ICYMI: A 34,000-ton cargo ship split in half off the coast of northern Japan. The Crimson Polaris was nearing the end of its voyage when it ran aground & splintered apart. The 21-member crew was airlifted off the ship to safety, but the vessel left an oil spill 3 miles long. pic.twitter.com/cj0aLgsMJp
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) August 21, 2021
Japan's COVID-19 count surges 10-fold in a matter of weeks https://t.co/qgEzHquJ3G
— Ottawa Citizen (@OttawaCitizen) August 20, 2021
Torrential rains lash Japan, three feared dead after landslide https://t.co/A9eRVCUHPX pic.twitter.com/NteWFbfj0B
— Ottawa Citizen (@OttawaCitizen) August 15, 2021
Japan PM Suga urges travel curbs as COVID-19 cases surge before Paralympics https://t.co/wGnGl5J9ZZ
— Ottawa Citizen (@OttawaCitizen) August 13, 2021
Japan expands Tokyo emergency amid record virus wave, but denies Olympics are playing a major role https://t.co/GctzRdVVi8
— Ottawa Citizen (@OttawaCitizen) July 30, 2021
The Olympic upsets we never saw coming, like Japan's 'King Kohei' Uchimura https://t.co/Kxt5bFQxTc pic.twitter.com/a1sLeUAB7w
— Ottawa Citizen (@OttawaCitizen) July 25, 2021
Japan's COVID-19 count surges 10-fold in a matter of weeks https://t.co/qjI09FHrOX
— Edmonton Journal (@edmontonjournal) August 20, 2021
COVID-19 surge brings Japan's general hospitals to their knees https://t.co/yMrK7VxZTH
— The Vancouver Sun (@VancouverSun) August 19, 2021
There were surprises galore in Japan, which probably shouldn’t be a surprise. After an unprecedented year and a half, these were very much an unprecedented Olympics. https://t.co/9MpNcMZ6pj
— The Vancouver Sun (@VancouverSun) August 8, 2021
Tokyo 2020 in photos: Japan beat Team USA for baseball gold, Dutch track athlete Sifan Hassan wins her third medal, and more https://t.co/KpiBgbfxwq
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) August 7, 2021
At Tokyo Olympics where Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama is just one shot back, the thunderous atmosphere is missing. The fairways would likely have been jammed with fans if Japan’s golf-loving public would have been free to roam the property. By @dfeschuk https://t.co/JdAAzE4Je1
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) July 31, 2021
The tsunami of inspiration and absurdity, of hope and heartbreak, of the power of human triumph, swamps everything else — even as Japan’s fourth pandemic wave rises outside the walls, @bruce_arthur writes. #Opinion https://t.co/RTStv8EKHn
— Toronto Star (@TorontoStar) July 31, 2021
#Tokyo2020 brought exactly what health experts feared. Spiraling #COVID19 cases in Japan. Japan's medical system under extreme strain. Numerous Olympians & Olympic officials getting Covid (& at a time when we do not yet fully understand long-term effects) https://t.co/QGip8fNQb3
— Jules Boykoff (@JulesBoykoff) August 8, 2021
.@Scott_Stinson: Japan asked everyone to follow rules at the Olympics. Don't expect China to be so polite https://t.co/xY7sklKOdY#TokyoTakeTwo #Tokyo2020 #Olympics
— National Post (@nationalpost) August 7, 2021
The atomic bombings of Japan were justified to end WWII. Too bad they didn't @hiroshima https://t.co/keqoQdIW98
— National Post (@nationalpost) August 6, 2021
Japan expands Tokyo emergency amid record virus wave, but denies Olympics are playing a major role https://t.co/x7BG4c0T1K
— National Post (@nationalpost) July 31, 2021
The #Tokyo2020 medal project collected approximately 6.21 million used phones from across Japan to create the hardware. Using accredited contractors, the phones were then picked apart to extract gold, silver and bronze from their parts. https://t.co/gd3ztKg5RP#TokyoTakeTwo
— National Post (@nationalpost) July 28, 2021
Japan's daily COVID-19 cases have topped 10,000 for more than a week, and the total has doubled in the past four months to exceed one million. https://t.co/JmjATehHW7
— CBC News (@CBCNews) August 13, 2021
Athletes in Japan faced adversity like never before — and dazzled all the same. https://t.co/2aT2EHpltd
— CBC News (@CBCNews) August 8, 2021
COVID-19 infections are on the rise in Olympic host city Tokyo and other urban areas as Japan struggles to contain the delta variant. https://t.co/zMwV827OI1
— CBC News (@CBCNews) August 6, 2021
Japan has warned that coronavirus infections are surging at an unprecedented pace as new cases hit a record high in Tokyo, overshadowing the Olympics. https://t.co/egNRAtlLxq
— CBC News (@CBCNews) August 4, 2021
People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan review – one giant leap for the BBC mockumentary https://t.co/6d36IQDu7G
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 22, 2021
Biden confirms plan to nominate Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan https://t.co/ghI7ygkDxY
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 20, 2021
Pete Cklamovski: the next Ange Postecoglou following in his mentor’s footsteps in Japan | John Duerden https://t.co/sz0tOi1PuU
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 20, 2021
Japan sees record number of Covid cases days before Paralympics begin https://t.co/lVTYwB64Vq
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 19, 2021
Japan’s economy bounces back as Covid restrictions ease https://t.co/ledbSfZNwL
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 16, 2021
Heavy rain triggers floods and landslides in Japan – video https://t.co/Lxf92D69f7
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 14, 2021
Warning of Covid ‘disaster’ in Japan as cases explode https://t.co/wWRyUhQYKg
— The Guardian (@guardian) August 13, 2021
Yayoi Kusama pumpkin sculpture washed into sea by Japan storm https://t.co/mNzFpX2a7j #FPCJ #japannews #海外ニュース #海外メディア @guardian
— Foreign Press Center Japan/フォーリン・プレスセンター (@fpcjpn) August 12, 2021
Paralympians rocked by growing Covid crisis in Japan https://t.co/opeVImao9e
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) August 22, 2021
❌ Australia, China, Canada, Singapore, and now Japan
The Japanese Grand Prix has become the fifth race t'be called off this season, after being cancelled because of a rise in Covid cases int'country.#bbcf1 #F1 https://t.co/kgMOJLSvvH
— BBC Sport Yorkshire (@YorkshireSp0rts) August 18, 2021
The decision from Formula One to call off the Japanese Grand Prix for a second consecutive year follows the cancellation of rounds in Australia, China, Canada and Singapore #SportsBiz #F1 https://t.co/VJV80E3FbV
— BlackBook Motorsport (@MotorsportBB) August 18, 2021
Japan's economy bounced back ahead of the Olympics, data shows https://t.co/NX5JGdudaJ
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 16, 2021
Hackers steal nearly $100m in Japan crypto heist https://t.co/9g6LeBQL7u
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 20, 2021
"You don't have to be Japanese to be a manga artist"
Kenyan manga artist Shin explains his passion for Japanese comics and what it takes to make a great one https://t.co/Maa7A7DZIn
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 6, 2021
“She’s kidnapped your children… you’re never going to see them again”
Vincent Fichot went on hunger strike after his Japanese wife disappeared from the family home with his two children three years agohttps://t.co/K6OBYQNHyi pic.twitter.com/w4tpiLSIc6
— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 3, 2021
COVID-19: Did Tokyo Olympics cause infections to surge in Japan? https://t.co/SRbmzCep1i
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 23, 2021
Japanese actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba, who appeared in Kill Bill, has died aged 82 https://t.co/Wq4cXX6TjN
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 20, 2021
Maki Kaji founded Japan's first puzzle magazine before adapting a number game to create the popular sudoku puzzle https://t.co/kmiSweD7AM
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 17, 2021
The new film, People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan, sees the MCs and DJs of @KuruptFM and their hapless manager heading to Japan after one of their tracks gains popularity on a gameshow in the country https://t.co/eO0vlzpdpC
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 17, 2021
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Japan floods: More than a million urged to evacuate amid mudslides and warnings of further heavy rain https://t.co/QDGHwGkAFf
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 14, 2021
On 24 August, the next Games will begin and Paralympians arriving in Japan have been warned that they cannot get complacent. The state of #COVID19 emergency in Tokyo will still be ongoing https://t.co/n9l7cguw7Z
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 9, 2021
Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, 24, spent the night in an airport hotel after seeking protection from Japanese police at Haneda airport late on Sunday https://t.co/AQSOlgB5OA
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 2, 2021
Torrential rains cause floods, mudslides in Japan https://t.co/kVZzPPVzOJ
— euronews (@euronews) August 15, 2021
Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear bombings marked the 76th anniversary with a minute's silence at the memorial alongside Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga.
— euronews (@euronews) August 6, 2021
Torrential rain lashed much of Japan today, flooding roads and buildings in the western part of the country, while three people were feared dead after a landslide in central Nagano prefecture. https://t.co/hDtu8PWZqm
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 15, 2021
Nearly two million people were urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan, leaving at least one person dead and three missing https://t.co/29l1yZgDJz
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 14, 2021
A member of Japan's Olympic gold medal-winning softball team will have her medal replaced with a fresh one following an outcry on social media, after the mayor of her hometown chomped down on the original | https://t.co/EBrU97ePjI pic.twitter.com/PfM4SqI30s
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 12, 2021
Japan reaches milestone of one million coronavirus cases; Sydney reports another record number of new infections and Manila is back in lockdown over Delta variant fearshttps://t.co/6YXRTGjBJ6
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 6, 2021
Japan's Prime Minister has apologised for accidentally skipping parts of a speech in Hiroshima to mark the anniversary of the atomic bombing of the city 76 years agohttps://t.co/sPeXAAI5Wx
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) August 6, 2021
The Tokyo #Paralympics open Tuesday after a year-long pandemic delay and with the virus continuing to cast a long shadow as Japan battles a record surge in cases https://t.co/PgcWsUE0gW pic.twitter.com/KqbxVGRzeO
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 22, 2021
#UPDATE President Joe Biden on Friday nominated career diplomat Nicholas Burns as ambassador to China and former Chicago mayor and Democratic party heavyweight Rahm Emanuel to head the embassy in Japan https://t.co/amcchUzSfC
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 20, 2021
#UPDATE Spectators will be barred from the Tokyo #Paralympics over coronavirus fears, organisers said Monday, as Japan battles record infections despite emergency measures in several parts of the country https://t.co/LuhPitVLBw #AFPSports
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 16, 2021
VIDEO: Rescuers search for the missing in Unzen city, Nagasaki prefecture, after torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan pic.twitter.com/9LOXOOgAm2
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 14, 2021
More than a million people were urged to seek shelter as torrential rain triggered floods and landslides in western Japan on Saturday, leaving at least one dead and two missinghttps://t.co/r1JF1vZrOi
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 14, 2021
Tens of thousands urged to evacuate as "unprecedented" levels of torrential rain hit western Japan, raising the risk of floods and landslides.
"This is a level of heavy rain that we have never experienced before"https://t.co/FMJBikCU63
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 13, 2021
VIDEO: A cargo ship ran aground and broke into two off northern Japan, the coastguard said Thursday, with the crew of the Panama-flagged vessel taken to safety pic.twitter.com/Vr6HEMg5KA
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 12, 2021
Flame ceremonies begin for #Paralympics as virus surges in Japanhttps://t.co/OIC3INqdRZ#AFPgraphics – Paralympics: the 10 eligible impairments pic.twitter.com/8oxtE3bcJy
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 12, 2021
VIDEO: 🇫🇷 The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, and the last French athletes to return from Tokyo arrive at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport with the Olympic flag, synonymous with the handover from Japan to the next Games in Paris in 2024 #Olympics pic.twitter.com/2NnKMsf0vY
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 9, 2021
Tokyo counts cost of $15 billion pandemic Olympics 'gamble'.
Japan awoke to a huge bill and soaring coronavirus cases on Monday after pulling off a mid-pandemic #Olympics that at times looked impossible and had a mixed reception to the endhttps://t.co/eioAkMhjZU pic.twitter.com/ZNnGn3N7YI
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 9, 2021
Japan marks Hiroshima bomb anniversary with low-key ceremonies and disappointment over a refusal by #Olympics organisers to hold a minute's silencehttps://t.co/NAgg9TcMES
📸 Hiroshima survivor Teruko Morita, 95, speaks to her daughter Noriko at the Atomic Bomb Dome pic.twitter.com/AYbS82cmBU
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 6, 2021
🇯🇵🚲 Take a closer look at one of the sports at the #OlympicGames: #Keirin track #cycling originated in Japan and for almost 80 years it's been a national obsession. Our reporters went to meet the coach of #Japan's national team, French cycling guru @Bentrack1 pic.twitter.com/YVS0bYnk6P
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) July 22, 2021
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