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Simone Biles Is All Smiles Ahead of Her First Competition in Years

Saturday’s Core Hydration Classic will mark the gymnast’s first time on the mat since her tumultuous time at the Tokyo Olympics.

Sports Illustrated

Simone Biles returns to competition this weekend for the first time since Tokyo

Biles' return is great news for USA Gymnastics, which just announced a new sponsorship deal with Nike. Also returning is Suni Lee, who took home the Olympic all-around gold after Biles dropped out.

WEKU

Simone Biles quietly returns to gymnastics with plenty left to offer

The greatest gymnast of all time returns to competition on Saturday for the first time in 732 days. Reports from a recent national team camp indicate she’s got plenty in the tank

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Uber To Deploy 100 Tesla Model Y Crossovers In Japan

Uber Japan will deploy a fleet of Tesla Model Y crossovers in Tokyo. These will be designated as Uber Premium vehicles.

InsideEVs

Two years after Tokyo, Simone Biles is coming back from 'the twisties.' Not every gymnast does

Simone Biles' return to compeitive gymnastics has renewed the conversation around “the twisties” that forced her to take herself out of multiple events at the 2020 Olympics

The Independent UK

‘A portal to a different world’: a gamer’s guide to visiting Japan

Whether you enter the big green pipe to Super Nintendo World, or want to rummage through rare games in Electric Town, Japan is a video game paradise

The Guardian - UK

Japanese court sentences 'Joker' to 23 years for stabbing passenger, setting a fire on a Tokyo train

A Japanese court has sentenced a man to 23 years in prison for stabbing a passenger and setting a fire on a Tokyo express train while dressed in a Joker costume on Halloween two years ago

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Tom Daley reveals how son convinced him to return to diving at Paris Olympics

Daley hasn’t dived competitively since winning gold at at the Tokyo Olympics but is targeting Paris 2024

The Independent UK

Israel Sets Sights On Olympic Success In Paris After Impressive Qualifications

After overcoming tough challenges, Israel's athletes aim for gold in various sports at the 2024 Olympics.

Zenger

A WWII Japanese soldier's 'good luck flag' is returned to his family from U.S. museum

The flag belonging to Shigeyoshi Mutsuda was returned to his son from a U.S. war museum where it had been on display for 29 years. "It's a miracle," 83-year-old Toshihiro Mutsuda said.

WEKU

What happened to Lucie Blackman? Revisit the infamous case at the center of Netflix's latest true crime doc

For their latest true crime special, Netflix digs into what happened to Lucie Blackman in Tokyo all those years ago

My Imperfect Life

Stock market today: Asian shares mixed, Tokyo falls as Bank of Japan adjusts bond purchase policy

Asian shares are mixed after the Bank of Japan adjusted its bond purchase policy but kept its negative benchmark interest rate unchanged

The Independent UK

India is an indispensable partner for free and open Indo-Pacific: Japanese Foreign Minister

India is an indispensable partner to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific and Tokyo would like to further expand cooperation in the region with New Delhi, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on July 28.

The Hindu

Japan raises alarm over China's military, its Russia ties and Taiwan tensions in new defense paper

Japan has stepped up its alarm over China’s assertiveness in the region, its growing military ties to Russia and its claims on Taiwan in a defense paper that is the first under Tokyo’s new security strategy calling for a major military buildup

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Matty Lee ready to step out of Tom Daley’s shadow in defence of Olympic diving title

Lee and Daley won 10m synchro gold together in Tokyo but Lee is now the senior member in a new partnership Noah Williams

WEKU

In Japan, a J-Pop star has come out as gay and his fans cheer

Shinjiro Atae shared the personal revelation on Wednesday evening with an auditorium filled with thousands in Tokyo.

Guitar World

Fender ushers in a new chapter of its history by opening flagship Tokyo store – and celebrates the milestone with three custom Acoustasonic Telecasters

A handful of other premium edition Telecasters and Stratocasters have also been introduced to mark the Big F's first-ever physical store

The Independent UK

‘Blind panic crashes in on you’: Father of Lucie Blackman, who went missing in Japan, speaks out in Netflix film

Documentary delves into case of 21-year-old who vanished in Tokyo two decades ago

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Where is Joji Obara now? The killer from The Lucie Blackman Case

Netflix's latest true crime documentary Missing: The Case of Lucie Blackman has left viewers wondering where Joji Obara is now.

The Independent UK

On this day in 2021: Adam Peaty makes history with defence of Olympic title

Peaty maintained his world dominance in the 100 metre breaststroke as he powered his way to Britain’s first gold medal at Tokyo 2020.

The Independent UK

Jade Jones hungry to make ‘sporting history’ and claim third Olympic gold medal

Jones claimed gold medals at London and Rio.

The Independent UK

5 stars to watch with a year to go until Paris Olympics

Sky Brown will be looking to improve on her Tokyo bronze.

The Independent UK

Helen Glover says balancing family life with Olympic ambitions ‘working well’

Glover’s return has already seen her earn two silvers this year rowing in the women’s four.

Cinemablend

Tokyo Disney Resort Is Getting A Major Genie+ Alternative, And I Wish We Had It At Disneyland And Disney World

Tokyo Disney Resort's 40th Anniversary Priority Pass is so much better than Genie+.

The Independent UK

Naoya Inoue, the best boxer in the world, fights on Tuesdays

Comment: The Japanese superstar took Stephen Fulton to pieces in Tokyo, becoming a four-division world champion in the process

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