About $200,000-$300,000 for some foreign players in Japan (Jamie McLennan and Joel Prpic, recently). Though the figures are not officially confirmed.
I wrote something about McLennan and Tyson Nash's adventures in Japan and also 2007-08 AL season review and playoff preview.
http://jhockey.wordpress.com/2008/02...-paper-cranes/
http://jhockey.wordpress.com/2008/02...ayoff-preview/