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‘Just making a joke’: Usain Bolt retracts claim stairs got him out of breath

Jamaican says athletes ‘loving’ Ultimate Championship Former sprinter proposed to Kasi Bennett last month A year ago, Usain Bolt revealed he had stopped running and got out of breath whenever he went up the stairs. But now the greatest sprinter in history has insisted he has made a lightning return to fitness after proposing last month to his long-term partner Kasi Bennett. Bolt, who is an ambassador for the World Athletics Ultimate Championship in Budapest, laughed as he told reporters that his claims about his lack of fitness in Tokyo last year had been overegged for effect. “I made a joke and you guys took it out of context,” Bolt said, with a grin. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Sean Ingle in Budapest13 Sept

As Japan’s yen peaks, is the era of budget-friendly trips coming to an end for Australian travellers?

The currency has now reached its highest level against the US and Australian dollars in six months Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast In the unpredictable world of global currency markets, there has been one safe bet: that the Japanese yen would continue its relentless decline. In recent weeks, that trade has started to unravel after Tokyo and Washington intervened to support the longsuffering Japanese currency. Continue reading...

The Guardian•Jonathan Barrett Business editor13 Sept

Jeremy Thomas, Producer of Oscar-Winning ‘The Last Emperor,’ Dies at 77

The British film producer also worked on recent titles such as 'Bucking Fastard,' which premiered at the Venice Film Festival this year and 'Bad Lieutenant: Tokyo,' set to premiere next week.

The Hollywood Reporter•Lexi Carson12 Sept

Nishikawa Miwa Confronts Japan’s Failure to Protect Its War Orphans in Toronto Platform Opener ‘Children Untold’

In the rubble left by the firebombing of Tokyo in WWII, a 12-year-old girl who once dreamed of a life in music learns to shine shoes, fall in with a band of orphaned boys sheltering under a local yakuza clan and, eventually, erase every trace of the person she used to be. That girl, Kotoko, […]

Variety•Naman Ramachandran12 Sept

Metaplanet CEO surrenders $220 million in stock rights to rebuild trust with investors

Metaplanet is cutting executive rewards after concluding that later Bitcoin purchases created less value per share. On Sept. 11, the Tokyo-listed Bitcoin treasury company announced it has reset its Series 10 stock acquisition rights, eliminating more than $220 million in warrant value. This also removes compensation generated by share issuance after September 2025, when its […]

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo12 Sept

I’m Flying Philippine Airlines’ A350 & A330 Business Class!

I've booked Philippine Airlines' A330 and new A350-1000 business class home from Japan, plus three hotel stops in Tokyo and Osaka along the way.

One Mile at a Time•Ben Schlappig11 Sept

Metaplanet cuts Series 10 share dilution by 41% after investor concerns

Metaplanet has cut the potential shares tied to its Series 10 stock acquisition rights by 41.1%, reducing the pool from 319.46 million shares to 188.19 million while imposing new exercise restrictions through 2031. Metaplanet said in a Sept. 11 Tokyo…

Crypto.news•Rony Roy11 Sept

‘Black Sunflowers’ First Look: Ukraine’s Youth Live Life On The Edge In Propulsive Doc From E.P. Sean Penn – Toronto Film Festival

EXCLUSIVE: The Toronto Film Festival hosts the world premiere of Black Sunflowers Friday evening, one of the most dynamic and explosive documentaries of the year. The film set in Ukraine is punctuated by ragers, “Tokyo drift”-style street racing, machine gun fire, and in interludes, moments of tenderness between young lovers. Director James Marcus Haney crafts […]

Deadline•Matthew Carey11 Sept

Atomic bomb survivor who became baseball legend - Harimoto dies age 86

Korean-Japanese baseball legend Isao Harimoto, who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima to record the most hits in Japanese baseball history, has died at the age of 86 in Tokyo.

BBC10 Sept

Metaplanet’s Bitcoin boom quietly turned a 46 million-share executive pay plan into a 319 million-share windfall

Metaplanet’s Bitcoin expansion has exposed an executive compensation windfall that shareholders want the company to unwind. The dispute centers on an executive options pool that expanded as the Tokyo-listed company repeatedly issued equity to finance its Bitcoin purchases. Shareholders are now demanding the cancellation of roughly 273 million potential shares added to management’s compensation package […]

CryptoSlate•Oluwapelumi Adejumo8 Sept

‘In parks you only see dogs, never children’: can Bogotá adapt to its ageing population?

With a lower fertility rate than Tokyo and the number of pensioners rapidly rising, Colombia’s capital is being forced to change the way it thinks about growing old From his wheelchair, Alberto Delgado Londoño can see over the wall of the sunlit courtyard towards the mountains east of Bogotá, Colombia’s capital. The 74-year-old lives in a care home for destitute elderly people, which opened at the end of last year. Social workers found him in hospital, where he was being treated for throat cancer and a head injury that left him partly paralysed. “I had nowhere to go,” he says. “My daughter couldn’t take me in because she’s a single mother, she already has two children.” Continue reading...

The Guardian•Claire McQue8 Sept

‘In parks you only see dogs, never children’: can Bogotá adapt to its ageing population?

With a lower fertility rate than Tokyo and the number of pensioners rapidly rising, Colombia’s capital is being forced to change the way it thinks about growing old From his wheelchair, Alberto Delgado Londoño can see over the wall of the sunlit courtyard towards the mountains east of Bogotá, Colombia’s capital. The 74-year-old lives in a care home for destitute elderly people, which opened at the end of last year. Social workers found him in hospital, where he was being treated for throat cancer and a head injury that left him partly paralysed. “I had nowhere to go,” he says. “My daughter couldn’t take me in because she’s a single mother, she already has two children.” Continue reading...

The Guardian•Claire McQue8 Sept

Boeing pitches Australian-developed MQ-28 Ghost Bat to Japan

Offer for Tokyo’s SHIELD coastal defense program follows German partnership and recent US Air Force evaluation of the unmanned combat aircraft

Air Data News•Ricardo Meier8 Sept

Bitcoin Just Survived the Yen Shock That Crushed Crypto 2 Years Ago

Japan spent nearly $100 billion in August trying to strengthen the yen. Even after that intervention, the currency failed to reach 154 against the dollar. Then traders pushed it there themselves. USD/JPY fell from 160.39 on Wednesday to 154.50 by Monday, meaning the yen strengthened 3.7% in three sessions without another confirmed rescue from Tokyo.

BeInCrypto•Lockridge Okoth7 Sept

All Nippon Airways selects Airbus for new flight training programme

Tokyo, Japan,  2 September 2026 – Airbus and All Nippon Airways (ANA) have signed a comprehensive flight training agreement to build the airline’s next generation of pilots, further expanding a strategic partnership that spans nearly four decades. To address the growing demand for highly skilled commercial pilots, Airbus will deliver an ab-initio pilot training programme […] The post All Nippon Airways selects Airbus for new flight training programme first appeared on PLANEtalking .

PLANEtalking•Flight Crew3 Sept

• favorable toward Airbus · 78%

Metaplanet Sends $188M More Bitcoin to Coinbase in 3 Hours

Metaplanet moved 2,400 BTC, worth about $186 million, into Coinbase Prime in just three hours on August 31, its third large transfer to the exchange since August 25. Six Transactions, Three Hours, $186 Million Metaplanet moved again, and this time onchain trackers caught nearly every step. Trackers flagged the Tokyo-listed bitcoin treasury firm depositing 2,400 […]

Bitcoin.com News•Shiraz Jagati31 Aug

Japan killed 14,000 bears after a rise in deadly attacks on people – but is a cull the answer?

Bears killed 13 people in Japan last year, as a lack of forest foods increased human-wildlife conflict. But the controversial cull in response has raised concerns with conservationists Every summer, millions of people escape the heat and humidity of Tokyo by heading to the tranquil resort town of Karuizawa in Japan’s Nagano prefecture – just an hour by bullet train from the capital. Here, at the foot of Mount Asama, visitors stroll bamboo-lined pathways, cycle in verdant highlands, and practise the wellness ritual of shinrin-yoku, bathing among the cool hinoki forests. It would be the ideal nature retreat – if it wasn’t for the bears. From June to August, bears often move close to Karuizawa, feeding on the mulberries, ants, leaves and cherry blossoms that grow near the town. Unlike nuts, these foods are low in calories, spurring the bears to seek out further sustenance. “They’re more likely to get close to residential spaces to see what they can find,” says Amelia Hiorns, a British zoologist who previously worked with Picchio Wildlife Research Centre in the town. “This combines with the busiest season for tourists.” Continue reading...

The Guardian•Gloria Dickie27 Aug

Japan’s only registered high-speed trading firm leaves Tokyo for Singapore

The relocation of Japan's last high-speed trading firm to Singapore may hinder local market efficiency and impact Japan's digital securities growth.

CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team25 Aug

United Airlines Launches 14 New Nonstop Routes From The World’s Busiest Airport [Full List]

From Santa Fe to Tokyo, United is expanding on all fronts.

Simple Flying•Jack McGarity22 Aug

A Rock and China’s Three-Sea Problem

Two rocks surrounded by coral, with a total land size of less than 10 square meters (approximately 108 square feet) at high tide, are the entire basis on which Japan claims a 150,000-square-mile exclusive economic zone, an area nearly the size of Japan itself. The uninhabited feature, located more than 1,000 miles south of Tokyo, is called Okinotori.In late July, Japan protested Sino-Russian live-fire drills held within the exclusive economic zone it claims around Okinotori. Tokyo cited the safety risks the drills posed to nearby vessels, but its broader objection was to Beijing’s claim that Okinotori is merely a rock

War on the Rocks•Shuxian Luo21 Aug