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Japan teenager Shin Ohashi overcomes Covid and fever to smash breaststroke world record

Swimmer wins 200m gold at Asian Games with 39C fever Says Covid helped him rest and ‘was a good thing’ The Japanese teenager Shin Ohashi said a bout of Covid helped him smash the men’s 200m breaststroke world record in a time of 2min 4.83sec at the Asian Games on Thursday. The 17-year-old won his second gold of the Games in Tokyo despite running a temperature of about 39C just days before the competition began. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Agence France-Presse9h ago
  • favorable toward Shin Ohashi · 98%
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Finnair Expands Tokyo Narita Service in NS27

Published at 0400PDT / 1100GMT 24SEP26 Finnair today (24SEP26) announced service expansion on Helsinki – Tokyo Narita route during Northern summer 2027 season. From 12MAY27 to 14AUG27 (Helsinki departure), Finnair to launch 2nd daily flight with A350-900 aircraft. AY071 HEL1220 – 0715+1NRT 359 D AY073 HEL1745 – 1305+1NRT 359 D AY072 NRT0855 – 1535HEL 359 D AY074 NRT2305 – 0555+1HEL 359 D The airline also operates 1 daily Helsinki – Tokyo Haneda flight.

AAeroRoutes•AeroRoutes - Jim Liu13h ago

Finnair strengthens its Japan network and will operate up to three daily flights to Tokyo next summe

Finnair is responding to growing demand for travel to Asia, and Japan in particular, by increasing flights to Tokyo for the 2027 summer season. The airline will add frequencies on its Tokyo Narita route during the peak summer travel period, operating up to two daily flights to the destination. In addition, Finnair will continue to serve Tokyo Haneda Airport daily.

Breaking Travel NewsBreaking Travel News13h ago
  • neutral toward Finnair · 95%

Tokyo-bound American Airlines Boeing 787-9 diverted to LAX after 10 hours in air

LOS ANGELES — An American Airlines transpacific flight carrying passengers from New York to Tokyo was forced to make an unexpected, long-distance diversion to California following a technical issue encountered near the Arctic circle. American Airlines Flight AA167 took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York at 10:45 AM EDT (14:45 […]

AAIRLIVE•AIRLIVE contibutors15h ago
  • neutral toward Boeing · 98%

Rolf De Heer To Head Competition Jury At Tokyo Film Festival; ‘The Survival Of Kindness’ To Play In Australia Spotlight

Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) has announced that Australian director Rolf de Heer will serve as president of the International Competition jury at this year’s edition of the festival. De Heer’s 2022 film The Survival Of Kindness, which was selected for competition at the Berlinale, will screen in Tokyo as part of an Australia Spotlight, […]

DeadlineDeadline•Liz Shackleton24 Sept
  • neutral toward Rolf de Heer · 97%

How I Shop with Tom Daley: ‘I am obsessed with my knitting machine!’

Always wondered what everyday stuff celebrities buy, where they shop for food, and the basic they scrimp on? The retired diver talks scrapbooking, cheap chargers, and trouser fails with the Filter • How I Shop with Laura Jackson Tom Daley OBE is a retired professional diver who has won five Olympic medals, including gold at Tokyo 2020. Since retiring from competitive diving, he has hosted Channel 4’s Game of Wool: Britain’s Best Knitter, while continuing to share his passion for knitting and crafts through his Made With Love brand and YouTube channel . He is married to US screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, and the pair have two children. *** Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•As told to Lily Smith22 Sept

ANA launches its new “Green Pokémon Jet” special livery

All Nippon Airways (ANA) unveiled and dispatched its newest custom painted aircraft on September 18, 2026, rolling out a specially liveried green Pokémon Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (JA923A) dedicated to the ongoing Pokémon Air Adventures collaboration. The widebody jet departed Tokyo on its inaugural revenue rotation bound for Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu, Hawaii, […]

World Airline NewsWorld Airline News•Bruce Drum22 Sept
  • neutral toward All Nippon Airways · 99%

Mir to miss Japanese and Indonesian grands prix for Honda

Honda MotoGP rider Joan Mir remains sidelined and will not take part in the Japanese or the Indonesian grands prix, the Tokyo-based team announced on Tuesday. The 2020 world champion retired on the fifth lap of the San Marino GP, held last 13 September, and he travelled to Barcelona that same Sunday, where he underwent medical tests the following day to assess his physical condition after not ... Keep reading

AutosportAutosport22 Sept
  • neutral toward Honda · 98%

Honda announces Joan Mir will miss the Japanese and Indonesian Grands Prix

Honda rider Joan Mir remains sidelined and will not take part in the Japanese or the Indonesian Grands Prix, the Tokyo-based team announced on Tuesday. The 2020 world champion retired on the fifth lap of the San Marino GP race, held last 13 September, travelling to Barcelona that same Sunday, where he underwent medical tests the following day to assess his physical condition after not feeling ... Keep reading

Motorsport.comMotorsport.com22 Sept
  • neutral toward Honda · 98%

At least two people killed in Japan as typhoon Dujuan triggers heavy rain, landslides

Storm triggers landslides and travel chaos while cutting off almost ‌50,000 homes from electricity Typhoon Dujuan has killed at least two people in Japan, while tens of thousands of houses near Tokyo remained without power after the storm swept through the region, authorities said on Tuesday. Dujuan – which brought violent winds of 144km/h (89mph) – was moving away from Japan on Tuesday morning, allowing authorities to downgrade most heavy rain and landslide warnings. Continue reading...

The GuardianThe Guardian•Agence France-Presse22 Sept