Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

Regarding the string of operational mishaps at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, the organizing committee held a press briefing in Nagoya on September 22. Deputy Secretary-General Takaaki Osan said the issues were “mostly human error,” and pledged thorough countermeasures for each cause along with an apology. On the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread, reactions focused on who’s actually responsible, questions about why Aichi Governor Hideaki Omura, the committee’s chairman, hasn’t publicly explained anything himself, and the fact that some operational staff are being staffed through spot-work gig apps.

Tue 9/22, 5:51 PM

The organizing committee for the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, which has been plagued by operational trouble, held a press briefing in Nagoya on the 22nd to address the string of issues.

Deputy Secretary-General Takaaki Osan apologized, saying: “Most of it comes down to human error. We’ll work out countermeasures tailored to each cause and see them through thoroughly. We apologize for the lack of flexibility in our response, and want to move forward with putting the competition first.”

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here

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*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Asian Games] Organizers apologize over string of issues, say it’s “mostly human error” — press response on the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.”

The 1979 film “The Man Who Stole the Sun” is set to return to Japanese theaters nationwide on October 16 in a new 4K digital remaster, 47 years after its original release. The film follows a high school teacher who steals plutonium from a nuclear power plant and the detective who pursues him. It was the second film from director Kazuhiko Hasegawa, who first drew attention with his directorial debut “The Youth Killer,” and it would prove to be his final feature-length work before his death this past January. On 5ch’s Entertainment/Sports News+ board, users buzzed about the scene where the terrorist demands that a professional baseball broadcast be allowed to continue uninterrupted, the detective’s (played by Bunta Sugawara) iconic lines, and who would be right to star if the film were remade today.

September 22, 2026

“The Man Who Stole the Sun,” which opened on October 6, 1979 and swept that year’s film awards, has been digitally remastered in 4K and will open nationwide on October 16. To mark the 4K remaster, a new trailer has been released, built from footage remastered under the concept of “recreating the original as it was completed on film” at the time.

The film was the ambitious follow-up from director Kazuhiko Hasegawa, hailed as a rising star of Japanese cinema after his acclaimed directorial debut “The Youth Killer,” released exactly 50 years ago in 1976. Made with extraordinary passion, it stands as Hasegawa’s second theatrical film and, sadly, his final feature as director following his passing in January.

Source: crank-in.net / Original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[Movie] Kenji Sawada’s ‘The Man Who Stole the Sun’ Revived for the Reiwa Era with a 4K Digital Remaster! October 16 Release Confirmed & New Trailer Unveiled.”

Chinese media have complained about the food portions served at the media center of the Asian Games, currently underway in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. A CGTN crew filmed a meal of nothing but kishimen (Nagoya-style flat udon noodles) and plain white rice, priced at 1,200 yen — reportedly not enough to fill them up, so the crew ended up arranging their own bento boxes instead. Wang Yingying, a well-known Japanese-language announcer, shared the story on X, where it spread widely. On the Japanese forum 5ch, some posters criticized how Aichi Prefecture and the city of Nagoya have handled the situation, while others noted that the sport involved was only added to the Games in a last-minute decision back in August, on condition that the sport’s own federation arrange its own lodging and meals — leaving opinion split over whether blaming the organizers is fair.

The Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games opened on September 19. While the opening ceremony was a glamorous affair, one shortcoming after another in the host arrangements has since come to light, spreading around the world through coverage from participating countries’ media. It’s not just the athletes — journalists covering the Games have been crying foul too.

Wang Yingying, nicknamed “A-chan,” a longtime Japanese-language announcer for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN who has also appeared on NHK E-Tele’s Chinese-language program “Chinese Navi” and NHK Radio’s “My Asa,” updated her X account on the 21st. She reported that a colleague covering the Games on the ground had sent her a photo of the food at the Asian Games media center cafeteria, and posted the photo itself.

The photo shows just two items: rice and kishimen noodles. “Kishimen plus plain rice for 1,200 yen. Apparently, ‘it’s too little for the price — this won’t fill you up.’ In the end, it seems most of the CMG [China Media Group] crew gave up eating here and decided to arrange their own bento boxes,” she wrote, adding a wry-smile emoji.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “Chinese crew furious over meal portions at the Asian Games: ‘We had to arrange our own bento boxes,’ ‘Honestly, it doesn’t feel much like an international event in a developed country’.”