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Put yourself in Johjima's shoes.  
You are sick and tired of the status quo, have wished you were home for oh, what... two years now?
You call Nero and tell him you want to go home.  What's the next step?  it's, How much money can I get in Japan and what will the Mariners add to that.
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Turns out:  the M's know you want to go home.  They shrug their shoulders:  it's your call.  Hey, it turns out somebody will ante up, 5 mill.   M's won't add any, still?  Hm.  OK.   Well.... I'm going anyway.
Nero gets in the papers and says, Hey, don't blame this financial deal on me.  He just wanted to go home.  I'll just have to get him the best contract I can from here.
Read between the lines.  Why do you think an agent says?, "Hey, this was my client's maneuver.  Not mine."  He's publicly washing his hands of a poor outcome from an agent's standpoint. The other agents are raising their eyebrows and Nero's coding out "He was determined; nothing I could do."
*What has anybody said that's inconsistent with* the M's stiffing Joh on the buyout, Nero disliking the situation, and Johjima deciding to go home anyway, as soon as a decent offer turned up?