Match-fixing suspicions in NPB after the Black Mist scandal, including sporadic allegations through the 2000s and institutional measures to prevent game manipulation.
Allegations of umpire bribery in NPB history, from the 1960s Black Mist scandal to modern officiating controversies, and the institutional reforms that followed.
Throughout NPB history, connections with organized crime have been a recurring problem.
Examining the black mist scandal - match-fixing in npb from 1969 to 1971 in depth, covering origins of the scandal - the dark side of the nishitetsu lions th..