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Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Mar 19, 2016
Ryukyu clobbers Oita Ehime as West title race heats up
The fight for the Western Conference regular-season crown is far from over.
BASKETBALL
Mar 4, 2016
Hiroshima suffers 29th consecutive loss
The Hiroshima Lightning's epic losing streak reached 29 games on Friday night in a 136-68 defeat to the host Oita Ehime HeatDevils.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jan 28, 2016
Kawai faces tall task in new job with HeatDevils
Will Ryuji Kawai resurrect the Oita Ehime HeatDevils' season?
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Dec 17, 2015
HeatDevils still lacking fan support
The Oita Ehime HeatDevils have a new name this season — well, sort of.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 27, 2015
Oita aquarium boasts 'blue crab of happiness' — while the color lasts
At an aquarium in Oita Prefecture, a rare blue crab is currently on display and is being billed as a "blue crab of happiness."
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 23, 2015
Jubilo earn promotion to J1
Yuki Kobayashi scored an injury-time winner as Jubilo Iwata beat Oita Trinita 2-1 to clinch automatic promotion to the J. League first division on Sunday.
SOCCER / J. League
Nov 14, 2015
Ardija claim J2 title, earn promotion
Omiya Ardija won promotion back to the J. League first division by clinching the second-division title in a 3-2 comeback win at Oita Trinita on Saturday.
BASKETBALL
Nov 13, 2015
Defensive effort carries Hannaryz past Evessa
The Kyoto Hannaryz swatted seven shots and defense fueled their 73-70 victory over the visiting Osaka Evessa on Friday night.
BASKETBALL
Nov 3, 2015
Verdell Jones III joins D-League's Warriors
Guard Verdell Jones III, who helped the Fukushima Firebonds reach the bj-league playoffs as an expansion team last season, has been named to the Santa Cruz Warriors' 15-man training camp roster, the NBA Development League team announced on Monday.
BASKETBALL
Nov 1, 2015
Woodbury, Warren combine to lead Phoenix past HeatDevils
The defending champion Hamamatsu Higashimikawa Phoenix rode the one-two punch of Terrance Woodbury and Reggie Warren to a 102-88 victory over the Oita Ehime HeatDevils on Saturday night.
BASKETBALL
Oct 20, 2015
Kyoto whips Oita, completes series sweep
The Kyoto Hannaryz had six double-digit scorers in a runaway 95-64 victory over the host Oita Ehime HeatDevils in the bj-league on Monday night.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2015
Charlotte the monkey as rambunctious as ever at Oita zoo
A baby monkey, whose naming by a Japanese zoo as Charlotte after Britain's newborn princess caused something of an uproar, is in full tomboy mode.
JAPAN
Jul 13, 2015
Temblor rattles Oita area; Ikata nuclear plant said OK
An earthquake registering a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 struck Kyushu early Monday, the Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami were reported.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 8, 2015
Father arrested over deadly house fire had 'worries at workplace'
The father arrested on suspicion of setting fire to his house in southwestern Japan has told police that he "had worries at the workplace," investigative sources said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jul 7, 2015
Father burned down house because wife didn't see him off; blaze killed four children
A man has reportedly told police he set his own home on fire in a fit of pique, causing a blaze that left four of his children dead and his wife and another child injured.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2015
Man held for burning his house in fire that killed four
Police arrest a man for allegedly setting fire to his own home in Kitsuki, Oita Prefecture, where four bodies, believed to be his children, were found amid the burned wreckage.
BASKETBALL / BJ-LEAGUE NOTEBOOK
Jul 2, 2015
HeatDevils make geographical name change
The Oita HeatDevils, who joined the bj-league as one of six teams for its inaugural 2005-06 season, have changed their name.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jun 12, 2015
Kanazawa hires Suzuki
Yukinori Suzuki, who guided the Oita HeatDevils for the past four seasons, was named the first head coach in Kanazawa Samuraiz history on Thursday.
BASKETBALL
Apr 10, 2015
Shiga trounces Oita for fifth straight win
The Shiga Lakestars took a 25-point lead into the fourth quarter against the host Oita HeatDevils on Friday night.
BASKETBALL
Mar 15, 2015
Chapman guides Susanoo Magic past HeatDevils for series sweep
Guard Joe Chapman was an important acquisition for the Shimane Susanoo Magic during the offseason. An experienced veteran, the 30-year-old Marquette University alum has been a key on-court leader for the revamped Western Conference squad.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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