TOKYO, Nov 01 (BBC News) –
A huge group of people with that exact same name have broken a world record in Japan.
178 different people, all named Hirokazu Tanaka, met up in Tokyo on Saturday.
A huge group of people with that exact same name have broken a world record in Japan.
178 different people, all named Hirokazu Tanaka, met up in Tokyo on Saturday.
Some people travelled from as far as Hanoi, in Vietnam, and both a toddler and an 80-year-old were in attendance.
The record had not been broken since it was set in 2005 by 164 Martha Stewarts.
The group had been trying for a while to break the record and had two failed attempts before this successful one.
Ex J-pop idol Hideaki Takizawa resigns from Johnny & Associates
Kyodo – Nov 02
Hideaki Takizawa, a former member of J-pop idol duo Tackey & Tsubasa who starred in NHK’s yearlong historical drama series in 2005, has resigned from Johnny & Associates Inc., one of Japan’s most powerful talent agencies, an agency official said Tuesday.
Man injures 3 junior high school children with bamboo sword
Japan Today – Oct 20
Police in Hidaka, Saitama Prefecture, have arrested a 37-year-old unemployed man on suspicion of assault and trespassing after he entered the grounds of a junior high school and injured three students with a bamboo sword.
Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko turns 88
NHK – Oct 20
Japan’s Empress Emerita Michiko turned 88 on Thursday.
The Empress Emerita moved in April from a temporary dwelling to her current residence in the Akasaka Estate in Tokyo’s Minato Ward, where she lived when she was Crown Princess.
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