July 13, 2018: Western Japan flooding, blind groper, expensive grapes and Tokyo Olympic heat.
Japan This Week
English - July 14, 2018 04:16 - 14 minutes - 6.87 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this week's news from Japan Today: Floods from torrential rain causes landslides and devastation in western Japan, a Tokyo man is arrested for groping women by pretending to be blind, a bunch of Kanazawa grapes sell for over 1 million yen and the heat is on for Olympic organizers to alleviate the effects of the extremely hot and humid Tokyo summer conditions on athletes and spectators.
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This weeks stories:
West Japan Flooding — https://japantoday.com/category/national/70-000-rescuers-continue-search-for-missing-people-as-flood-death-toll-passes-200
GaijinPot 2018 West Japan Aid - https://blog.gaijinpot.com/western-japan-floods-and-rain-disaster/
Blind Groper — https://japantoday.com/category/crime/fake-blind-man-arrested-for-groping-female-employee-at-tokyo-department-store
Expensive Grapes — https://japantoday.com/category/national/bunch-of-premium-table-grapes-fetches-1.1-mil.-yen
Olympic Heat — https://japantoday.com/category/sports/heat-is-on-tokyo-2020-organizers-to-combat-high-temperatures