Hawks manager Akiyama to step down at end of season

Hawks manager Akiyama to step down at end of season

FUKUOKA, Japan - Koji Akiyama (C), manager of the Softbank Hawks professional baseball club, is surrounded by reporters upon his arrival at Yafuoku Dome in the city of Fukuoka on Oct. 14, 2014. Akiyama, 52, who guided the club to its first Pacific League championship in three years, will step down from his post at the end of the season, team officials confirmed the same day.

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