The professional baseball giant announced on January 18 that it approved the new owner assumption as president of the Yomiuri Shimbun (Toshikazu) and Yomiuri Shimbun Group President (61), holding a special board of directors. Following the successive scandals of belonging players, Shoichi Oikawa (former owner) and former owner resigned as resignation on 17th. Yamaguchi new owner said in my inaugural meeting that it was in Tokyo, "I think that it is my responsibility to restore a strong giant by stopping the occurrence of scandals."
Yamaguchi New Owner was appointed President and Representative Director of the Yamaguchi Shimbun Group headquarters in 2016, in charge of the compliance officer and general manager of the Yomiuri Shimbun Group head office.
In the giants since last month, active players have been naked in a private room of a restaurant and made it public to the acquaintances at SNS, arrested by suspected stolen coworkers' bat, etc., scandals It was followed.