Related content from HighBeam Research on: Japanese Leagues

Southwest Airlines becomes official airline of Japanese American Citizens League. (Airline Industry Information)

Baseball's Other All-Stars: The Greatest Players from the Negro Leagues, the Japanese Leagues, the Mexican League, and the Pre-1960 Winter Leagues in Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic.(Review) (book review) (Nine)

Masanori Murakami was Japanese trailblazer to the major leagues.(Nankai Hawks' Masanori Murakami) (Baseball Digest)

Toyota ready for European top league; Japanese carmaker targets traditional brands, not Koreans.(News) (Automotive News Europe)

Mazda scores with Italian sponsorship deal; Japanese brand hopes backing successful Roma football club in the Champions' League will help grow its tiny market share in Italy.(News) (Automotive News Europe)

Health league puts UK level with Norway--but behind the Japanese (Community Practitioner)

Big Tackle ; Rugby may not be a religion in India but it has its hidden treasures. Meet Hrishikesh Pendse, 24, who has just signed a one- year contract with a Japanese company, Kobe Steel Kobelco Steelers, to become the first Indian to play in Top League, Japan's premier domestic league. (India Today)

Yomiuri Giants outfielder Matsui Hideki, the highest-paid player in Japanese baseball history, declared himself a free agent Nov. 1 and announced his intention of playing in the U.S. major leagues next season. (Lookout Post). (Look Japan)

Demystifying the Posting System for Japanese Players Entering MLB. (The Biz of Baseball)

Hitting it big: Japanese sports have taken on an increasingly international and simultaneously more community-based appearance in recent years. Look Japan investigates this apparent paradox, and finds that for every Matsui Hideki there is a Yoshiwara Takanobu.(Cover Story) (Look Japan)