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Balentien to face lesser charge

URASOE, Japan - Japan's single season home run king Wladimur Balentien takes part in the spring camp of Japanese Central League club Yakult Swallows in Urasone, Okinawa Prefecture, on Feb. 12, 2014, as team president Tsuyoshi Kinugasa said Balentien, who was arrested on charges of domestic violence and false imprisonment in Miami, Florida, in January, has been charged with unlawful entry instead of the original felony false imprisonment.

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Balentien at press conference

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows slugger Wladimir Balentien (C) apologizes over his arrest in Florida on domestic violence charges at a press conference at the Swallows' team office in Tokyo on Jan. 29, 2014. At left is club president Tsuyoshi Kinugasa, while team official Masayuki Okumura is on the right.

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Balentien arrested

TOKYO, Japan - Tsuyoshi Kinugasa (L), president of the company running Tokyo Yakult Swallows Baseball Club, speaks with reporters in Tokyo on Jan. 14, 2014, after media reports that the pro baseball club's slugger Wladimir Balentien was arrested in Florida on domestic violence charges.

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Brewers win negotiating rights for Aoki

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows' outfielder Norichika Aoki answers questions from reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2011, after hearing from the Japanese baseball team's president Tsuyoshi Kinugasa that the Milwaukee Brewers have won the right to negotiate a contract with the three-time Central League batting champion under the posting system.

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Baseball: Yakult manager Manaka to resign at season's end

Yakult Swallows manager Mitsuru Manaka watches from the dugout a game against the Hanshin Tigers at Kyocera Dome in Osaka on Aug. 5, 2017. Manaka is set to step down at the end of the season due to the team's poor performance, team president Tsuyoshi Kinugasa said on Aug. 22. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Brewers win negotiating rights for Aoki

TOKYO, Japan - Yakult Swallows' outfielder Norichika Aoki answers questions from reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 18, 2011, after hearing from the Japanese baseball team's president Tsuyoshi Kinugasa that the Milwaukee Brewers have won the right to negotiate a contract with the three-time Central League batting champion under the posting system. (Kyodo)

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Ahead of Japan baseball season start

Tsuyoshi Kinugasa (L) and Tsukasa Imamura, president of the Tokyo-based Yakult Swallows and Yomiuri Giants, respectively, pay a courtesy visit to Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike at the metropolitan government building on June 16, 2020, three days before Japanese baseball's coronavirus-delayed season begins. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo