Empty seats contained potent symbolism as the sensitive and stylish ceremony focused on hard graft, failing better and trumping the oddsRather than turning its face away from the struggles of the past year to put on an all-smiling, all-dancing show, To…
もっと読む »A mostly sombre affair that reflected the pandemic backdrop to the Games, the ceremony nevertheless celebrated Japanese culture and entertainedBefore the Tokyo 2020 Olympic opening ceremony an adviser to the production, Marco Balich, had promised a sob…
もっと読む »As Covid cases rise, vaccination lags and costs soar, most Japanese people are extremely cynical about the Games The Olympic Games begins in Tokyo on Friday, just as Covid-19 blights the city for the fourth time – and a year after the Games were origin…
もっと読む »With a blaze of indigo and white fireworks lighting the night sky, the Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony has started. In a nearly empty national stadium, devoid of any crowd energy, it began with a single female athlete at the centre of the stadium, knee…
もっと読む »French president’s visit to Japan for Tokyo Games is overshadowed by Vincent Fichot’s protestEmmanuel Macron will take up the case of a compatriot who claims Japanese law means he has been unable to see his children for several years, as the French pre…
もっと読む »Government urged to speed up transition to green energy as Australia’s biggest market shifts away from LNG and coalA Japanese pledge to wind down gas and coal-fired electricity much faster than previously planned has sparked warnings Australia needs to…
もっと読む »西川伸司@Shinji Nishikawa@MASH_nishikawaオリンピック開催が直前に迫ったこのドキドキ感、これまでのと違って、どちらかというとアニメの最終回前の「これホントにこの状態からあと１話で収拾つくの？」という感覚に近い。2021/07/22 03:05:10
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A ceremony devoid of fans and low on athletes will set the tone for a Games mired in coronavirus uncertaintyWhen a national leader as conservative as Shinzo Abe was persuaded to emerge from a giant pipe in Rio dressed as the world’s most famous plumber…
もっと読む »← 不正車検 反ワクチン → pic.twitter.com/KO7kJuaS83— いぐちようへい (@zephyr7501) July 20, 2021 （左）※レクサス高輪の不正車検は国内1強のトヨタの慢心か、販売店改革のひずみが露見（2021/07/22）（右）※タマホームに文春砲、頭ハッピーライフな社長の反ワクチ…
もっと読む »Head of organising committee apologises for latest scandal to hit preparations for the Olympic GamesPreparations for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics have been thrown into further turmoil after the show’s director was sacked over a joke about…
もっと読む »More than 200 million Europeans fully vaccinated but programme still behind summer target; more Olympic athletes confirmed to have CovidStark silence in Tokyo speaks volumes about Olympic fearsChina refuses further inquiry into Covid-19 origins in Wuh…
もっと読む »ニューモのWeb広告をクリックしてみたら…さすがにやりすぎではないか😅 pic.twitter.com/rQtAA5E5oo— オジサン@専業投資家ブログ (@kabuojisan28) July 4, 2021 ※ファーマフーズのハゲビジネス、コロナ禍でも活況（2020/10/05）
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Ambassador Shingo Yamagami calls for two countries to deepen cooperation in East China Sea, where Tokyo has reported an influx of Chinese vesselsJapan’s ambassador has called on Morrison government to consider joint military exercises with Japan in the…
もっと読む »Drawings were for a planned work by The Great Wave’s creator called The Great Picture Book of EverythingMore than 100 picture postcard-sized drawings by the great Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai are to go on public display for the first time in two …
もっと読む »用地ちゃん@OL50012449タ◯ホーム社長、まじで頭ハッピーライフだったのか…2021/07/20 18:32:55https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/47270
ガチでやってたんか・・ pic.twitter.com/4w1ZpvKZhu— ぷっちょ (@puchogen) July 20, 2021 https://bunshun.jp/articles/-/47270
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Beach volleyball players have already found sand too hot for their feet during practiceAs if the coronavirus was not enough to contend with, Olympic athletes who have arrived ahead of the start of the Tokyo Games on Friday now find themselves at the sh…
もっと読む »Tokyo 2020 sponsor’s executives pull out of opening ceremony Czech beach volleyball player tests positive in Olympic VillageOne of the biggest sponsors of the Olympics, Toyota, has announced it will not run Tokyo 2020-related adverts on TV during the G…
もっと読む »US army special forces veteran Michael Taylor was sentenced to two years and his son Peter for one year and eight monthsA Tokyo court has handed down the first sentences related to Carlos Ghosn’s arrest and escape from Japan, imprisoning US army specia…
もっと読む »THE CHARM PARK ／「君と僕のうた」(映画「まともじゃないのは君も一緒」Special Collaboration Movie）
もっと読む »スタジアムの形状が無観客の伏線になってるっていうの面白すぎだろwww pic.twitter.com/v0eztSTsOU— 次元を超えし者™ (@sagirioshi) July 9, 2021
あらいちゅー🐴馬主で大家で占い師@araichuuあれだけスタジアム作るので揉めたのに、結局は無観客という。ほんとオリンピ…