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BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball

Lions ace Yusei Kikuchi to consider future as club gives green light to posting

By Jason Coskrey
Staff Writer

Oct 21, 2018

TOKOROZAWA, SAITAMA PREF. – The Seibu Lions lost to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Game 5 of the Pacific League Climax Series on Sunday afternoon at MetLife Dome.

The result brought an end to the Lions’ season — the Japan Series-bound Hawks won the series 4-2 — and possibly to Yusei Kikuchi’s career in Japan.

There are many who expect the Lions’ left-handed ace to head to MLB via the posting system this offseason. The Lions said Sunday they would accept if Kikuchi asks to be posted.

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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