Ex-Hanshin Tigers manager Nomura publishes book

TOKYO, Japan - Katsuya Nomura, former manager of Japan's Central League baseball club Hanshin Tigers, holds up his new book entitled ''My Wife is a Doberman'' at a news conference May 15 at a Tokyo hotel. His wife Sachiyo, a TV personality, got a suspended sentence for tax evasion May 1. Nomura resigned as Hanshin manager Dec. 6 last year after his wife's arrest.

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