Japan's figure skating icon Yuzuru Hanyu performed his ice show on Friday in his native Miyagi Prefecture commemorating the 14th anniversary of the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern Japan The show at Sekisui Heim Super Arena in Rifu was staged for the third straight year It is named "notte stellata," meaning starry night in Italian in memory of the "ray of light" he saw in the sky as he left home for the evacuation center following the 2011 disaster "I skated praying this serves as a catalyst for us to do something on disasters the first Asian to win a men's figure skating Olympic gold medal when he triumphed in Sochi in 2014 The three-day event through Sunday commemorates the magnitude-9.0 quake and tsunami that claimed over 15,000 lives and ravaged Miyagi and neighboring Iwate and Fukushima prefectures The 30-year-old Hanyu performed to the composition "Seimei," which accompanied his free skate at the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang where he won his second Olympic gold landing both his quad salchow and toe loop to captivate the crowd of 6,300 Kyogen actor and 58-year-old Nomura Mansai Hanyu finished fourth in 2022 in Beijing before retiring from competition in July that year to turn professional stating he "stopped wanting to be evaluated" by points but would seek new ways to express himself in skating exhibitions He became the first skater to perform solo at Tokyo Dome in February 2023 in a show attended by around 35,000 spectators Figure skating: Winter Olympics remain far off for teen star Mao Shimada Figure skating: Rio Nakata becomes Japan's 7th junior men's world champ To have the latest news and stories delivered to your inbox Simply enter your email address below and an email will be sent through which to complete your subscription Please check your inbox for a confirmation email Thank you for reaching out to us.We will get back to you as soon as possible Please view the main text area of the page by skipping the main menu. The page may not be displayed properly if the JavaScript is deactivated on your browser Japanese version Today's print edition Home Delivery With spectators barred from all but a handful of Tokyo 2020 events and live-viewing areas and fan festivals closed or canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic these Olympics will be bereft of vibrant international exchanges that are commonplace at sporting events around the world That hasn’t stopped renowned soccer superfan Hirokazu Tsunoda from carrying out his own mission clad in homemade samurai armor and carrying banners expressing messages of thanks in over a dozen languages.googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1499653692894-0'); }); first created for the 2012 U-20 Women’s World Cup in Japan were Tsunoda’s way of recognizing the many gestures of support from the international soccer community in the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that rocked the northeastern Tohoku region in 2011 In a time of both misinformation and too much information quality journalism is more crucial than ever.By subscribing Your subscription plan doesn't allow commenting. To learn more see our FAQ Sponsored contents planned and edited by JT Media Enterprise Division I know for a fact that at least a few of you are anime-binging It has been carefully designed to butter you up before we stage a blog-wide intervention to change every single thing about you next week Joe’s way is shoving you into a locker upside-down and welding the door shut Last week took a chance with the underdog Revocation and it all paid off I figured Sabbat would be covered pretty well already in a Japanese-themed ROTW, and usually that would lead me to pick something else. However, Sabbat’s discography is so ridiculously huge that the chances of two people picking the same song are pretty slim. Plus, Sabbat is awesome. So screw it. Satanasword! Dracula! 2:07 I REALLY wanted to submit Fuck On The Beach but they don’t really have anything that resembles a riff in their catalog. Instead, I’m going with Japanese punks Forward. This song is pretty adventurous for punk but I choose the riff that comes in at 1:35 and recurs throughout Trem riff at 0:17 “Here is the next alternative music from Osaka where BOREDOMS had rised Noise and several drums sounds are harmonized as one but it’s difficult what’s kind of music this is Only we can say “a beautiful chaos” *goes into Voltron mode* Pretty much half of all of Galneryus‘s songs are either riffs or solos so it was hard picking just one for this triumphant celebration of all things Weeby-deedly [Nobody vote for this weeb dork who can’t pick out a riff I’m going full weeb mode and choose this song about an anime called Death Note, the breakdown at 2:02 goes real hard IT BLEAK ENOUGH TO COME FROM DEPTH OV DARK CAVE When given the direction to find RIFFS by a Japanese band one band comes immediately to mind as ideal source I could pick any of a (metric) ton of riffage so I went with the most recent “official” video found Riff is the dominant underlying one from about 0:55 to 1:26 (which repeats later); but the lead-in from 0:38 to 0:54 also works When it comes to poserish Japanese bands it was between these guys Dir En Grey (just missed out) and Crossfaith (mostly to rustle some jimmies) 4 words… Maximum The Motherfucking Hormone Better at mixing J-Pop and Metal than Pedometal ever will be You can’t have a japanese riff of the week and not have G.I.S.M The riff is the main riff so I guees you can listen to the first minute of the song Listen to the whole song though because the lyrics are top kek If anything I should secure Tyree’s vote Poison Idea do a kick arse cover of this song After seeing the theme for this week, I asked myself: will I go with Corrupted or Church Of Misery? After much internal conflict and nights without sleep, the answer is neither. I’m going with Swarrrm. Starting at 7:52 the opening riff of “tragedy” delivers plenty of melody and drama before degenerating into filthy grind this riff is as delectable as the perfect sushi roll Layered with hamachi and avocado on the outside filled with crunchy tempura shrimp and shiso leaves on the inside When the conversation turns to Japanese metal the usual colossi get mentioned in a hurry: Sabbat I had never heard of Osaka prog thrashers Gargoyle until shortly after their 25th anniversary escalates into some wonderfully unhinged Maiden-via-Sigh guitar harmonies This riff is so weeb they don’t even use YouTube. Go ahead and watch this video See if you can tell me which one of these people is a dude Spoiler: this album is really good if you’re into Japanese power metal Masterlord stands for all things metal and loathes peasants It is said that he bibs from the cloven skull of a slain poser as if it were a goblet.