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Guttormson suspended in 1st doping case in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuchika Negoro, acting commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 10 about the decision to suspend Softbank Hawks right-hander Rick Guttormson for 20 days. A post-game doping test on July 13 found that Guttormson had taken Finasteride.

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Ex-baseball commissioner Negoro dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in August 2007 in Tokyo shows Yasuchika Negoro, then acting commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball. Negoro, a former NPB commissioner who took the post after retiring as head of the Tokyo High Public Prosecutors' Office, died of lung cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Nov. 4, 2013, the Justice Ministry said Nov. 8. He was 81.

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Baseball: Yakult pitcher Rios fails doping test

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows right-hander Daniel Rios speaks at a press conference in the baseball club's office in Tokyo on June 28 about his drug test failure. Nippon Professional Baseball acting commissioner Yasuchika Negoro said Rios has been suspended for one year for failing the test. Yakult announced the release of the 35-year-old effective the same day shortly after Negoro revealed the ruling.

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Former Japan envoy to U.S. Kato appointed baseball commissioner

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuchika Negoro (L), acting commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball, and Ryozo Kato, former Japanese ambassador to the United States, shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on June 18 after Japanese baseball club owners approved Kato's appointment as Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner to replace Negoro.

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Yomiuri infielder Gonzalez suspended for doping

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Professional Baseball said on May 26 it has handed Yomiuri Giants infielder Luis Gonzalez a one-year suspension due to doping violations. Acting Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro (R) sits besides commissioner's office head Kazuo Hasegawa (L) who announced the decision. Yomiuri said the same day that the Central League club plans to release the 28-year-old Venezuelan shortly.

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Seibu punished for illegitimate scouting of players

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro has stripped the Seibu Lions of part of their rights to pick high school players in this year's amateur draft and fined the Pacific League club 30 million yen for illegitimate scouting activities.

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(3)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

TOKYO, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Wa Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Takuo Takihana, Japanese pro baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro, Orix BluWave owner Yoshihiko Miyauchi (from left to right) attend a press conference in a Tokyo hotel Sept. 8 after the owners of Japan's 12 professional ballclubs approved the Orix-Kintestu merger and decided to keep the two-league system.

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(3)Another merger between PL baseball clubs in works

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Kazu Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Tsuneo Watanabe and Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro meet reporters at a Tokyo hotel July 7 after a meeting of owners of the 12 Japanese professional baseball clubs. It was disclosed the same day that a merger between Pacific League professional baseball clubs is in the works in addition to the ongoing merger talks between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes.

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(2)Negoro appointed Japanese baseball commissioner

TOKYO, Japan - Owners of Japan's professional baseball clubs (shown) appointed Yasuchika Negoro, former Fair Trade Commission chairman, on Jan. 30 as the new Japanese baseball commissioner to succeed Hiromori Kawashima.

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(1)Negoro appointed Japanese baseball commissioner

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuchika Negoro (file photo), former Fair Trade Commission chairman, was appointed to succeed Hiromori Kawashima as the new Japanese baseball commissioner by the owners of Japan's professional baseball clubs on Jan. 30. Negoro will take charge on Feb. 1 as Kawashima, 81, decided to step down before his term ends March 6 to make the transition smoother.

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Commissioner Kawashima to make way Negoro at end of Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromori Kawashima smiles at the of a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15. He said he will step down as commissioner of Japanese professional baseball on Jan. 31, more than a month before his current term ends.

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Kawashima to step down as Japan baseball commissioner

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromori Kawashima (L, file photo) will step down as commissioner of Japanese professional baseball when his term finishes in March, baseball sources said Jan. 9. Former Fair Trade Commission chief and lawyer Yasuchika Negoro, 71, (R, file photo) is a leading candidate to succeed the 81-year-old Kawashima.

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Takeshima to become FTC chief in July

TOKYO, Japan - The government plans to appoint Kazuhiko Takeshima (file photo), a senior official in the Cabinet Secretariat, as chairman of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC). Takeshima, a former director general of the National Tax Agency, is expected to assume the post in July following Diet approval, succeeding incumbent Yasuchika Negoro.

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(3)Owners keep 2 leagues, OK Orix-Kintetsu merger

TOKYO, Japan - Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Wa Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Takuo Takihana, Japanese pro baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro, Orix BluWave owner Yoshihiko Miyauchi (from left to right) attend a press conference in a Tokyo hotel Sept. 8 after the owners of Japan's 12 professional ballclubs approved the Orix-Kintestu merger and decided to keep the two-league system. (Kyodo)

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Commissioner Negoro to resign in late Sept.

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro (file photo) said on Sept. 18 he intends to resign from his post possibly at an owners meeting Sept. 29 after failing to avert a strike by the players. (Kyodo)

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Seibu punished for illegitimate scouting of players

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro has stripped the Seibu Lions of part of their rights to pick high school players in this year's amateur draft and fined the Pacific League club 30 million yen for illegitimate scouting activities. (Kyodo)

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Guttormson suspended in 1st doping case in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuchika Negoro, acting commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 10 about the decision to suspend Softbank Hawks right-hander Rick Guttormson for 20 days. A post-game doping test on July 13 found that Guttormson had taken Finasteride.

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Yomiuri infielder Gonzalez suspended for doping

TOKYO, Japan - Nippon Professional Baseball said on May 26 it has handed Yomiuri Giants infielder Luis Gonzalez a one-year suspension due to doping violations. Acting Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro (R) sits besides commissioner's office head Kazuo Hasegawa (L) who announced the decision. Yomiuri said the same day that the Central League club plans to release the 28-year-old Venezuelan shortly. (Kyodo)

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Former Japan envoy to U.S. Kato appointed baseball commissioner

TOKYO, Japan - Yasuchika Negoro (L), acting commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball, and Ryozo Kato, former Japanese ambassador to the United States, shake hands at a hotel in Tokyo on June 18 after Japanese baseball club owners approved Kato's appointment as Nippon Professional Baseball commissioner to replace Negoro. (Kyodo)

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(3)Another merger between PL baseball clubs in works

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Kintetsu Buffaloes owner Kazu Tashiro, Yomiuri Giants owner Tsuneo Watanabe and Japanese baseball commissioner Yasuchika Negoro meet reporters at a Tokyo hotel July 7 after a meeting of owners of the 12 Japanese professional baseball clubs. It was disclosed the same day that a merger between Pacific League professional baseball clubs is in the works in addition to the ongoing merger talks between the Orix BlueWave and Kintetsu Buffaloes. (Kyodo)

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Kawashima to step down as Japan baseball commissioner

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromori Kawashima (L, file photo) will step down as commissioner of Japanese professional baseball when his term finishes in March, baseball sources said Jan. 9. Former Fair Trade Commission chief and lawyer Yasuchika Negoro, 71, (R, file photo) is a leading candidate to succeed the 81-year-old Kawashima. (Kyodo)

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Commissioner Kawashima to make way Negoro at end of Jan.

TOKYO, Japan - Hiromori Kawashima smiles at the of a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 15. He said he will step down as commissioner of Japanese professional baseball on Jan. 31, more than a month before his current term ends. (Kyodo)

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Takeshima to become FTC chief in July

TOKYO, Japan - The government plans to appoint Kazuhiko Takeshima (file photo), a senior official in the Cabinet Secretariat, as chairman of the Fair Trade Commission (FTC). Takeshima, a former director general of the National Tax Agency, is expected to assume the post in July following Diet approval, succeeding incumbent Yasuchika Negoro.