Tsuin Cho News Today

Heavy rain warnings were issued for Kyushu on Aug. 9 as Typhoon No. 6 lashed Japan’s main southwestern island and further disrupted transportation services.

The bustling Sanja Matsuri festival featuring three huge “mikoshi” portable shrines returned in full force to Tokyo’s Asakusa district for the first time since 2019.

Kyoko Numata came under criticism for trying to save a retired racehorse from the slaughterhouse. The naysayers said her endeavor was meaningless because it did not protect all of the horses.