Sawamura's Acupuncture and Long Thoracic Nerve Palsy in 2017 - Yomiuri's Apology Six Months Later and Its Reply to Nine Acupuncture Associations
On February 27, 2017, Takuichi Sawamura received acupuncture from a Yomiuri club trainer for discomfort in his right shoulder and was later diagnosed by several doctors with long thoracic nerve palsy. The club president, GM and trainer apologized six months later, on September 9. Answering an open letter from nine acupuncture associations, the club listed both the possibility that acupuncture was the cause and the possibility of another external factor.