In this video, we cover the performances taking place this month at the Kabuki-za theatre in Tokyo!
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Typhoon No. 26 (Surigae) intensified into a very strong storm by 3 p.m. on September 27 and is expected to approach Okinawa through September 28, bringing violent winds and heavy rain before continuing northeast over waters south of Japan, where it could strengthen a stationary autumn rain front and trigger further downpours across western and eastern Japan.
Yokozuna Onosato captured his sixth career championship at the Autumn Grand Sumo Tournament on September 27, defeating Ukrainian ozeki Aonishiki in a winner-takes-all showdown at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan to finish the 15-day competition with 12 wins and three losses, ending a year-long title drought after a dramatic final weekend.
A fire broke out at the observation deck of Chubu Electric Power MIRAI TOWER in central Nagoya on Saturday, prompting 30 visitors to evacuate, although no injuries were reported.
Japan's teenage skateboarders delivered two gold medals and two bronze medals on September 25, with 15-year-olds Mizuho Hasegawa and Ian Nagahara winning the women's and men's park competitions at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.
A major traffic accident involving 10 vehicles, including trucks and passenger cars, left one man seriously injured and nine others with minor injuries on the Daini Shinmei Road in Kobe on September 24, forcing the closure of part of the expressway.
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In this video, we cover the performances taking place this month at the Kabuki-za theatre in Tokyo!
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