Japanese bridge design prioritizes minimizing deaths and major damage in disasters over making structures unbreakable. Engineers deliberately plan failure points and deformation modes. After the 1995 Hanshin-Awaji earthquake, “fall-prevention devices” were added to the Road Bridge Specifications so bridge decks/beams won’t completely drop even if damaged—exactly why the bridge deck here was wrecked but stayed in place instead of collapsing to the ground.

On August 1, 1924, Koshien Stadium opened in Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture. Modeled after the Polo Grounds, the home stadium of the New York Giants at the time, it was a mammoth stadium with 50,000 seats and a total capacity of 80,000. It hosted many historic games including the 1934 U.S.-Japan All-Star Series and the 2014 exhibition match between a combined Hanshin-Yomiuri team and the MLB All-Stars. Koshien continues to be cherished today as sacred ground in the world of baseball.

The Weeknd had dinner with legendary Japanese video game creators Katsura Hashino and Fumito Ueda 🎮 Hashino is best known for his work on the ‘Persona’ series and ‘Metaphor: ReFantazio,’ while Ueda’s work includes ‘ICO,’ ‘Shadow of the Colossus’ and ‘The Last Guardian.’

Window and door manufacturer Jeld-Wen and some of its creditors are hashing out an amend-and-extend transaction that may include an injection of fresh capital from unsecured creditors that would allow them to gain secured status