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Giants' reliever Kyosuke Takagi admitted he bet on baseball
games in 2014 with three other players from the club already
banned indefinitely last November for involvement in the same
scandal.
Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), which prohibits professional
players from betting on baseball games, had earlier said they
have not uncovered any involvement from players from other
teams.
"I'd like to ask if he really is the last person involved. We
can't clear those doubts," Hase told reporters, according to a
Kyodo News report. "I'd also like to ask Nippon Professional
Baseball if it's just the Giants.
"I'd like this to be properly dealt with."
Hase graduated from Seiryo High School, the same school Takagi
went to and said he felt "sorry".
"I've known him well since his high-school days, I was cheering
him on watching games. I feel sorry as one of the seniors from
the same school," the minister said.
"I want all those involved to be severely punished."
(Writing by Sudipto Ganguly in Mumbai; Editing by John O'Brien)
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