SAPPORO -- Last week, when Japan's baseball team the Nippon Ham Fighters announced they will be hiring a handful of staff to work at their new ballpark to open in 2023, some 1,500 people from across the land applied in the first five days.
The aspiring candidates were intrigued by the passionate pitch by the Hokkaido-based team, which pulled out all the stops to convince experienced talent to relocate to Japan's northernmost island.
