Former Yomiuri Giants general manager Hidetoshi Kiyotake has filed a lawsuit against the baseball club, the club's chairman and The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, claiming he was dismissed from the post "without reasonable grounds" over a press conference he held last month.
Kiyotake, who concurrently served as the Giants' executive managing director, representative and general manager, filed the lawsuit Tuesday with the Tokyo District Court, demanding the club, its parent company and Giants Chairman Tsuneo Watanabe pay a total of 62.2 million yen in compensation and run apology advertisements.
Watanabe also serves as The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings' chairman of the board and editor in chief. (Yomiuri)
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