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Finnish PM says NATO decision will focus on safety of citizens

Finland's Prime Minister, Sanna Marin, said on Wednesday that if her nation takes the historic step to apply to join the NATO alliance, it will be for the security of its own citizens.

Reuters

Tokyo to recognize same-sex unions but not as legal marriage

Japan’s capital has announced it will start recognizing same-sex partnerships to ease the burdens faced by residents in their daily lives, but the unions will not be considered legal marriages

The Independent UK

Japan government says masks not needed outdoors if distancing maintained

TOKYO: Wearing masks outdoors to protect against the coronavirus is not necessary providing social distancing is practiced, Japan's top government spokesman said on Wednesday, with the approach of summer increasing the risk of heatstroke.

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Frugal Japanese tighten their belts as prices rise, yen slides

Japan’s household spending fell 2.3 percent in March compared with the previous year.

Al Jazeera

Okinawan music and dance, old and new, on stage in Tokyo

A festival of Okinawan performing arts was recently held at the National Theatre in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the return of Okinawa Prefecture to Japanese sovereignty.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

With improved technique, Annu Rani ready for the Worlds

Her National record on Sunday has taken her to the third spot in this year’s World list

The Hindu

Laura Collett lauds ‘unbelievable’ strength of GB eventing after Badminton win

British riders filled the top seven places at the Badminton Horse Trials.

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Music fans in for a treat as guitarist returns to his Paisley roots

Tony McManus has played prestigious venues in Tokyo, Sydney and New York

Daily Record

Browning third in the 100m in Tokyo

Rohan Browning and Georgia Griffith were among the Australians to claim podium finishes at the golden grand prix meet in Tokyo.

AAP

Former Opals captain Jenna O'Hea says Liz Cambage told Nigerian players to 'go back to your Third World country' during a training game

Former Opals captain Jenna O'Hea claims that Liz Cambage caused a confrontation with Nigerian basketballers in a training game before the Tokyo Olympics, telling them to "go back to your Third World country".

ABC News

'Like Family': Japan's Virtual YouTubers Make Millions from Fans

Mayu Iizuka sheds her soft-spoken personality and starts cackling, screaming and waving wildly in a makeshift studio in Tokyo as her avatar appears on a livestream before hundreds of fans. Virtual YouTubers like Iizuka, who voices and animates a character called Yume Kotobuki, have transformed a niche Japanese subculture into…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Olympic champion Jonny Brownlee still searching for ‘the perfect triathlon’

Brownlee ‘completed’ his Olympic medal set in Tokyo lasst summer with gold in the mixed relay

The Independent UK

Okinawa seeks Tokyo's help lowering tensions with China

Okinawa's governor is calling for Japan to do more for peaceful diplomacy with China

The Independent UK

Failed dope test a conspiracy: Kamalpreet Kaur

NEW DELHI: “It’s a conspiracy against me and the truth will soon come out” – this was discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur’s first reaction when asked about her failed dope test for anabolic steroid ‘tanozolol. Kamalpreet, who shot to limelight after finishing sixth in her first Olympics with a best throw…

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Tokyo consumer prices rise at fastest pace in 7 years

Core consumer prices in Tokyo, considered a leading indicator of Japanese price trends, rose 1.9% in April from a year earlier, marking the fastest annual pace in seven years, government data showed on Friday.

The Independent UK

Biden says Olympians brought a bit of unity to weary nation

President Joe Biden praised Team USA for bringing a bit of unity to a pandemic weary nation as he hosted a White House celebration Wednesday with about 600 athletes from this year’s Winter Olympics in Beijing and the coronavirus-delayed Summer Games held in 2021 in Tokyo

The Times of India

Champion discus thrower Kamalpreet fails dope test for stanozolol, is provisionally banned

NEW DELHI: India’s leading discus thrower and Tokyo Olympian, Kamalpreet Kaur, has been provisionally suspended for failing the dope test for an anabolic steroid, TOI can confirm. Kamalpreet, the first Indian woman to breach the 65m barrier in discus throw, has been put under provisional suspension since April 1. The…

Bangkok Post

Bowls of beloved 'soba' noodles will cost more

TOKYO: Ryu Ishihara will soon be raising prices on his inexpensive bowls of soba noodles for the first time in nearly a decade, as rising costs and Russia's invasion of Ukraine take an unlikely toll on Japan's beloved buckwheat noodles.

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Daily Mirror

Russian Olympian vows to boycott Olympics until country's flag is restored

Russian fencing star Sofya Velikaya is a veteran of four Olympic Summer Games, having won gold medals at Rio in 2016 and Tokyo last summer, as well as three silvers

The Guardian - UK

No excuses: testing Tokyo’s anti-procrastination cafe

Would the nagging, stiff chairs and coffee refills at the Manuscript Writing Cafe help Justin McCurry hit his deadline?

Daily Mirror

Jonny Brownlee reveals extreme change he made to his home to prepare for Tokyo Olympics

Olympic gold medalist Jonny Brownlee has revealed he converted his own conservatory to adapt to Covid-19 regulations ahead of travelling to Tokyo last summer

The Hindu

Biden to meet PM Modi at Tokyo Quad summit in May

Biden’s trip to South Korea and Japan has been scheduled for May 20 to 24

Sports Illustrated

Caeleb Dressel Faced Mental Health Struggles Before Tokyo Games

The seven-time gold medalist detailed how societal pressures led to the Florida star experiencing panic attacks and depression.

The Independent UK

Beth Shriever ‘still the same person’ despite Olympic and world championship heroics

The BMW rider is the reigning Olympic and world champion

Bangkok Post

Anime 'My Neighbor Totoro' to be adapted into stage play in Britain

TOKYO: Studio Ghibli's classic animation film "My Neighbor Totoro" will be adapted into a stage play at Britain's prestigious Royal Shakespeare Company from October, Nippon Television Network Corp, one of the collaborators, said on Wednesday.

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