Retirement
He announced his retirement from baseball on March 26, 2008 after not making the team out of Spring Training. Upon announcing his retirement, the Pittsburgh Pirates offered Kuwata a coaching position with the club, but he declined.
On January 28, 2008, at age 40, he was accepted into Waseda University as a graduate student.
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