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| Dates | November 1–9 | |||||||||
| MVP | Takayuki Kishi (Lions) | |||||||||
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| Television | Japan: NTV (Games 1, 6, 7) TV Asahi (Games 2, 3, 4, 5) South Korea: SBS Sports Channel | |||||||||
| TV announcers | Ryo Kawamura, Shunsuke Shimizu, Takao Nakayama | |||||||||
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The 2008 Japan Series was the 59th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series. The best-of-seven playoff between the respective champions of the Central League's and the Pacific League's Climax Series (postseason) began on Saturday, November 1, 2008, and went the full seven games. The deciding Game 7 took place on Sunday, November 9.