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Naomi Osaka Lit The Olympic Cauldron At The Opening Ceremony In Tokyo And It Was Truly Iconic
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka lit the Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Games on Friday July 23.
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The Tokyo Olympics’ Opening Ceremony Director Has Been Fired Over A Joke About The Holocaust
Kentaro Kobayashi, the director of the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony, has been fired over a joke he made about the Holocaust during a comedy set he did in 1998.
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Japan Has Appointed Vaporeon, A Water Type Pokémon, As Its Official Ambassador For Water Day
Water type Pokémon, Vaporeon, has been appointed by Japan’s government as the official ambassador for Water Day.
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This Northern Irish Gymnast Proved The “Anti-Sex” Cardboard Beds At The Olympics Is Fake News
Northern Irish gymnast Rhys Mcclenaghan has debunked a myth that the beds at the Tokyo Olympic Village, which are made of recyclable cardboard, are “anti-sex” in a video that has gone viral.
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These Japanese Artists Created An Interactive Floating Garden Installation And It Looks Beautiful
teamLab, a Japanese creative group, has created an incredible interactive flower garden in Tokyo and it looks amazing.
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This Japanese Dad Built A Mini Conveyor Belt Sushi Restaurant At Home For His Son In Lockdown
Morikawa papa, a Japanese dad, built a homemade sushi restaurant to surprise his son while Japan was in a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Tokyo Olympics Have Officially Banned Fans After Japan Declared Another State Of Emergency
Fans have been banned from the most events at the Tokyo Olympic Games after Japan declared a state of emergency that will run throughout the duration of the games following a surge in COVID-19 cases and the threat of the highly contagious Delta variant.
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Naomi Osaka Quit The French Open After Being Fined For Not Speaking To Press For Her Mental Health
World No. 2 tennis champion Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the French Open, a day after she was fined $15,000 by the grand slam for opting to skip the mandatory post-match press conference.
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Naomi Osaka Didn’t Speak To Media At The French Open For Her Mental Health And Was Fined $15,000
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has been fined $15,000 by the French Open after she did not attend a mandatory press conference after her first match on Sunday.
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Japan Has Opened A Super Nintendo World Theme Park And It’s Just Like Super Mario But In Real Life
In March, Japan opened Super Nintendo World, a new theme park area at Universal Studios Japan in Tokyo based on the Super Mario games series.
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A Japanese Town Used COVID-19 Emergency Funds To Build A Giant Squid Statue
Noto, a coastal town in the Ishikawa prefecture of Japan, has recently come under fire after it used emergency COVID-19 funds to build a giant squid statue.
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This Japanese Golfer Has Become The First Asian-Born Person To Win The Masters
Hideki Matsuyama, 29, has become the first Japanese person to win a men’s major golf championship and Asian-born person to win the Masters.