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Investigators Focus On Air Traffic Communication After Fatal Tokyo Plane Collision
January 3rd, 2024 
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No Comments »Plane Bursts Into Flames While Landing At Tokyo Airport
January 2nd, 2024 Awake Goy Five people aboard a Japan Coast Guard plane were killed but all passengers and crew aboard the Japan Airlines flight that collided with it were safely evacuated from the aircraft. Source
China BANS sale of Japanese seafood due to Fukushima radiation contamination – Tokyo to file appeal at WTO
September 3rd, 2023 Awake Goy (NaturalNews) Not everyone is a-okay with Japan’s recent decision to dilute radioactive wastewater from the melted-down Fukushima nuclear power plant and dump it… Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: china, contamination, Fukushima, japanese, radiation, seafood, Tokyo No Comments »Japan’s Lack Of Protections For LGBTQ Couples Is Unconstitutional, Tokyo Court Rules
December 2nd, 2022 Awake Goy The plaintiffs and their lawyers welcomed the ruling as “ground breaking” and urged the government to promptly mitigate the problem. Source
Posted in Jewish News Tags: couples, court, Japan, lgbtq, protections, Tokyo, unconstitutional No Comments »Tokyo pays its last respects to Shinzo Abe
October 6th, 2022 Awake Goy On September 27, a state funeral was held for Shinzo Abe in Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan stadium, which was originally built to host the 1964 Summer Olympics. It was only the second state funeral in Japan’s post-war history. The first such funeral was that of Shigeru Yoshida, which took place 55 years ago, in October 1967. […]
Trans Woman Can’t Be Considered Parent Of Her Own Child, Rules Tokyo Court
August 20th, 2022 Awake Goy A Japanese court ruled Friday that a transgender woman cannot legally be regarded as a parent of one of her own children. The court said that one daughter — born before the woman underwent her legal and surgical transition — is legally hers, while the daughter born after her transition is not. A family court […]
Trans Woman Can’t Be Considered Parent Of Her Own Child, Rules Tokyo Court
August 20th, 2022 Awake Goy A Japanese court ruled Friday that a transgender woman cannot legally be regarded as a parent of one of her own children. The court said that one daughter — born before the woman underwent her legal and surgical transition — is legally hers, while the daughter born after her transition is not. A family court […]
Knife-Wielding Man Dressed As Joker Injures 17 On Tokyo Train, Starts Fire
November 1st, 2021 Awake Goy TOKYO (AP) — A man dressed in Batman’s Joker costume and brandishing a knife on a Tokyo commuter train on Sunday stabbed several passengers before starting a fire, which sent people scrambling to escape and jumping from windows, police and witnesses said. The Tokyo Fire Department said 17 passengers were injured, including three seriously. Not […]
Tokyo jolted by strongest earthquake since 2011 disaster
October 8th, 2021 Awake Goy Tokyo and surrounding prefectures were jolted by a strong earthquake on Thursday night, leaving more than 20 people injured and bringing the strongest shaking to the capital’s central wards since the Great East Japan Earthquake disaster in 2011. Following the magnitude 5.9 quake, which occurred at 10:41 p.m., TV footage showed a home on fire, […]
Seoul Continues to be Hysterical while Tokyo Digs a Fukushima Water Tunnel
September 21st, 2021 Awake Goy On August 25, 2021, South Korea expressed “strong regret” that Japan was unilaterally implementing its plan to release radioactive water from the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant “without any prior consultations or seeking consent from the South Korean government”. Oh, my gosh – Tokyo Electric Power Company Holding Inc. (TEPCO) has unveiled a preliminary construction plan of […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: continues, Fukushima, hysterical, Seoul, Tokyo, water, while No Comments »Tokyo Paralympic 2020: Iranian shot putter Mokhtari takes silver
August 29th, 2021 Awake Goy TOKYO – Iran’s Alireza Mokhtari Hemami claimed a silver medal at the men’s shot put F-53 at the 2020 Paralympic Games on Sunday. He won the silver medal with a throw of 8.48 meters. Gold medal went to Elvin Astanov from Azerbaijan who threw 8.77 meters and also broke the Paralympics record by five centimeters. […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: iranian, mokhtari, paralympic, putter, silver, takes, Tokyo No Comments »2 Afghan Athletes Arrive in Tokyo to Compete in Paralympics
August 29th, 2021 Awake Goy TOKYO—Two athletes from Afghanistan have arrived in Tokyo to compete in the Paralympics, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) said Saturday. The two-person team of Zakia Khudadadi and Hossain Rasouli had flown from Kabul to Paris before continuing on to Tokyo, the IPC said. Khudadadi will be Afghanistan’s first female athlete to compete at the Paralympics […]
Iran comes 27th at Tokyo 2020, two places behind Rio 2016
August 8th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Iran finished in the 27th place at the 2020 Olympic Games, while the country had come 25th in the previous edition in Rio. The Iranian athletes claimed seven medals – three golds, two silvers, two bronzes – one silver more and two bronze medals less than Rio. Shooter Javad Foroughi won Iran’s first […]
Summer Olympics say Sayonara Tokyo and Bonjour Paris
August 8th, 2021 Awake Goy After 17 days of sporting action held a year late and with the spectre of COVID-19 hanging over them, the Tokyo Summer Olympics came to an end on Sunday. They will mostly be remembered for the empty stadiums but there were plenty of other noteworthy events including athletes taking a stand on mental health and […]
Chinese Cyclists Warned Over Chairman Mao Pin Badges At Tokyo Olympics
August 7th, 2021 Awake Goy The International Olympic Committee has closed a potential disciplinary case against two Chinese gold medalists who wore pin badges of Mao Zedong on the Olympic podium. International Olympic Committee spokesman Christian Klaue says Chinese team officials gave assurances the athletes were warned and the incident will not be repeated. At the medal ceremony Monday for the women’s […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: badges, chairman, chinese, cyclists, Olympics, Tokyo, warned No Comments »German Coach Disqualified After Hitting Horse At Tokyo Olympics
August 7th, 2021 Awake Goy Germany’s modern pentathlon national team coach Kim Raisner was disqualified from the Tokyo Olympics on Saturday after she hit a horse during competition. Raisner was filmed by television cameras striking the horse, called Saint Boy, with her fist after he refused to jump fences for Germany’s Annika Schleu in the showjumping round of the women’s […]
2 Belarus Coaches Removed From Tokyo Olympics Over Krystsina Tsimanouskaya Scandal
August 6th, 2021 Awake Goy TOKYO (AP) — Two Belarus team coaches have been removed from the Olympics, four days after they were involved in trying to send sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya back to their country. The International Olympic Committee said Friday it has canceled and removed the credentials of Artur Shimak and Yury Maisevich. “The two coaches were requested to […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: Belarus, coaches, krystsina, Olympics, removed, Tokyo, tsimanouskaya No Comments »There’s A Poignant Story Behind The Medalists’ Bouquets At The Tokyo Olympics
August 5th, 2021 Awake Goy TOKYO (AP) — Of course, an Olympic medal has significance. But the bouquet of flowers that every medal winner is being handed at the Tokyo Olympics has deeper meaning. Much deeper. The sunflowers and all the other flowers in the bouquet were grown in the three northeastern Japanese prefectures that were devastated by the 2011 […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: behind, bouquets, medalists, poignant, story, there, Tokyo No Comments »Tokyo’s COVID-19 Cases Hit Another Record High During Olympics
August 5th, 2021 Awake Goy TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo reported 5,042 new daily coronavirus cases on Thursday, hitting a record since the pandemic began as the infections surge in the Japanese capital hosting the Olympics. The additional cases brought the total for Tokyo to 236,138, about a quarter of the national total. Japan reported more than 14,000 cases on Wednesday […]
Palestine, solidarity, and the Tokyo Olympics
August 4th, 2021 Awake Goy When the Palestinian Olympic delegation of five athletes – adorned in traditional Palestinian attire and carrying the Palestinian flag – crossed into the Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium during the inauguration ceremony on July 23, I was overcome with pride and nostalgia. I grew up watching the Olympics. All of us did. Throughout the month-long international sports […]
Tokyo Records Daily COVID-19 Case High With Half Of Olympics Still To Go
July 31st, 2021 Awake Goy TOKYO — The number of COVID-19 cases reported in Tokyo totaled 4,058 people, a daily record, city hall said Saturday, fanning worries as Japan’s capital plays host to the Olympic Games. Critics have long said the Olympics should be canceled or postponed, as tens of thousands of athletes, corporate sponsors and media gather from around […]
Tokyo 2020: France defeat Iran basketball
July 31st, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – France secured a 79-62 comfortable win over Iran in Group A of the Olympic men’s basketball on Saturday to qualify for the quarter-finals and remain undefeated in the preliminary round. Thomas Heurtel led France with 16 points at the Saitama Super Arena, north of Tokyo. Former NBA center Hamed Haddadi had 18 points and […]
Condom used to repair canoe at Tokyo Olympics
July 31st, 2021 Awake Goy Australian canoeist Jessica Fox found a perfectly stretchy, waterproof material for a boat repair at the Tokyo Olympics: a condom. Fox, who won a bronze medal in women’s kayak slalom and gold in the canoe slalom, posted a video on social media this week of someone making repairs to the nose of her boat. First, […]
Tokyo Reports Yet Another All-Time High Of Daily COVID-19 Infections
July 28th, 2021 Awake Goy TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo reported 3,177 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, setting an all-time high and exceeding 3,000 for the first time days after the start of the Olympics. The new cases exceeded the earlier record of 2,848 set the previous day and brought the total for the Japanese capital to 206,745 since the pandemic […]
Teenage Swimmer Jacoby Takes 1st US Women’s Gold at Tokyo Olympics
July 27th, 2021 Awake Goy A 17-year-old Alaska girl on Tuesday became the first American woman to take a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Lydia Jacoby won the women’s 100-meter breaststroke, topping 2016 champion Lilly King. South Africa’s Tatjana Schoenmaker won silver while King took bronze. “I was definitely racing for a medal. I knew I had it in […]
Tokyo Olympics: Moroccan boxer tries to bite ear of New Zealand opponent
July 27th, 2021 Awake Goy Moroccan boxer Youness Baalla on Tuesday allegedly tried to chomp off his Kiwi opponent David Nyika’s ear at the Tokyo Olympics, in a stark reminder of the infamous 1997 “the bite fight” of Mike Tyson. Baalla, 22, was having a hard time on Tuesday against two-time Commonwealth Games gold medallist Nyika at the boxing ring. […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: boxer, moroccan, Olympics, opponent, Tokyo, tries, zealand No Comments »Tokyo 2020: Iran basketball to meet the U.S. in super tough match
July 27th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Not an easy job to play the 15-time Olympics gold medal winners the U.S. but the Iranian team have no way to put fear aside. Iran and the U.S. suffer losses against France and the Czech Republic in Pool A, respectively and need to win all their remaining group-stage games to advance to […]
Tokyo Records Highest Number Of Daily COVID-19 Cases Amid Olympics
July 27th, 2021 Awake Goy TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo reported its highest number of new coronavirus infections on Tuesday, days after the Olympics began. The Japanese capital reported 2,848 new COVID-19 cases, exceeding the earlier record of 2,520 cases on Jan. 7. It brings Tokyo’s total to more than 200,000 since the pandemic began last year. Tokyo is under its […]
Tokyo 2020: Iran volleyball ease past Venezuela
July 26th, 2021 Awake Goy TEHRAN – Iran volleyball team defeated Venezuela in straight sets (25-17, 25-20, 25-18) in Pool A of the 2020 Olympic Games on Monday. The Vladimir Alekno’s men, who had started the prestigious campaign with a 3-2 win over Poland on Saturday, are scheduled to play Canada on Wednesday. Iran’s Amir Ghafour collected the match high […]
U.S. Olympians Chant Jill Biden’s Name As First Lady Cheers On Swimmers In Tokyo
July 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Members of the U.S. swimming team cheered and chanted from the stands for U.S. first lady Jill Biden, who sat across the pool and waved as swimming kicked off. Without fans in the 15,000-seat Tokyo Aquatics Centre on Saturday, masked teams had ample room to spread out in socially distanced seats above the deck. The […]
