| Thursday, October 12th , 1961 |
| Hosho Reliables: Voided the team option year(s) of 3B Sunao Morioka for a buyout of $2,800. |
| Vesutan Bees: RF Komimasa Takahashi retired from professional baseball. |
| Nagasaki Stars: LF Kenji Tokuda retired from professional baseball. |
| Sapporo Bears: SP Sumiteru Yoshida retired from professional baseball. |
| Sapporo Bears: 1B Ukon Kikuchi retired from professional baseball. |
| Kyoto Owls: 1B Saiki Nojima retired from professional baseball. |
| Kobe Bulls: SP Kyouhei Sakata retired from professional baseball. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: 1B Maro Kozuka retired from professional baseball. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: CF Sawao Fukuda retired from professional baseball. |
| Vesutan Bees: SP Yoshitora Nakagawa retired from professional baseball. |
| Osaka Sailors: LF Naizen Takahashi retired from professional baseball. |
| Vesutan Bees: 2B Hyuuga Kimura retired from professional baseball. |
| Osaka Sailors: Activated SP Yukiharu Goto from the injured list. |
| Vesutan Bees: Activated RP Hirokatsu Funakoshi from the injured list. |
| Osaka Sailors: Activated RP Mitsukuni Yoshimura from the 60-day injured list. |
| Vesutan Bees: Activated CF Tomeo Okinaka from the injured list. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Activated SS Mutsuhito Ezaki from the injured list. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Activated RP Teruhiko Igarashi from the 60-day injured list. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Activated RP Uchuu Fujimoto from the 60-day injured list. |
| Denki Dynamics: Activated 1B Satoshi Takahashi from the injured list. |
| Sapporo Bears: Hitting Coach Jay Storey retires. |
| Sapporo Bears: Signed Scouting Director Paul Cloutier to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Sapporo Bears: Signed Bench Coach Matsuta Fujimori to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Kyoto Owls: Fired Pitching Coach Hub Busby. |
| Kyoto Owls: Signed Hitting Coach Oscar Willey to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Kyoto Owls: Signed 3B Coach Buddy Wesling to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Kyoto Owls: Signed Scouting Director Sid Payne to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Hitting Coach Dick Rice leaves the team, his contract was not renewed |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Pitching Coach Taira Tokunaga leaves the team, his contract was not renewed |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Fired Bench Coach Harry Collins. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Fired 1B Coach Randy Davis. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed General Manager Nariaki Matsumoto to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed Scouting Director Karl Carpenter to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed 3B Coach Katsunosuki Nakamura to a 1-year contract extension. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Pitching Coach Tatsuyuki Hamada leaves the team, his contract was not renewed |
| Rakisuta Rams: 3B Coach Isaburo Fukushima leaves the team, his contract was not renewed |
| Rakisuta Rams: Signed Bench Coach Hi Walters to a 1-year contract extension. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Signed Scouting Director Katsunosuki Inoue to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Denki Dynamics: Signed 3B Coach Ike Williams to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Denki Dynamics: Signed Manager Tadashi Iwamoto to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Denki Dynamics: Signed 1B Coach Andy McLeod to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Hosho Reliables: Signed General Manager Jeff Hewitt to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Hosho Reliables: Signed Team Trainer Al Lloyd to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Hosho Reliables: Signed Scouting Director Ray Morrison to a 1-year contract extension. |
| Hosho Reliables: Signed Bench Coach Mike Murphy to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Hosho Reliables: Signed Hitting Coach Dom Dean to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Hosho Reliables: Signed 1B Coach John Savage to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Nagasaki Stars: 1B Coach Charlie Evans leaves the team, his contract was not renewed |
| Nagasaki Stars: Fired Hitting Coach Ed Harris. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Fired 3B Coach John Wyche. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Signed General Manager Hidenosuke Okumura to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Signed Pitching Coach Takushi Fujimoto to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Signed Team Trainer Frank Myers to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Signed Scouting Director Keiichi Sakamoto to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Signed Bench Coach Shuumon Sakai to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Pitching Coach Yahashi Okazaki leaves the team, his contract was not renewed |
| Fukuoka Falcons: 1B Coach Jim Shamburger leaves the team, his contract was not renewed |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Signed General Manager Alberto Acevedo to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Signed Hitting Coach Roy French to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Signed Bench Coach Johnny Lucas to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Signed Scouting Director Flipper Robinson to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Vesutan Bees: Fired 3B Coach Chief Chavez. |
| Vesutan Bees: 1B Coach Dave Bradley leaves the team, his contract was not renewed |
| Vesutan Bees: Signed Manager Jim Harper to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Vesutan Bees: Signed Team Trainer Shigem Ichikawa to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Vesutan Bees: Signed Bench Coach Motofumi Adachi to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Osaka Sailors: Fired Manager Motoshige Aoki. |
| Osaka Sailors: Signed General Manager Monzaemon Ueno to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Osaka Sailors: Signed Scouting Director Takayuri Mukai to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Osaka Sailors: Signed 3B Coach Mike Burns to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Kobe Bulls: Fired 3B Coach Ray Lyons. |
| Kobe Bulls: Pitching Coach Pete Papenfus leaves the team, his contract was not renewed |
| Kobe Bulls: Fired Hitting Coach Bob Allen. |
| Kobe Bulls: Signed Scouting Director Dutch Connolly to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Kobe Bulls: Signed 1B Coach Frank Safer to a 1-year contract extension. |
| Kobe Bulls: Signed Bench Coach Katsutoshi Masuda to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Signed Hitting Coach Doc Allen to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Signed Team Trainer Hisatoshi Saga to a 2-year contract extension. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Activated RP Otoya Maehara from the 60-day injured list. |
| Osaka Sailors: Released RP Yoshino Ikeda. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Released RP Uchuu Fujimoto. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Released LF Masataka Kawai. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Released RP Teruhiko Igarashi. |
| Denki Dynamics: Released 1B Ken'ichi Matsuda. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent 3B Takuma Shimada to a minor league contract. |
| Vesutan Bees: Signed free agent LF Yoshisato Sasaki to a minor league contract. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Shikato Takeda to a minor league contract. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Shuukou Takata to a minor league contract. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed free agent RP Hirokuni Kato to a minor league contract. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed free agent RP Shiroku Smith to a minor league contract. |
