Sumo wrestling has returned to London for the first time in over three decades, kicking off a five-day Grand Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
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GROND ZERO: Hiroshima Marks 80th Anniversary Of Atomic Bombing
A minute silence was held in Hiroshima on Wednesday at a ceremony to mark 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city.
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JAPAN: Flights Cancelled Due To Missing Scissors
Thirty-six flights were cancelled and 201 delayed at a Japan’s Chitose airport on the weekend after a pair of scissors went missing in a store near the boarding gates.
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JAPAN: Three Settled Residents Sue Government For Racial Profiling
Three foreign-born Japanese residents have filed a statement of claim against the Japanese national and local governments for the alleged police practice of racial profiling. Each of the applicants sought damages of 3.3 million Japanese Yen.
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JAPAN: Making A Living Doing Nothing
For years, there’s been a cottage industry in Japan and South Korea of renting strangers to impersonate friends, family members or other acquaintances, as a way to save face at social functions where plus-ones are expected.
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US Issue Travel Ban To Japan 2months To Olympics
The US State Department has issued a “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory warning against travel to Japan, where Covid-19 infection rates are rising two months before Tokyo hosts the Summer Olympic Games.
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JAPAN: Ruling Party Offer Women A Sit In Cabinet Meetings To Be Seen But Not Heard
A week after Yoshiro Mori, the head of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizing committee, resigned in disgrace after complaining that women talk too much at meetings, Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party has propose allowing five female lawmakers to join the party’s all-male board meetings as observers only.
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