 After returning to Japan, he became a commentator for the "Sports Hochi" daily newspaper, Nippon Television's NPB live programs, and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television's MLB programs.On January 28, 2009, at age 40, he was accepted into the Graduate School of Sport Sciences of Waseda University, and he went on to graduate first in his class.His thesis describes the "Yakyu-Do", the soul and spirit of Japanese baseball, which has been an integral part of the game from its earliest days in Japan during the Meiji Era to the present.