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1st U.S. Athlete Set To Compete In Olympics Tests Positive For Coronavirus In Japan

TOKYO| The first U.S. athlete expected to compete in the Tokyo Summer Olympics has tested positive for the coronavirus while in Japan. Beach volleyball player Taylor Crabb will be replaced on the top U.S. men’s team by Tri Bourne, who will now play with Jake Gibb this weekend. “After taking every precaution, getting vaccinated and […]

The Unlikely Success Story of a Man Who Gets Paid to Do Nothing

A 37-year-old Japanese man has built a successful career by renting himself out to do nothing. For some reason, he is inundated with requests from people who just want him by their side. In just two years, Shoji Morimoto has gone from being just another unemployed middle-aged man in Tokyo, to a minor Japanese celebrity, […]

Team USA Fails to Medal at Opening of Summer Olympics for First Time in Decades

TOKYO| Team USA athletes suffered multiple upset losses in the first official day of competition at the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday, the first time in decades the U.S. has walked away with no medals on Day 1 of the Summer Games. A total of 11 gold medals were given out Saturday for events in archery, […]

Japan vows to join US to defend Taiwan against China: ‘Okinawa could be next’

Japan has promised to join the United States in defense of Taiwan if China decides to invade the sovereign nation, asserting that “Okinawa could be next.” On Monday, Deputy prime minister Taro Aso said China moving into Taiwan could present an imminent threat to the Japanese city of Okinawa, Kyodo News Agency reported. “If a […]

Olympic ‘watch parties’ turn Tokyo parks into booze fests

TOKYO| While millions of Tokyoites are watching the Olympics from their homes, many others enjoy the Olympics in the parks, drinking beer, and cheering on the Japanese athletes to win the most recent medals. This is the reality of an expanded state of emergency that the government has declared as COVID-19 cases continue their rapid […]

The Japanese Flying Squirrel Is Possibly One Of The Cutest Animals In The World

Japan| Have you ever seen these cute little furry animals? These are the Japanese flying squirrels, small mammals capable of soaring from branch to branch thanks to a furred membrane (patagium) located between the front and rear legs. Although they do not fly, these pretty mammals can hover a distance of 100 meters. This remarkable […]

‘Olympic Jail’ – Quarantined Dutch athletes demand fresh air

TOKYO| Dutch Olympic athletes in hotel quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 said they went on “strike” over a lack of fresh air in their rooms, winning 15 minutes a day at an open window. All six isolated team members from the Netherlands took part in the protest in the hotel lobby, said taekwondo fighter […]

Giant Straw Animals Invade Japanese Fields After Rice Harvest And They’re So Badass

JAPAN| Every year, during the Fall in Norther Japan, the Wara Art Festival takes place. Here Musashino Art University student in Tokyo creates stunning sculptures out of rice straw. This is how you create these amazing creations: braid the golden straw on a wooden frame that’s shaped like the animal it’s creating. You can create lions and gorillas […]

Japanese musician of Senegalese origin reportedly excluded from Olympics opening ceremony over skin color

A Senegalese musician says he was cut from performing at the Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony because organisers did not want a black face in the show. Latyr Sy, a percussionist who has lived and performed in Japan for more than 20 years, was set to play in Friday’s showpiece at the National Stadium. But he […]

Frenchman’s Tokyo hunger strike over ‘abducted’ kids in third week

JAPAN| A Frenchman on hunger strike in Tokyo seeking access to his children said an appeal from President Emmanuel Macron to Japan’s leader had “changed nothing”, as his protest entered its third week. Vincent Fichot, 39, says his two children were abducted by their Japanese mother, and he has been on hunger strike since July […]