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3 hours ago
- Entertainment
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Board game created by Japanese designer wins prestigious German award
A board game created by a Japanese designer has, for the first time, won a German award considered to be the world's top honor for analogue tabletop games. The "Spiel des Jahres," or Game of the Year, award went to "Bomb Busters" designed by Hayashi Hisashi. The prestigious award is given annually to a board or card game released in German-speaking countries. Bomb Busters players aim to defuse imaginary bombs by working together to cut wires. Players can sever wires if they successfully guess what numbers are written on wire tiles held by their teammates. Hayashi said during the awards ceremony on Sunday that he wants to thank those who support him from Japan, colleagues who test his ideas at his home every week, and his wife.
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3 hours ago
- Climate
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Thunderstorms could hit western and eastern Japan through Wednesday
Japanese weather officials say thunderstorms could hit western and eastern parts of the country through Wednesday. The Japan Meteorological Agency says warm and moist air is flowing into a tropical depression in the East China Sea, causing rainclouds to develop mainly over some parts of western Japan. The officials say the tropical depression will weaken on Monday morning, but that a new low pressure system is expected to emerge over the western part of the Sea of Japan. This could cause localized downpours with lightning in western and eastern Japan through Wednesday. The amount of rain expected in the 24 hours through Tuesday morning is up to 200 millimeters in the Tokai and Shikoku region, 180 millimeters in the Kinki region and 80 millimeters in southern Kyushu and Chugoku. In the 24 hours through Wednesday morning, up to 150 millimeters are forecast in the Tokai region. The agency is urging people to be on the alert for landslides, flooding in low-lying areas and swollen rivers. It is also urging caution against lightning and severe wind gusts, including tornadoes. Meanwhile, Severe Tropical Storm Nari is moving east over waters south of Hachijojima, an island located south of the country's main island of Honshu. Nari is forecast to approach eastern and northern Japan from Tuesday and could make landfall. People need to exercise caution against violent winds, high waves, mudslides and other possible disasters. The sea is predicted to turn rough. Swelling waves are expected to reach 7 meters high off the coast of the Tohoku region and 6 meters off the Kanto region.
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8 hours ago
- Politics
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Demonstrators in Israel seek to raise awareness of child deaths in Gaza Strip
About 1,000 people have demonstrated in Tel Aviv, Israel, to raise awareness of the growing number of children killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip. Health officials in Gaza report that Israeli attacks in the enclave have claimed the lives of more than 17,000 children since October 2023. The demonstrators on Saturday called for a ceasefire to be achieved in Gaza as soon as possible to prevent any further rise in the child death toll. Posters bearing the names and photos of child victims were held up. A group that organized the rally says it has held several demonstrations since March this year, when Israel resumed its attacks on Gaza. It says the number of participants was initially only around 20 but has since increased to the current size. A demonstrator said the lives of Palestinians are just as valuable as those of Jews and Israelis. He added that the conflict needs to end. The organizer of the demonstration is human rights activist Alma Beck. She said she wants Israelis to learn more about Palestinian fatalities and what she calls a genocide currently taking place in Gaza. She added that she wants to create a change from within Israeli society. A Palestinian media outlet says at least 10 people, including six children, were killed on Sunday when Israeli warplanes bombed a water distribution point in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza.
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8 hours ago
- Politics
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North Korea blasts Japan-US-South Korea joint aerial exercise
North Korea's defense ministry has lashed out at a recent joint aerial exercise staged by Japan, the United States and South Korea. The chief of the ministry's Policy Office issued a press statement through the state-run Korean Central News Agency, or KCNA, on Sunday. The statement expresses "serious concern" over what it calls the three countries' "hostile acts of persistently conducting provocative and threatening military actions." It also "strongly" warns of what it describes as "grave consequences to be entailed by them on the regional situation." The statement underscores that North Korea "will never tolerate any slightest act which exerts a negative influence on the security environment of the state." It also showed the country's readiness to take what it terms a "practical military counteraction." The trilateral exercise took place on Friday off the coast of a southern part of South Korea to deal with North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. It involved at least one US B-52 strategic bomber. The top uniformed defense officials of Japan, the US and South Korea also met in Seoul the same day. They reaffirmed cooperation to address challenges posed by North Korea.
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10 hours ago
- Sport
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Japan's tennis player Oda Tokito wins Wimbledon wheelchair singles crown
Japan's Oda Tokito has clinched his second Wimbledon wheelchair tennis singles title in two years. Oda was up against Britain's Alfie Hewett in the final at the All England Club on Sunday. Oda tops the global ranking while Hewett is number two. Oda lost the first set 3-6. It was his first loss of a set in the tournament. In the second set, they were even after the 10th game. But Oda pulled off three return aces and kept his service game, winning the set 7-5. The 19-year-old left-hander also got an upper hand in the third set, deploying powerful forehand and skillful drop shots. Oda took the set 6-2, capturing the crown. Oda and Hewett had faced each other in the finals of two other Grand Slams this season. Oda lost to the Briton in the Australian Open in January. But he took home his third straight French Open title in June.
