a member of Japan¡¯s gold-medal-winning Olympic team, is expected to be one of the most coveted outfielders of the offseason.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jan 9, 2021
Bad timing spoils Tomoyuki Sugano¡¯s MLB aspirations
Given a market where he apparently didn¡¯t get a deal he liked and an offseason changed by the coronavirus, it¡¯s not hard to see why Sugano chose another year with the Kyojin.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Dec 29, 2019
Ryosuke Kikuchi joins list of players to hit wall in posting system
Musing about whether or not certain players will get posted is fairly commonplace in discussions about the top NPB players these days.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Dec 9, 2019
NPB stars no longer shy about expressing MLB aspirations
Kohei Arihara wants to pitch in the major leagues in the near future. Haruki Nishikawa wants to make the move as well. Hayato Sakamoto doesn¡¯t want to, but he had to address it all the same.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 29, 2019
BayStars slugger Yoshitomo Tsutsugo ready to give majors a shot
Yoshitomo Tsutsugo, after the end of the Yokohama BayStars¡¯ season, took a trip to the United States and watched a game of this year¡¯s ALCS between the Houston Astros and New York Yankees.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / Sac Bunts
Jan 7, 2019
Yusei Kikuchi¡¯s move shows revised posting system not great for NPB clubs
Why would an NPB team post its best players now?
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 11, 2017
Shohei Otani speaks of desire to become world¡¯s best with move to MLB
After weeks of others speculating about his future, Shohei Otani, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters¡¯ captivating two-way superstar, finally had his say.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Oct 5, 2017
Fighters ace Shohei Otani lives up to expectations in Japan
Shohei Otani has lived up to the hype. Just as Bryce Harper in MLB and LeBron James in the NBA, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters star pitcher/DH not only entered the professional ranks to outsized expectations, he actually met them.
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 4, 2017
Otani dazzles in likely last start before heading to majors
The real Shohei Otani made his first appearance of the season on the last day of baseball at Sapporo Dome this year. It may have also been his final time on an NPB mound.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Nov 15, 2016
Kuriyama says big comeback by Fighters a catalyst for future
When the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters were trailing the two-time Japan Series champion Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks by 11? games in the Pacific League in late June, almost no one expected them to end up as league champions, let alone Japan Series champions, by the end of the season.
BASEBALL
Dec 17, 2013
Tanaka informs Eagles he wants to pitch in majors in 2014
The man at the center of the posting system drama finally broke his silence, and it was music to the ears of MLB fans and executives.
BASEBALL / HIT AND RUN
Dec 14, 2013
New posting system puts Rakuten in unfavorable position
While the relevant parties have given their blessings to a new posting agreement between Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball, there is still no resolution to Masahiro Tanaka¡¯s situation.
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Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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