2020 Paralympics
The Olympic Organizing Committee is considering what kind of punishment he’ll receive, on top of any legal repercussions.
Will the equivalent of one vending machine drink an hour be enough to gather the 80,000 volunteers the event is seeking?
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But are people willing to undo the long-running social custom of only standing on one side of an escalator?
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Japanese man gets drunk and falls asleep on Tokyo streets, then gets robbed by foreign national
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Major Japanese hotel chain says reservations via overseas booking sites may not be valid
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