
One of Japan's biggest summer festivals kicked off in the northeast city of Aomori on Wednesday. The annual event is being held without coronavirus restrictions for the first time in four years.

They are replacing the statue with a tribute to Matthew Perry
But it sucks for all the people who have had their info stolen.
Did you mean Taika Waititi's TV show (that I didn't know existed) or Terry Gilliam's movie? The movie was amazing
EDIT: actually the TV show isn't out yet, so I guess you don't mean that
I have to disagree with you so hard on this. The show started OKish, but by the end was just bad. I was hoping they would just drop it. Hell, even the old Billy Zane version of the show was better.
Typhoon No. 7 Forecast to Cause Heavy Storms in Japan from Mon.
Tokyo, Aug. 11 (Jiji Press)--Strong Typhoon No. 7 approached Japan's Ogasawara Islands in the Pacific Ocean on Friday, with the Japan Meteorological Agency warning of storms, high waves, and heavy rain.
Typhoon No. 7 is forecast to approach and make landfall in the Kanto region including Tokyo, the Tokai central region, the Kii Peninsula or the Shikoku western region on Tuesday and reach the Sea of Japan coast by Wednesday.
The typhoon is expected to cause high waves along the Kanto and Tokai coasts from Sunday and heavy storms in eastern and western Japan from around Monday.
According to Japan Railway companies, there may be delays or cancellations on the Tokaido-Sanyo, Tohoku, Joetsu and Hokuriku Shinkansen lines.
Japan Airlines, or JAL, is also calling on passengers to check the latest information on possible delays and cancellations.
They have (had?) those in Tokyo for a while.
Aomori Nebuta float festival gets underway
One of Japan's biggest summer festivals kicked off in the northeast city of Aomori on Wednesday. The annual event is being held without coronavirus restrictions for the first time in four years.
My phone died once. But it’s less hassle than carrying a card.
In Japan, violent crime is rare, but there are occasional stabbings and even shootings, including the assassination of former prime minister Shinzo Abe last year. Hattori had reportedly told investigators that he wanted to kill people and be given the death penalty
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The entire theater is designed around the center seat. Anything else is objectively wrong.
Oh no. Paint. I’m sure she will learn from this.
Sounds like a mod issue, not a user issue.
Why would you talk about The Maxx in a Daria mag?
Wasn’t much of a plan.
Life-threatening high temperatures were forecast across Japan on Thursday, and officials are urging steps to avoid heatstroke.
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I couldn’t find anyone wanted to go see Shawshank when it came out. I was probably one of a dozen people in the theater.
Police in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture, have detained a 39-year-old woman who called them on Monday to say that she had killed her 8-year-old son and 5-year-old daughter According to police, the woman called 110 at around 6:30 a.m. Monday and said she had stabbed her two children, Kyodo News reported.…
I really want to know why they decapitated him, and then why did they keep the head? What a bizarre story.
The Chinese embassy in Japan said on Monday that NATO's plan to expand into the Asia-Pacific violates U.N. rules and hoped Japan, in its interaction with NATO, would refrain from actions that undermine trust among countries in the region.
3 schoolgirls drown in Japan river on 1st day of summer vacation
Three schoolgirls drowned in a river in Fukuoka Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Friday while swimming on the first day of their summer vacation, local authorities said. The local sixth
It’s basically strawberry shortcake
You need another pair where they don’t give a shit, because guess what?
Python?
Assassin's Creed Odyssey female lead is canon, although you have the choice to play the male as well.
The stupid are going to be hit the worst by AI. There is a clear lack of critical thinking in some groups, and things like this are going to have growing impact.