(1)Ball players to strike after NPB talks fail

(1)Ball players to strike after NPB talks fail

TOKYO, Japan - Atsuya Furuta (C), a catcher with the Central League ball club Yakult Swallows who heads the Japan Professional Baseball Players Association, speaks at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel Sept. 17 after negotiations with Nippon Professional Baseball ended in failure. Players will go on strike Sept. 18 and 19 for the first time in the 70-year history of Japanese pro baseball.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001105556
  • Registered date
  • 2004/9/17 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2004 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1864 × 2003 pixel
  • Resolution
  • dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 668.86(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Ex-BayStars pitcher Kitagata signs minor league deal with Dodgers

    Ex-BayStars pitcher Kitagata signs minor league deal with Dodgers

    Former Yokohama BayStars pitcher Yujo Kitagata speaks at a press conference on May 30, 2019, in Oyama, an eastern Japan city where his current team, the Tochigi Golden Braves of the independent Route Inn BC League, is based -- after signing a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in early May. The 25-year-old right-hander was the BayStars' first pick in the 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball draft but never played for the top team during his time with the club. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
      Ex-BayStars pitcher Kitagata signs minor league deal with Dodgers

      Ex-BayStars pitcher Kitagata signs minor league deal with Dodgers

      Former Yokohama BayStars pitcher Yujo Kitagata speaks at a press conference on May 30, 2019, in Oyama, an eastern Japan city where his current team, the Tochigi Golden Braves of the independent Route Inn BC League, is based -- after signing a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers in early May. The 25-year-old right-hander was the BayStars' first pick in the 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball draft but never played for the top team during his time with the club. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo
        Baseball: Yakult Swallows players

        Baseball: Yakult Swallows players

        TOKYO, Japan, April 30 Kyodo - Yakult Swallows' players, (from L) Yuhei Nakamura, Tony Barnette and Tetsuto Yamada, pose for photos on July 2, 2015, at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo, after being picked by the Central League's manager for the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star series. (Kyodo)
          Swallows skipper Ogawa to step down

          Swallows skipper Ogawa to step down

          TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2014, shows Junji Ogawa (R back), manager of the Central League's Yakult Swallows, and the team's batting coach Mitsuru Manaka (L back), watching a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo. Ogawa, 57, told a press conference on Sept. 22 that the club has accepted his decision to resign at the end of the season due to the cellar-dwelling club's poor results. Manaka, 43, is a strong candidate to take over.
            Swallows skipper Ogawa to step down

            Swallows skipper Ogawa to step down

            TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken Sept. 17, 2014, shows Junji Ogawa (R back), manager of the Central League's Yakult Swallows, and the team's batting coach Mitsuru Manaka (L back), watching a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo. Ogawa, 57, told a press conference on Sept. 22 that the club has accepted his decision to resign at the end of the season due to the cellar-dwelling club's poor results. Manaka, 43, is a strong candidate to take over. (Kyodo)
              Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

              Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

              SENDAI, Japan - Yozo Tachibana, president of the Japanese baseball club Rakuten Eagles, smiles during a news conference at the club's office in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with the team's ace pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. The club agreed to release Tanaka through the posting system. Tanaka told the club on Nov. 17, soon after Nippon Professional Baseball had agreed to Major League Baseball's terms on a new posting system, that he wished to move to the majors.
                Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

                Eagles allow Tanaka to go to majors through posting system

                SENDAI, Japan - Yozo Tachibana, president of the Japanese baseball club Rakuten Eagles, speaks at a news conference at the club's office in Sendai on Dec. 25, 2013, after talks with the team's ace pitcher Masahiro Tanaka. The club agreed to release Tanaka through the posting system. Tanaka told the club on Nov. 17, soon after Nippon Professional Baseball had agreed to Major League Baseball's terms on a new posting system, that he wished to move to the majors.
                  NPB head Kato intends to resign

                  NPB head Kato intends to resign

                  TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Nippon Professional Baseball Commissioner Ryozo Kato. Kato, 72, intends to resign, sources close to the matter said Sept. 19, 2013. He came under fire earlier in the year after the Japanese league secretly altered its ball.
                    NPB ball change revelation

                    NPB ball change revelation

                    SENDAI, Japan - Motohiro Shima, head of Japan's pro baseball players association, holds a press conference in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, on June 12, 2013, after Nippon Professional Baseball admitted the previous day that it had changed its official ball for the 2013 season.
                      Abe, Yoshikawa win MVP awards

                      Abe, Yoshikawa win MVP awards

                      TOKYO, Japan - Yomiuri Giants catcher Shinnosuke Abe (L) and Nippon Ham Fighters pitcher Mitsuo Yoshikawa are pictured in Tokyo on Nov. 21, 2012, after winning MVP awards for the first time for the Central League and Pacific League, respectively. Nippon Professional Baseball announced the same day that Abe was a near-unanimous selection, when the results of the Most Valuable Player voting were released.