News in Japanese 
- Sponichi: Yankees’ scouts Billy Eppler and Damon Oppenheimer visit to Japan to watch Yu Darvish pitch on August 20
[Y. Darvish] August 31, 2010
- sankei: Cubs outfielder Kosuke Fukudome hits 1,500th pro-career hit, August 15 game against Cardinals.
[K. Fukudome] August 16, 2010
- Sanspo: Kosuke Fukudome hits 10th home run, 12 years straight double-digit home runs since 1999, three straight in the majors.
[K. Fukudome] August 12, 2010
- sanspo: Daisuke Matsuzaka wins his 45th MLB games. Tied third most by Japanese pitcher with Hasegawa after Nomo(123) and Ohka(51)
[Matsuzaka] August 7, 2010
- sponichi: Munenori Kawasaki, infielder of Softbank Hawks, to wait for his oversea FA and try to sign with MLB team in 2012
[M. Kawasaki] July 22, 2010
- asahi: Angels Hideki Matsui played in 1,000th game of his MLB career. 2nd Japanese player to do so, with Ichiro Suzuki.
[H. Matsui] July 11, 2010
- Nikkan: Ichiro Susuki of Seattle Mariners selected for AL starting member for the MLB All-Star 2010. 10th years in a row.
[Ichiro] July 5, 2010
- Sponichi: Kenshin Kawakami of Atlanta Braves will be out of rotation and be relief pitcher. 1-9 with 4.48 ERA
[K.Kawakami] July 1, 2010
- Sanspo: Naoya Washiya, an outfielder for Washinton Nationals farm system were let go by the team prior to the start of 2010 rookie league season
[N.Washiya] July 1, 2010
- sanspo: Kenshin Kawakami became the first starter in Braves franchise history to lose his first nine decisions.
[K.Kawakami] June 16, 2010
- Mainichi: Ichiro Suzuki scores 1,000th run in the MLB. Achieved with 1,481 games, eighth fastest in the MLB history.
[Ichiro] June 6, 2010
- sponichi: ATL RHP Takashi Saito recorded win at 40 years and 3 month old, passing Keiichi Yabu's 39 yrs and 8 mo. mark.
[T.Saito] May 31, 2010
- Sponichi: Yu Darvish's father has been in contact with MLB player agent Arn Tellem for advice
[Y. Darvish] May 19, 2010
- Sanspo: Koji Uehara, on disabled list with left thigh, will continue his rehab assignment in AAA
[Uehara] April 30, 2010
- Nikkan: Braves RHP Kenshin Kawakami gets fourth loss of the season. Tied at most loss in MLB, but 2 losses came when Braves were shut out.
[K.Kawakami] April 30, 2010
- Zakzak: Cubs OF Kosuke Fukudome hits his first MLB grand slam. But the team loses 5-13.
[K. Fukudome] April 30, 2010
- sanspo: Tomo Ohka signs multi year deal with Yokohama BayStars. Won 51 games in the MLB
[Ohka] April 6, 2010
- Nikkan: Koji Mitsui, who was posted twice by Seibu Lions and had tryouts for MLB teams, made decision to retire
[K. Mitsui] March 31, 2010
- Nikkan: Toshihisa Nishi excited about playing in American Indent League
[T. Nishi] March 30, 2010
- nikkan: Kenshin Kawakami will start the game on April 11th, being 5th starter and extra off-days.
[K.Kawakami] March 29, 2010
- sponichi: Ichiro's over-the-head catch have everyone excited.
[Ichiro] March 24, 2010
- nikkan: Junichi Tazawa allows 4 hits, 4 runs including 3 home runs. He has allowed 5 home runs in 7 inn. this spring.
[J. Tazawa] March 23, 2010
- sanspo: Ichiro makes a basket catch fine play in a spring training game
[Ichiro] March 23, 2010
- Sanspo: Tomo Ohka agreed to a deal with Mexican League team Quintana Roo Tigers
[Ohka] March 9, 2010
- sponichi: Mets Hisanori Takahashi pitches 3 innings of no run ga,e makes statement for 5th starter slot.
[H. Takahashi] March 8, 2010
- Sponichi: Yu Darvish working on his two seam fastball, adding to his arsenal of foursemaer, curve, cut fastball, forkball and change up.
[Y. Darvish] March 7, 2010
- Sanspo: Infielder Toshihisa Nishi asked Dodgers to send scouts out to his worked out at USC
[T. Nishi] March 5, 2010
- Sponichi: Ryota Igarashi pitches for Mets for the first time in a exhibition game, record his first save.
[R. Igarashi] March 3, 2010
- Sponichi: Hiroya Yamamura, who was reported to have agreed to a deal with Phillies, does not have a deal.
[H.Yamamura] February 19, 2010
- : Waseda University will play exhibition games against US colleges in LA, Yuki Saito eager to measure against them.
[Y. Saito] February 16, 2010
- Hochi: LHP Hisanori Takahashi agrees with NY Mets, will compete for 5th spot in the rotation
[H. Takahashi] February 11, 2010
- Nikkan: INF Toshihisa Nishi, still without US team week before Spring camp, ponders his option.
[T. Nishi] February 11, 2010
- Hochi: Hisanori Takahashi choosing between LA Dodgers and NY Mets. Both minor league deal.
[H. Takahashi] February 10, 2010
- Hochi: Phillies asks Osaka University of Commerce to stop the press conference to announce Yamamura signing. Deal not yet official.
[H.Yamamura] February 9, 2010
- Yomiuri: Osaka University of Commerce announces that their catcher Hiroya Yamamura, 22, has signed with Philadelphia Phillies
[H.Yamamura] February 9, 2010
- Nikkan: Hiroya Yamamura agreed to minor league deal with Philadelphia Phillies, invited to Spring Training
[H.Yamamura] February 9, 2010
- Hochi: Osaka Shogyo (Commerce) University Senior Hiroya Yamamura has major league ambition.
[H.Yamamura] February 9, 2010
- Number: Naoya Washiya, in Washington Nationals org., is fired up for his second season in US
[N.Washiya] February 9, 2010
- Hochi: Hisanori Takahashi has minor league offers from Red Sox, Giants, Padres and Dodgers. he has declined Mets and Orioles.
[H. Takahashi] February 4, 2010
- Sankei: 41-years old Shingo Takastu will pitch for Sinon Bulls in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan
[S.Takatsu] February 2, 2010
News in English
- Baltimore Sun: Orioles director of player development John Stockstill headed to Japan to look at five to seven players including Yu Darvish
[Y. Darvish] August 30, 2010
- Mainichi: Baltimore Orioles RHP Koji Uehara stepped into the closer role, recorded 3rd save of the season
[Uehara] August 30, 2010
- LATimes: Hideki Matsui's recent hot hitting could persuade the Angels to keep him for 2011
[H. Matsui] August 30, 2010
- BostonGlobe: Daisuke Matsuzaka records the 500th strikeout of his MLB career, joined Roger Clemens as the only Red Sox pitchers since 1920 to reach 500 in their first 91 games. Clemens did it in his 79th game.
[Matsuzaka] August 16, 2010
- Asahi: Advice to teenage baseball players by Masumi Kuwata: The secret to playing better ball, still having fun
[M. Kuwata] August 6, 2010
- AtlantaJC: Keinshin Kawakami talks to AJC. Has an 8-21 record and 4.17 ERA in 48 games for the Braves, including 1-9 with a 4.75 ERA in 2010
[K.Kawakami] August 5, 2010
- mlb.com: Pirates designated slumping infielder Aki Iwamura for assignment to make roster room for prospect Pedro Alveraz
[Iwamura] June 16, 2010
- mlb.com: Kazuo Matsui to join Colorado Rockies' Triple-A club
[K. Matsui] May 25, 2010
- AP: Mets activate RHP Ryota Igarashi from DL, demote Acosta
[R. Igarashi] May 24, 2010
- ESPN: Astros waived struggling second baseman Kaz Matsui. Hitting only .141. Was in last season of 3-year, $16.5 mil contract
[K. Matsui] May 19, 2010
- mlb.com: Hideki Matsui lifts Halos with 1,500th career RBI (combined US and Japan) in the 10th
[H. Matsui] May 9, 2010
- mlb.com: Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka ready for season debut Saturday against the Orioles in Baltimore.
[Matsuzaka] April 30, 2010
- mlb.com: Hideki Matsui receives 2009 World Series Ring as a member of Los Angeles Angels (video)
[H. Matsui] April 14, 2010
- sponichi: Yu Darvish, for the first time, hinted his aspiration for MLB. Won't be FA till after 2014, but posting a possibility.
[Y. Darvish] March 29, 2010
- BaltimoreSun: Koji Uehara will start 2010 season on DL with hamstring injury
[Uehara] March 29, 2010
- mlb.com: Red Sox Junichi Tazawa has right elbow examined after he felt tightness during last bullpen session. 10.29 ERA this spring.
[J. Tazawa] March 29, 2010
- mlb.com: Ichiro's unbelievable grab recalls Mays - Mariners right fielder turns back to infield to rob Mathis (with Video)
[Ichiro] March 24, 2010
- LATimes: Angels' Hideki Matsui, who hadn't played the outfield since June 2008, gives left field a shot for four innings.
[H. Matsui] March 23, 2010
- japanbaseballnews: Yu Darvish Pitch-By-Pitch Scouting Report: Using Pitch Plot Over Three Games in 2009
[Y. Darvish] March 23, 2010
- mlb.com: Red Sox right-hander Daisuke Matsuzaka pleased after first spring outing、an intrasquad game against minor leaguer
[Matsuzaka] March 21, 2010
- Team PR: Toshihisa Nishi signs a 2010 contract with Independent League Lancaster Barnstormers.
[T. Nishi] March 13, 2010
- LATimes: Hideki Matsui has quite a following - The Japanese media keeps an eye on everything the new Angels slugger does, waiting for him to slip up, literally.
[H. Matsui] March 12, 2010
- NYTimes: Yankees Manager Joe Girardi says ”Kei Igawa still has a chance of making the roster — as does anyone in a uniform."
[Igawa] March 7, 2010
- Boston herald: Although he’s still out with tightnes in back and shoulder, Red Sox loving this Daisuke Matsuzaka.
[Matsuzaka] March 7, 2010
- Asahi: 10 Questions with Yakult Swallows center fielder Norichika Aoki
[N. Aoki] March 5, 2010
- AtlantaJC: A more relaxed Kenshin Kawakami, Atlanta Braves RHP, working on two-seam fastball
[K.Kawakami] March 4, 2010
- ProJo: Red Sox Junichi Tazawa hopes to get a lift from weight work
[J. Tazawa] March 3, 2010
- ESPN: LA Dodgers Hiroki Kuroda trying to forget liner to head, move on
[Kuroda] March 3, 2010
- NY Daily News: Charismatic Japanese import Ryota Igarashi adapts to life as New York Met
[R. Igarashi] March 1, 2010
- MLB.com: Orioles Koji Uehara will shift to bullpen role. With rotation crowded, right-hander will fill several roles
[Uehara] February 19, 2010
- NYTimes: Mets’ Japanese Pitchers, Ryota Igarashi and HIsanori Takahashi, Trying to Fit In Together
[R. Igarashi] February 19, 2010
- MLB.com: Kuroda aims to recover from painful '09. Hurler hopes acupuncture treatment is effective
[Kuroda] February 17, 2010
- NYTimes: Mets Near Deal With veteran left-handed pitcher Hisanori Takahashi on a minor league contract
[H. Takahashi] February 11, 2010
- mlb.com: Mets set to sign Japanese lefty Hisanori Takahashi. Hurler would reportedly earn $1M for making Majors roster.
[H. Takahashi] February 11, 2010
- MLB.com: Can Kawakami put it all together? Beat reporter Mark Bowman answers Braves fans' questions
[K.Kawakami] February 10, 2010
- Japan Times: Reclaiming past glory won't be easy for 2003 Sawamura Award winning pitchers, Kazumi Saito and Kei Igawa.
[Igawa] February 2, 2010
- BaltimoreSun: Orioles extended minor league deals with spring training invitations to Japanese lefty Hisanori Takahashi
[H. Takahashi] January 29, 2010
- ESPN: LHP Hisanori Takahashi draws interest from Mets, Orioles, Dodgers, Red Sox and Giants
[H. Takahashi] January 28, 2010
- mlb.com: Taguchi returning to Japan Outifielder played for two World Series championship teams
[Taguchi] January 23, 2010
- NYTimes: Former teammates, Kaz Ishii and Shingo Takatsu, influenced Ryota Igarashi’s decision
[R. Igarashi] January 20, 2010
- NYTimes : NY Mets have spoken to the agents for the Japanese left-hander Hisanori Takahashi
[H. Takahashi] January 20, 2010
- Boston Globe: Boston Red Sox, pitching coach John Farrell seek openness from Daisuke Matsuzaka
[Matsuzaka] January 15, 2010
- mlb.com: Why Hideki Matsui and not Vladimir Guerrero?
[H. Matsui] January 14, 2010
- TampaTribune : Akinori Iwamura as Rays' All-Decade Team's secondbase man
[Iwamura] January 3, 2010
- NYPost: Kei Igawa tops 10 Worst Yankees players of the decade.
[Igawa] December 29, 2009
- NYDailyNews: Kei Igawa could have been part of Zambrano deal to Cubs, but trade fell apart and Yankees traded for Vazquez
[Igawa] December 26, 2009
- St. Louis PD: Taguchi So selected as Cardinals All-Decade Team: Best of the Rest Bench player by St. Louis Post-Dispatch
[Taguchi] December 26, 2009
- NYBaseballDigest: Mets History in the Far East, very well researched piece on Mets Japanese players by Mike Silva
[R. Igarashi] December 19, 2009
- LATimes: Angels sign Hideki Matsui for his bat, not his media throng
[H. Matsui] December 18, 2009
- MLB.com: Los Angeles Angels and OF Hideki Matsui agree to one-year deal
[H. Matsui] December 16, 2009
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