Rakuten in talks to buy Taiwan professional baseball league champions

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/09/18
By: Joseph Yeh

Taipei, Sept. 18 (CNA) Japan-based e-commerce giant Rakuten is in talks with the Lamigo Monkeys to

buy the six-time Taiwan professional baseball league champions, the current owner confirmed Wednesday.

Monkeys General Manager Justin Liu (劉玠廷) confirmed to reporters that negotiations are ongoing and a press conference will be held in Taipei Thursday with Rakuten representatives to provide more details on a possible deal.

Liu's comment came after Japanese media made public the possibility of a deal earlier in the day.

Local Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) Secretary-General Feng Sheng-xian (馮勝賢) also confirmed the news but stressed that how the Japanese group will make the purchase depends on further discussions with CPBL board members and the league's other three teams.
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