the court said nakagomi's involvement in game-fixing as a manager seriously damaged taiwan's baseball league and the community, but the court said the defendant has admitted to all the charges and regrets what he did. nakagomi's case helped bring to light systematic game-fixing in taiwan's pro baseball for which 24 people, including active players, have been indicted. >>> japan's heat wave is getting hotter and deadlier. temperatures in central tokyo topped 37 degrees celsius for the first time in three years, and so far 100 people have died in the japanese capital. the meteorological agency says a high pressure system covered much of the country on tuesday. temperatures in central japan and the kanto area in the east climbed above 35 degrees. the highs as of 2:00 p.m. in central tokyo was 37.2 degrees and up to 38.2 degrees in the suburbs. the tokyo medical examiner's office says heat stroke has killed 100 people in the city in the past month. that makes this tokyo's deadliest heat wave since records started being taken in 1946. 90% of the victims were 65 or older and died in their h

the district court on the outskirts of taipei on tuesday sentenced shin nakagomi to 20 months in prison, suspended for four years.