Author: Japan Reacts Editorial

The Asian Games, held in Aichi and Nagoya from September 19 to October 4, closed with Japan winning a record-breaking 240 medals in total — 72 gold, 83 silver, and 85 bronze — the most in the country’s history. At a press conference on the 3rd, JOC Chairperson Seiko Hashimoto summed up the Games by saying “hosting on home soil raised its value” and “it turned into something wonderful,” emphasizing the contrast with the spectator-less Tokyo Olympics. Yet on 5ch, reactions cut against that favorable assessment, with a string of posts pointing out operational missteps at the Games, and some calling it “the Nagoya Nightmare.” Opinion was sharply split between the record medal haul and frustration over how the event was run.

JOC Chairperson Seiko Hashimoto held a press conference in Nagoya City on the 3rd and spoke about the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

This year’s Games opened on September 19 and will hold its closing ceremony on October 4. As of the 2nd, the total medal count stood at a record 240 — 72 gold, 83 silver, and 85 bronze. Looking back, Chairperson Hashimoto said, “We’ve already set the all-time record for medal count. Everyone who sent us so much support got to feel happy about it too, and it turned into something wonderful with the spotlight on our young athletes.”

The Los Angeles Olympics are two years away. Looking ahead, she said, “We need to carry this momentum into the Olympics. With [Kosei] Inoue leading the team as head, we want to move forward with analysis and get ready so our athletes can perform at their best,” adding reflectively, “Hosting on home soil raised the value of the Games overall. I really felt that international competitions achieve growth through being hosted domestically. At the Tokyo Olympics there were no spectators, but this time our athletes got to compete carrying the Hinomaru while receiving support from family, friends, and so many cheering voices.”

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

2AnonymousOct 4, 2026 11:50

5AnonymousOct 4, 2026 11:52

The tournament where Japan embarrassed itself in front of all of Asia

6AnonymousOct 4, 2026 11:53

Seriously, no way
The Olympics, Worlds, Asian Games — every single one got low marks

62AnonymousOct 4, 2026 13:33

Can't even run the Asian Games properly,
and you're talking about bidding for the Olympics? With what nerve?

68AnonymousOct 4, 2026 13:38

Re: #1

75AnonymousOct 4, 2026 13:53

Re: #1
The Nagoya Asian Games was a crap tournament entirely run by China

※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “[Asian Games] Chairperson Seiko Hashimoto: “Hosting on Home Soil Raised Its Value” — Calls Record Medal Count “Wonderful”.”

At the end of Castle in the Sky, the Robot Soldier and various plants and animals are left behind in the sky after Laputa collapses — a scene that, thanks to a Yahoo! News article, sparked a thread on 5ch’s Geisoku Sokuho+ board. The thread pitted hard-nosed objections (“the stratosphere’s temperature and air pressure can’t support life”) against pushback of “don’t overthink a cartoon.” Things escalated further with notes that the film’s box office was actually underwhelming on release and only became legendary later thanks to the “Balse” meme craze, plus a bit of trivia that the final scene is an homage to the live-action film Silent Running — all of which turned into a broader reconsideration of how the movie is remembered.

“So that’s what it meant…” — the “almost too profound” meaning behind what was left after Castle in the Sky’s collapse

10/3 (Sat) 18:55

Animals and robots going about their business as if nothing happened

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

37AnonymousOct 4, 2026 12:44

An image song that never got its due.

40AnonymousOct 4, 2026 12:46

Re: #37
They're all dead in outer space by the ending lol
( ´◔‿◔`)

43AnonymousOct 4, 2026 12:49

Re: #37
That was the jingle for a soda called Laputa, wasn't it.

44AnonymousOct 4, 2026 12:49

Re: #37
It's giving off a faint glow, so something must be protecting it.

67AnonymousOct 4, 2026 13:05

I think it rises all the way past the edge of the atmosphere — could the plants and the fox-squirrel actually survive in that state?

81AnonymousOct 4, 2026 13:14

Re: #67
Looks like an altitude where there's just barely still air

※This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuho+) thread “[Movie] “So that’s what it meant…” — the “almost too profound” meaning behind what was left after Castle in the Sky’s collapse.”