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On this day in 2021: Adam Peaty makes history with defence of Olympic title

Peaty maintained his world dominance in the 100 metre breaststroke as he powered his way to Britain’s first gold medal at Tokyo 2020.

The Independent UK

Jade Jones hungry to make ‘sporting history’ and claim third Olympic gold medal

Jones claimed gold medals at London and Rio.

The Independent UK

Helen Glover says balancing family life with Olympic ambitions ‘working well’

Glover’s return has already seen her earn two silvers this year rowing in the women’s four.

The Independent UK

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5 stars to watch with a year to go until Paris Olympics

Sky Brown will be looking to improve on her Tokyo bronze.

The Independent UK

Tokyo Disney Resort Is Getting A Major Genie+ Alternative, And I Wish We Had It At Disneyland And Disney World

Tokyo Disney Resort's 40th Anniversary Priority Pass is so much better than Genie+.

Cinemablend

Naoya Inoue, the best boxer in the world, fights on Tuesdays

Comment: The Japanese superstar took Stephen Fulton to pieces in Tokyo, becoming a four-division world champion in the process

The Independent UK

Naoya Inoue dismantles and dethrones Stephen Fulton to become four-weight world champion

‘The Monster’ becomes a unified champion in his first outing at super-bantamweight after a typically emphatic finish in Tokyo

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‘Blind panic crashes in on you’: Father of Lucie Blackman, who went missing in Japan, speaks out in Netflix film

Documentary delves into case of 21-year-old who vanished in Tokyo two decades ago

The Independent UK

Stephen Fulton vs Naoya Inoue live stream: How to watch the WBC WBO super bantamweight boxing online

Here's how to watch Fulton vs Inoue live stream ahead of the WBC and WBO super bantamweight title fight at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.

Tom’s Guide

Inoue vs Fulton LIVE: Latest boxing fight updates and results

Re-live updates from the super-bantamweight title fight in Tokyo

The Independent UK

PV Sindhu, HS Prannoy keen to regain lost touch at Japan Open Super 750 tourney

NEW DELHI: The Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament is set to kick off in Tokyo on Tuesday, with the spotlight on the talented Indian doubles pair Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty, who recently secured victory at the Korea Open.

The Times of India

Biles, Ledecky, McLaughlin-Levrone all look for Olympic encores in Paris

The city itself will be one of the brightest stars at the Paris Olympics, with ceremonies on the Seine, beach volleyball under the Eiffel Tower and a marathon route that passes through Versailles

The Independent UK

Japanese Foreign Minister to visit India this week, discuss vision for Global South

At a press conference in Tokyo, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said that his focus during the visit to India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, South Africa, Uganda, and Ethiopia was on enhancing ties with “South West Asia and Africa”.

The Hindu

‘I rotated the shot, then layered on top the silhouette of a passenger’: Brendan Ó Sé’s best phone picture

How the Irish photographer mashed up multiple images from the streets of Seoul, Tokyo and Kyoto

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Turkey probes local man over organ trafficking / Arranged doctors, hospitals for Tokyo NPO

ISTANBUL -- A Turkish man is under investigation by Istanbul prosecutors over his alleged involvement in organ trafficking connected to a Tokyo-based nonprofit whose director is currently on trial for violating the Organ Transplants Law.

AAP

Olympic champs Canada out to silence critics at WWC

Olympic champions Canada are happy to be underestimated as they kick off their bid to add a Women's World Cup title to their Tokyo Olympic gold medal.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

N. Korean threat poses greatest regional security risks, experts say

Threats posed by North Korea occupy the top two spots on a list of security risks in Northeast Asia this year, according to a survey of foreign policy and security experts from Japan, the United States, China and South Korea, conducted by Tokyo-based research institute The Genron NPO.

Al Jazeera

Japan’s workers get rare pay bump after decades without a raise

Japanese employees earn only three-quarters as much as developed-country peers over 30 years after asset bubble burst.

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Think tank holds Taiwan invasion simulation

The Japan Forum for Strategic Studies held a war game in Tokyo spanning two days to examine the challenges the Japanese government might face in response to a supposed invasion of Taiwan by China.

The Independent UK

Muhammad Ali’s ‘comedy’ fight shows why Fury vs Ngannou isn’t the joke you think it is

Ali sustained career-altering injuries while fighting wrestler and martial artist Inoki in Tokyo

The Independent UK

Hong Kong's seafood businesses brace for a sales slump as Japan plans to discharge radioactive water

As Tokyo plans to discharge treated radioactive wastewater into the sea, Hong Kong’s Japanese restaurants and seafood suppliers are bracing for a slump in business under a potential ban by Hong Kong on aquatic products from 10 Japanese regions

Los Angeles Times

Helene Elliott: Emma Malabuyo among gymnasts keeping their Olympic dreams aflame in their 20s

LOS ANGELES — In a sport that prizes the fearlessness and flexibility that come with youth, elite female gymnasts often were considered washed up at an age when most athletes are launching their careers.

Al Jazeera

Japan’s shrinking population offers escape from hectic city life

A shrinking Japanese population is fueling a trend of urbanites buying up cheap vacant homes in the countryside.

Radio France Internationale

France blocks NATO plan for a liaison office in Tokyo

French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday opposed a NATO push to open a liaison office in Japan, as the alliance's head said he wanted to strengthen ties to counter China's growing influence in the region.

The Week

The Fukushima solution causing consternation in China

More than 18,000 people were killed by the huge earthquake off Japan’s northeast coast and the ensuing tsunami that struck on 11 March 2011.

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