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Kawai faces tall task in new job with HeatDevils

By Ed Odeven
Staff Writer

Jan 28, 2016

Will Ryuji Kawai resurrect the Oita Ehime HeatDevils’ season?

Will the former Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix and Shinshu Brave Warriors bench boss find a way to lead the HeatDevils to their second straight playoff appearance for the first time in franchise history?

Entering the season’s second half, the HeatDevils (7-19) are in 11th place in the 12-team Western Conference. They have lost seven of their last 10 games.

Amid the heat and humidity in Japan, a good night’s sleep is growing increasingly elusive without the heavy use of air conditioning.

Summer has arrived in Japan and so have hot sleepless nights

By Tomoko Otake

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan’s landscape that they often go unnoticed.

Why Japan’s utility poles won’t be disappearing anytime soon

By Alex K.T. Martin

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