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Forza Horizon 6's Japan is even bigger than Forza Horizon 5's map, which itself was double the size of FH4, but the new setting is "also dense" with "always something around the corner"

Tokyo City is also the series' largest urban area to date

GamesRadar

Carlos Alcaraz suffers injury scare during opener in Tokyo

The Spaniard landed awkwardly on his left ankle in the first set against Sebastian Baez.

The Independent UK

Perth grandmother loses drug smuggling appeal in Japan

Australian woman Donna Nelson has lost her appeal in a Tokyo court for drug smuggling as she maintains that she was the innocent victim of a romance scam.

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Forza Horizon 6 is officially taking us to Japan in Playground Games' "biggest map yet": "We can only do Japan once and we want to do it right"

Interview | Forza Horizon 6 is coming in 2026, and we sat down with Playground Games to talk about its Japan setting

GamesRadar

Historic Tokyo district named world’s coolest neighbourhood for 2025

Jinbōchō’s dense cluster of second-hand bookstores, retro cafés, and curry houses secured its place at the top

The Independent UK

Aussie leaves Davis Cup heartbreak at the door in Tokyo

Prior to Carlos Alcaraz turning out for the first time at the Japan Open, Aussies Aleksandar Vukic and Jordan Thompson have taken to the court in Tokyo.

AAP

Tim Cook's Visit To Japan: From Meetings With Fumio Kishida And The Digital Minister To Hugging Pikachu — What's Apple CEO Doing In Tokyo?

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Tim Cook is in Japan this week, blending politics, pop culture and product promotion ahead of the grand reopening of Apple Ginza, the company's flagship Tokyo store.

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Japanese prime minister Shigeru Ishiba says recognition of Palestine inevitable

Ishiba tells UN Tokyo may act if Israel blocks peace efforts

The Independent UK

Tim Cook Revives Apple's First International Store In Exclusive Luxury Location That Embodies Bernard Arnault's Advice To Steve Jobs

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) will reopen its Ginza store in Tokyo on Friday, marking a homecoming to the brand's original international retail location across from Louis Vuitton in the city's luxury shopping district.

Benzinga

Seb Coe reveals Olympic calendar will need ‘re-engineering’ due to climate change

This year’s World Athletics Championships were contested in Japan during its hottest summer since records began

The Independent UK

Noah Lyles: ‘The future of sprinting is hazy right now. Nobody knows which direction to go in’

The American sprint king on young emerging rivals including Gout Gout, his advancing years and uncertainty surrounding the sport

The Guardian - AU

UK startup Wayve begins testing self-driving tech in Nissan cars on Tokyo’s streets

London-based AI pioneer in talks to receive $500m investment from Nvidia as it funds its expansion in the US, Germany and Japan

The Guardian - UK

Diminished world championships return fails to cloud Australian optimism

The emergence of younger athletes like Gout Gout and success for the usual suspects provided reasons to be cheerful in Tokyo, says the team’s high performance director

The Guardian - AU

Kenyan Athletes Shine In Tokyo, But Anti-doping Efforts Remain In The Dark

Kenyan athletes may have shone at the world championships in Tokyo, winning seven golds, but persistent allegations of doping still cast a shadow as the global anti-doping agency threatens to sanction the east African country.

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Australia's Tokyo campaign bodes well for future

Australian Athletics high performance boss Andrew Faichney liked what he saw from the green and gold squad in Tokyo.

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Gutted Denny slips and slides to fourth in discus final

There were contrasting emotions for Matt Denny and Alex Rose in a rain-sodden men's discus final at the world championships in Tokyo.

The Independent UK

World Athletics Championships: Britain face ‘reset’ after failure to land gold

The British team in Tokyo finished 21st in the medal table with five podium appearances.

International Business Times

American Track Stars Bid Golden Farewell To Worlds

American stars Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Noah Lyles and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone battled through the rain to add another gold to their tally and bring the curtain down on the world championships in Tokyo.

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The Guardian - US

World Athletics Championships: USA dominate table again as GB suffer worst finish since 2003

Team USA continued their domination of the World Athletics Championships as they finished top of the medal table in Tokyo

AAP

Olyslagers soars to high jump gold in Tokyo

Nicola Olyslagers has lived up to her world No.1 ranking by winning gold in the women's high jump at the Tokyo world championships.

The Independent UK

World Athletics Championships live: Keely Hodgkinson beaten to 800m gold as Georgia Hunter Bell takes silver

On the final day of action in Tokyo, Olympic champion Keely Hodgkinson missed out on GB’s first gold medal of the week

International Business Times

Floating Wind Power Sets Sail In Japan's Energy Shift

Close to a small fishing port in southwestern Japan, the slim white turbines of the country's first commercial-scale floating wind farm glimmer offshore, months before a key project in Tokyo's green-energy strategy begins.

AAP

Super Sunday in store for soaring Aussie team in Tokyo

High jump queen Nicola Olyslagers headlines a batch of Australian medal chances on the final day of the world athletics championships.

AAP

At the double: Kenyan track triumphs light up worlds

Kenyan athletics has been celebrating a huge night in Tokyo with a world championship double for Beatrice Chebet and an 800m triumph for Emannuel Wanyonyi.

The Independent UK

You couldn’t write it – Katarina Johnson-Thompson shares heptathlon bronze

Johnson-Thompson finished the seven events level on 6,581 points with the United States’ Taliyah Brooks in Tokyo.

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