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TOOKYO| The world’s largest idol festival, “TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL” was held at areas around Odaiba and Aomi. This year was also a great sucess.Within TIF, TOKYO GRAVURE IDOL FESTIVAL was a blast! Many gravure idols gathered, wearing cute swimsuits. We’ll introduce popular idols from TGIF! Hikaru Aoyama Emi Kurita Yuina Iwase … [Read more...] about Hottest Summer of Gravure Idols!

TOKYO| A video posted on social media showing nine members of Israel’s Olympic baseball team destroying a bed at the Olympic Village has gone viral after Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported on the post. The bed frames in the Olympic Village are made from cardboard, which was adopted as an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional bed frames, but several … [Read more...] about Video of Israeli athletes breaking cardboard village bed goes viral

The misogynistic abuse comes following a rise in anti-feminist sentiment in South Korea, with some companies indulging the hate. The ab*se began with a post on a predominantly male online community page, criticising An's short hair and labelling her a feminist. The post read: "Women who attend women's universities and have a short cut are 90 percent likely to be … [Read more...] about An San, South Korean Olympic Archer, Criticized for Her Short Haircut But Fans shows of online support

TOKYO| The Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka criticized Reuters for its photo choice about Zhihui Hou's first-place finish in the Women's 49kg Weightlifting competition. Hou set Olympic records in three different categories — snatch, clean and jerk, and total — bagged gold on July 24 with a total of 210 kilograms (462.971 pounds) and created a new Olympic Record.The … [Read more...] about Chinese Embassy Blasts Reuters For Using Ugly Photo Of Weightlifter Who Won Gold

JAPAN| The 5,000 medal cases for the Tokyo Olympics were all hand-made by a handful of craftsmen in a town with a population of 4,400 in Hokkaido. The design of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games medal case is inspired by the Tokyo 2020 Games emblem. Each case pays tribute to the Olympians who have reached the pinnacle of athletic achievement. Japanese craftsmen will … [Read more...] about The 5,000 medal cases for the Tokyo Olympics were all hand-made by a handful of craftsmen in a town with a population of 4,400 in Hokkaido.

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 rise. Prime Minister Yoshihide Sug … [Read more...] about Olympic ‘watch parties’ turn Tokyo parks into booze fests

TOKYO| Yuki Ishikawa, a Japanese professional volleyball player, is from Okazaki City in Aichi Prefecture. Ishikawa, who plays as an outside hitter, is the captain for the Japan men's volleyball team.He is currently playing at Power Volley Milano, an Italian Volleyball League club. Team Italy discovers Yuki speaks Italian and starts covering their mouths with their … [Read more...] about When Italian Volleyballers Suddenly Realize Their Japanese Opponent Speaks Italian(VIDEO)

Japan has great reverence for animals, and dogs are certainly no exception. For the Japanese, dogs are thought of as national treasures. Though the native breeds of Japan can be traced back thousands of years, 7 Famous Japanese Dog Breeds considered rare even in Japan, making them even more special. Anyone who owns one of these rare dog breeds is exceptionally lucky, not … [Read more...] about 7 Famous Japanese Dog Breeds: Cuteness from Shiba Inu to Akita Inu!

TOKYO| While Tokyo is busy with the preparations for the 2020 Olympics, people are already psyched for it. Some Japanese artists have created an unofficial promotion campaign for the big event, drawing inspiration from a subject they are incredibly passionate about Anime. They've been reimagining the participating countries as badass characters who are ready to go into … [Read more...] about Japanese Artists Reimagined Countries And Their Flags As Anime Characters For 2020 Tokyo Olympics

TOKYO| According to Friday's statement, the inquest body ruled that Shinzo Abe's earlier decision to not indict him was improper. Prosecutors will now reopen their investigation into the former Prime Minister. The Committee for the Inquest of Prosecution issued a decision on July 15. It concerns allegations of endowments as per the law governing public officers elections … [Read more...] about Japan to reopen probe into ex-PM Abe’s dinner spending scandal

Japanese officials raised the alarm on Thursday after Tokyo reported record-breaking cases of coronavirus for the third consecutive day. The Olympics are well underway. Reporters were told by Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato that they have not seen an increase in the number of infections this severe. He stated that the number of new cases was rising not only in … [Read more...] about Officials in Tokyo alarmed at lack of sense of crisis as virus cases hit record highs

TOKYO| Toyota Motor Corp. remained the world’s best-selling automaker with a record 5.47 million vehicles sold for the first six months of 2021, outpacing German archrival Volkswagen AG, the Japanese company’s data showed Thursday. It is the second year in a row that Toyota has been the world’s top automaker in the first half, underscoring its sharp recovery from the … [Read more...] about Toyota Is Now world’s best-selling automaker