The Japanese media is speculating that Dodgers right-hander Hiroki Kuroda is considering a return to his native country. "It's amazing that something I don't know, someone else knows," Kuroda said. "They have a 50-50 chance." He reiterated Sunday that if he ever returns to pitch in Japan, it would be with Hiroshima, his club for 11 seasons before coming to the Dodgers. However, Kuroda said he never said he would play a farewell season in Japan before retiring. "It's not my style to think about the future so far ahead," he said. "Every offseason I think the coming season will be my last. I thought that last year. You never know what happens. I think every start could be my last start. I don't know when my last year will be, I don't know when my last start will be. "I'll tell you one thing: I tend to go the other way. At this moment, I really don't know. I might stay here, I might go to Japan. It's 50-50."