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Morning Musume。’26’s Okamura Homare appeared live as a special pinch-hitter host for three hours starting at 6:00 PM on September 15, 2026, on Radio Nippon’s “60TRY-bu.” That day’s guest was Yoshida Rion, with a listener-message theme calling for “funny stories” and “questions for Okamura Homare,” plus a solo relaxed-talk segment with Okamura starting at 6:30 PM. On 5ch’s live-commentary thread, real-time reactions piled up alongside official broadcast announcements from Twitter/X, with posters especially fixating on Okamura’s reaction whenever the nickname “Rairii” came up, as well as brief comments about her exchanges with host Tsuchiya Hayato.

Okamura Homare *appearing live as a special personality.

Radio Nippon (Yokohama 1422kHz/92.4MHz)

🚀🌻🎸60TRY-bu 🚀🌻🎸

Source: radiko.jp / original article here

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project board) thread “■ Okamura Homare ■ Radio Nippon “60TRY-bu, Guest: Yoshida Rion” ■ 18:00–21:00 ■“.

A post on X (formerly Twitter) claiming, “I’m 154cm and 37kg, but since I do wrestling, I could beat an average man as long as the size gap is within 30kg,” was picked up on 5ch’s Nandemo Jikkyo G board. The poster included a photo standing next to a 102kg man to argue that weight alone doesn’t tell the whole story. The thread brought up real Olympic champions like Tadahiro Nomura, Saori Yoshida, and Kaori Icho, discussing how a difference of just a few kilograms can decide a match in weight-class combat sports, as well as the differences between a street fight and a sanctioned bout — opinions were split over whether technique or sheer size advantage would win out.

65AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:16

Sara Dosho and Yusho Kagami

67AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:17

Re: #65
Ah, this is a case where 90% of the guys on this board couldn't win.

70AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:21

Re: #65
Honestly, I don't feel like I could win lol

76AnonymousSep 15, 2026 17:31

Additional explanation

Just to be clear, it's only because of this size gap that I couldn't win. Against someone closer to an average man, I could still take them down if I wanted to, since I do wrestling. People tend to judge by weight, but I'm not exactly easy to just pick up either.

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※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “A 37kg woman says, “I do wrestling, so if I wanted to, I could beat an average man”.”

Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced on September 15 that the number of people aged 100 or older nationwide has reached 107,677 (up 7,914 from the previous year), topping 100,000 for the first time since record-keeping began in 1963. It’s the 56th consecutive year the figure has hit a new high, with women making up nearly 90 percent of the total. The announcement is an annual fixture ahead of Respect for the Aged Day, but reactions on 5ch split between posters celebrating the longevity trend and others worried about the growing strain on pensions and healthcare costs. Some commenters noted that people born in the Edo period were still alive into the 1960s, while others brought up the once-famous centenarian twins “Kin-san and Gin-san.”

It was learned on the 15th that the number of people aged 100 or older nationwide stood at 107,677 as of the first of this month (up 7,914 from the previous year) — the first time the figure has topped 100,000 since the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare began compiling the data. It marked the 56th straight year the record has been broken. Women accounted for 94,298, or nearly 90 percent of the total, while men numbered 13,379.

The ministry compiles these figures every year ahead of Respect for the Aged Day (the 21st). The number of centenarians has kept climbing, driven by advances in medical care and rising health awareness. There were just 153 in 1963, when record-keeping began, but the figure passed 50,000 in 2012 and has continued to grow since.

According to the ministry, the oldest person in the country is Fuyo Kishimoto, 114, of Kyoto, who reportedly looks forward to meals with fellow residents at her care facility and finishes every dish served to her. The oldest man is Hikaru Kato, 112, of Kumamoto, who stays healthy with exercise sessions at his nursing home.

Source: yomiuri.co.jp / Read the original article

*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Nandemo Jikkyo G) thread “[Sad News] Japan’s Centenarian Population Finally Tops 100,000 wwwwwwwwwwwwwww (“w” = Japanese internet laughter, like “lol”).”