He was a popular guest speaker and conducted umpiring clinics for the Japanese Professional Umpires of the Pacific League; in addition, he taught umpiring in Canada and for the United States Air Force in Spain, Holland and Germany.
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In December 2004, SoftBank, an internet service provider, purchased the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks to help with finances in the Pacific League.
He edged Julio Zuleta (.319) and Matsunaka (.315) for the first Pacific League batting title won by a right-handed hitter since Hatsuhiko Tsuji in 1993.
When Japan Professional Baseball League was on the big crisis because one team collapsed and the League was going to became just one league system from two leagues system, the central League and the pacific League in 2005, he criticized the President of Japan Professional Baseball Players' Association, Atsuya Furuta because of Furuta's struggles for maintaining two leagues ' system.