Professional baseball Saito commissioner to continue throwing Policy of approval at the owners' meeting November 16 21:46

Atsushi Saito, a professional baseball commissioner whose term will expire on the 18th, has learned from interviews with related parties that he will continue to pitch.

Commissioner Saito was appointed as a commissioner in his 14s three years ago in November 2017, and his term of office is until the professional baseball owners' meeting to be held on the 18th.



According to the people concerned, the reappointment of Commissioner Saito was approved at the owners' meeting, and the policy is to continue casting.



Commissioner Saito was appointed as Commissioner after serving as Vice President of Nomura Securities, President of Industrial Revitalization Corporation of Japan, and President of Tokyo Stock Exchange.



In order to respond to the spread of the new coronavirus infection in cooperation with the J.League soccer team, we launched the "Countermeasure Liaison Conference" in March and formulated guidelines for infection prevention while incorporating the opinions of experts. , Pave the way for the start of the season in June.



Given that we are taking the lead in dealing with such infectious diseases, there have been high expectations for the leadership of Commissioner Saito in the professional baseball world.