‘My body ached from the volume’: the mystery and majesty of Japanese noise-rockers les Rallizes DénudésThe incendiary Japanese group who emerged out of late-60s unrest were suspicious of studios so their legacy was long left to bootleg obsessives. But unheard recordings are revealing their lesser-known gifts for melody By 1969 student protests were raging ac...https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/may/05/les-rallizes-denudes-japanese-rock-band-disque-4-interview-makoto-kubota#Music #Culture #Experimentalmusic #Japan #Popandrock #TheGuardian(Tue, 5 May 2026 09:49:49 +0000)

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Naoya Inoue outshines Junto Nakatani in Tokyo showdown to keep super-bantamweight title* Champion nicknamed the Monster holds off late surge * Both boxers had unbeaten records entering Saturday * Battle billed as biggest fight in Japanese boxing history Naoya Inoue successfully defended his undisputed super-bantamweight championship with [a close but uncontroversial 12-round un...https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/may/02/naoya-inoue-junto-nakatani-tokyo-fight#NaoyaInoue #Boxing #Japan #Sport #TheGuardian(Sat, 2 May 2026 18:05:33 +0000)

Title: Bonfire (1959)Artist: Kasamatsu Shirohttps://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260430/p2a/00m/0op/032000c #ShinHanga #SosakuHanga #Art #Showa #KasamatsuShiro #Wildfire #ForestFire #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Japan #Mood

The Tokyo Fire Department is urging residents to take early precautions against heatstroke, as the summer heat has been intensifying almost every year, and more high-temperature days are expected.In Tokyo, the trend toward higher temperatures has become particularly pronounced in recent years. The number of people transported to hospitals for heatstroke between June and September 2025 was the highest since 2010, the earliest year for which statistics are available.https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260501/p2a/00m/0na/007000c#ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #Heatwave #ExtremeWeather #Kokusho #Tokyo #Japan

'It has been one week since a forest fire broke out in the town of Otsuchi. The blaze spread at two locations, and the burned area has reached 1,633 hectares. It is the second largest such fire in Japan since the Heisei era (1989-2019).''Every effort must be made to quickly extinguish the wildfire in northeast Japan's Iwate Prefecture, and everything possible done to support residents forced to live as evacuees.'https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20260430/p2a/00m/0op/032000c#Wildfire #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ExtremeWeather #Iwate #Japan

@Ichinin Thank you. I did not know that.

Two wonderful sites and sights from the past two days in #Kyoto: 1) The Torii Gates at the Fushima Inari Taisha Shrine; 2) The Kinkakuji (Golden) Temple. #Japan is an amazing place! ️ #travel

🟡 Military Accident | 5/10Deadly Tank Incident in JapanThree Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force members were killed and one wounded when a shell exploded prematurely inside a Type 10 tank during firing training at the Hijudai maneuver area in Oita Prefecture.#OSINT #NewsGroup #Japan #Military #Accident

#Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defence export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons.https://www.reuters.com/world/china/japan-opens-door-global-arms-market-with-biggest-export-rule-change-decades-2026-04-21/

#Japan issues rare special advisory over chance of more powerful quake - The Japan Timeshttps://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/20/japan/earthquake-tsunami-warning/

Maybe take one more go around on the design for the "Enjoy Pass" poster#typography #japan #subway

Part 2Later, during the Meiji era, it became an imperial villa, hence the name Hama-rikyu.What makes the park an its pond special is that it is a Tidal Pond. It is a seawater pond drawing in seawater from Tokyo Bay.#japan #tokyo #travel #photography