#rally japan 2023

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[used-to-control-the-die]

trying to watch f1 and wrc the same weekend is insane

i messed up the times and lost most of the day for wrc

half the drivers have had issues and it's raining like hell (wrc)

the whole vegas fiasco happened (manhole cover)

fp2 is delayed

cars got wrecked (f1)

cars got WRECKED (wrc)

i need to write my dissertation (it's not happening)

i've run out of coffee (criminal)

[sayruq]

Close to four months since the conflict between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas began on Oct. 7, 2023, participants in the demonstration in Hiroshima's Naka Ward called to "free Palestine." More than 50 people, including members of a citizens' group that stands daily in front of the Atomic Bomb Dome demanding an end to bloodshed and attacks, walked down Hondori street shouting "Stop the massacre" and "Ceasefire now" among other slogans. They then held a rally in front of the A-bomb Dome.

A farmer in his 30s from the Hiroshima Prefecture city of Shobara commented, "No matter how hard a day I have (here in Japan), it would probably seem like paradise to the people of Gaza. We must take action beyond calling for a cease-fire, to bring the occupation to an end." A woman from Algeria, which was under French colonial rule for 132 years from 1830, said she came to the event because she felt that Palestine was suffering the same fate as her country. Participants also voiced anger and questions about the Japanese government's decision to suspend funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and the Hiroshima City Council's lack of resolutions regarding a cease-fire and other issues.

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November 3 / 4, 2023 - A small selection of the many rallies across the world in solidarity with Palestine these past two days, as hundreds of thousands took to the streets all over the world once again to denounce Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people.

Palestine is not alone!

Auckland, Aotearoa

São Paulo, Brazil

Caracas, Venezuela

Washington DC, USA

Paris, France

Montréal, Canada / Buenos Aires, Argentina

Santiago, Chile

Tokyo, Japan

Berlin, Germany / London, UK

Rome, Italy / Oslo,Norway

Sydney, Australia

[solorally]

Borrador del calendario del WRC para la temporada 2024.

El WRC había planeado agregar una nueva ronda en Arabia Saudí al calendario de rallies del próximo año. Sin embargo, no se pudo llegar a un acuerdo a tiempo y se ha pospuesto hasta 2025. Esto permitirá que el calendario se mantenga con 13 rondas, lo que puede ser beneficioso desde el punto de vista financiero para el aumento de participantes en el Rally1. Hyundai está considerando competir con…

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Elfyn Evans seals victory in Toyota 1-2-3.

[chussyracing]

what has been happening in the world of motorsports?

(2.0 electric boogaloo edition)

Mohammed Ben Sulayem is under internal investigation for pushing officials not to certify Las Vegas gp as safe for racing and also for trying to interfere over Fernando Alonso getting a penalty in Jeddah 2023 race (he got a 10 second post race penalty which promoted... George i think? but later the penalty was overturned and he reclaimed the p3 and got his trophy back the next gp), apparently he also asked Max Verstappen to publicly defend/support/back Christian Horner as a way to calm down the situation where everyone talked about nothing but his workplace bahaviour (I suppose Max refused so that's kudos to him for doing the correct thing)

Aston Martin Vantage Safety Car will debut in Saudi Arabia (and will be back in British green)

there are loads of rumours about Red Bull and Horner currently, some are about him attempting to buy the RBR team, some are about Jos Verstappen being intimate with the same woman that accused Horner of inappropriate workplace behaviour, so he is personally interested in the case, after pictures and videos of Jos Verstappen and Toto Wolff appeared online, new rumours about Max Verstappen potentially going to Mercedes in fear of Red Bull falling appart with Ford looking for a way out of 2026 deal appeared too and Marko and Newey hypothetically following him there, after his comments Jos Verstappen is told not to be attending Saudi Arabia gp which may also be a part of solution they tried to find yesterday in Dubai where Max Verstappen's representatives apparently met with Horner (side note: this is another plea not to share any details about the victim which goes both for her pictures and her name, please don't make it harder as it undeniably already is)

Heikki Kovalainen has been forbidden from rally driving by his doctor in fear of his medical condition getting worse with the sport

Alpine announced new workers (after they fired basically everyone and the rest left on their own): Joe Burnell as engineering technical director, David Wheater as technical director of aero, and Ciaron Pilbeam as performance technical director

Mohammed Ben Sulayem spent some time in Turkey this week to talk to the president about a potential return of Turkish gp (probably as a part of a new rotation programme I mentioned in previous round up)

Abbi Pulling will be racing in British F4 Championship besides F1 Academy this year

Gerhard Berger's long lost Ferrari car was returned to him after police located it late last year

last week's Bahrain GP was the first time in history where all 20 cars finished the opening race of the season (speaking of Bahrain, Charles, Lewis and George were losing around 5/6 tenths per lap due to their car issues, Carlos, Logan and Alex also experienced smaller gap in pace because of their issues)

Williams announced their fanzone locations for 2024 season (Australia, Japan, Miami, Canada, Spain, Great Britain, Singapore, Austin, Las Vegas)

Spanish king Juan Carlos was at Bahrain GP and before you ask yourself, yes he took a picture with Carlos Sainz sr and Carlos Sainz jr (also fun fact he was involved in money-laundering case with Saudi Arabia but Swiss prosecutor had to drop the case due to lack of evidence)

Saudi Arabia showed plans for Qiddiya track to host gp from 2027 onwards designed by Tilke which features a turn 20 stories above ground level which could replace Jeddah in the future (did they heard us complaining about jeddah being dangerous and decided to make it even more dangerous?)

Red Bull Racing scored a record breaking new multiple-year partnership deal with Castore worth about 200m dollars

Otmar Szafnauer teamed up with Soft Pauer to make an app which is meant to help F1 teams with travel plans and Hitech is already a client of his while he claims Alpine also downloaded it

Pato O'Ward agreen on multi-year IndyCar contract extension with McLaren

From fan's point of view:

please be prepared for pr wars this year at multiple places: between Yuki and Daniel (recently due to highly controversial team order call), Charles and Carlos (recently due to false media narrative about car issues), Lewis and George (recently about effectivity of different race set ups)

we have press conference for tomorrow made up by: Lance, Charles, Nico, George, Yuki and Val (we also have one for team principals made of Bruno Famin from Alpine, Mike Krack from Aston Martin, Christian Horner from Red Bull Racing and James Vowles from Williams)

C2 challenges are back for this year with first of their quickfire challenges being already posted

little rant about the "F1 pundits" not checking their sources, because you might have seen the discourse but not get the background: Lawrence Baretto posted his usual section "Losers and Winners" of Bahrain gp and posted Charles in the section category (which would be correct considering he lost out on P2 because of brake issues), but he clearly went off with what Carlos said in the media and claimed that both drivers had the same issues - a fact that Charles, Xavi, and Fred himself disputed

more drivers did photo dumps: Alex, Yuki, Carlos

some drivers were modelling, particularly Charles, Carlos and Daniel

Max Verstappen made some championship predictions (Verstappen, Hamilton, Leclerc) and there has been a lot of talk about him not mentioning Perez so just a PSA

reminder that this week the gp is on Saturday because of Ramadan and besides F1, you can also look forward to F2, F1 Academy and Indycar races

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Bandai Japan Details World Tamagotchi Tour for Summer 2023!

We told you about the World Tamagotchi Tour Japan plans last month, and now Bandai Japan has solidified their plans and is sharing even more information. To help celebrate the global release of the Tamagotchi Uni, Bandai Japan is hosting several events throughout Japan to allow fans to get their hands on the Tamagotchi Uni, and purchase exclusive merchandise!

Festivities occur from July 14th, 2023 through August 27th, 2023 at locations within LaLaport and Mitsu Outlet Park! What’s really neat is that Bandai has designed characters for each location where an event is taking place, not only do they get a cute Tamagotchi character, but a name, and biography! Which one is your favorite?

There will also be a Tamagotchi stamp rally, where you will go around the facility and hunt for clues to solve a quiz while collecting Tamagotchi stamps. You’ll get rally paper in the facility and collect stamps, from there you will then solve the quiz while collecting stamps, once solved, scan the QR code with your smartphone on the paper to check if your answers are correct.

The back of the rally paper is a coloring sheet, how cool is that? The design display will vary by location, and all of the designs actually stitch together for one big illustration. The stamps are modeled after the unique characters created for this campaign. Are those TamaTown trees? Wow!

The campaign also advertises that there will be Tamagotchi stickers that are limited to the event at LaLaport and Mitsu Outlet Park in Kansai during summer vacation! There will be trial sessions where you can get your hands on the new Tamagotchi Uni and explore the Tamaverse.

If you participate in a trial, you’ll get your hands on a Tama Sticker with a code that you can enter into your Tamagotchi Uni to download exclusive content, and there are 4 total including an exclusive one!

You’ll also see Tamagotchi history models, an art exhibit, take pictures at a three dimensional photo shoot spot, and even meet some Tamagotchi characters. We hear Mametchi and Kuchipatchi will be present occasionally! You can find the schedule here.

That’s not it! There will also be pop-up stores during the campaign period for those who wish to purchase some products. It looks like there will be a shirt that has the unique characters from this campaign, and more!

Be sure to read more about this event here including locations, dates, and times. Enjoy!

[cyborg00-why]

Pickles the Frog x Cyborg 009 Collaboration

Starting October 14nth 2023 a new series of collaborative merchandise featuring Pickles the Frog will be offered at the Mangattan museum. The current lineup consists of wooden charms, can badges, an acrylic stand with convertible Pickles keychain, and last but not least a plush doll of Pickles in a Cyborg 009 uniform.

Pickles the Frog is a character I was previously unfamiliar with, but he seems to be a plush toy and mascot for the Nakajima Corporation. They sell plush toys but also miscellaneous goods, so think something along the lines of Sanrio stores. Regardless, Pickles the Frog seems to be a rather loved figure in Japan so I'm sure fans of his are eager for the collab between the two.

That said, the Cyborg 009 merchandise release is just part of a larger Pickles the Frog event called "Bon Moment" that seems to be taking place across several locations. There is a stamp rally starting on the 3rd floor of the Mangattan museum with several locations across Ishinomaki where participants can collect stamps for the event. After collecting 5 stamps participants will receive a special sticker. Though I'm unsure what the incentive for collecting all eight stamps and the two *special* stickers is ^^;

Collaboration goods range from 400円 ($2.69 USD) to around 3,850円($26 USD). With the exception of the wooden keychains and badge can gashapon, all items will be limited to one per customer. Collaboration goods will be sold at the Mangattan gift shop and are limited for the event, so once they sell out they're gone!

sources: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

[bleachbleachbleach]

For the fanfic ask game! (14) If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick? (and also which medium) (17) What’s something you’ve learned about while doing research for a fic? (30) Ask anything! Who is your current favorite character to write?

Fic Writing Meme

(14) If you could see one of your fics adapted into a visual medium, such as comic or film, which fan fic would you pick? (and also which medium)

I have strongly considered making a graphics package for REVERSE THE BONE that’s just like, all the material culture ephemera Hinamori collected over the course of the Train Job—Kira’s map, packaging and flyers from Iwatobi, a tourism map of East Rukongai complete with stamp rally, the Takenoyu business card… I love that kind of in-universe graphic design, and I’d already made the train tickets. Buuuut if I made more graphics, it would take that time away from writing.

Other than that, I always think of D O N K I in visual terms, because Hitsugaya spends so much of that fic being overstimulated by Worm TVs and weird cups and fast trains and, of course, Don Quijote itself. It’s a fairly melancholy fic, but the visuals that attend it all are so absurd I feel like it would be cool to see in a visual medium that could really play with that contrast. Maybe one of those books where you can pull new elements into the scene via pull tab, or open little doors, or initiate fancy pop-ups! THERE’S A DONKI AT THE END OF THIS BOOK:

(Kyoto May 2023) "That's just the aesthetic of any dollar store" YEAH but you can buy perishable prepared foods inside this one somewhere! (By the socks.)

(17) What’s something you’ve learned about while doing research for a fic?

I wrote a post-TYBW fic that involved spending a lot of time burying bodies in mass graves, because the only divisions that got mentioned as cremating their dead were the 11th and the 4th. The body burying happened for the ~vibes and because it didn’t occur to me to think about it, and it wasn’t until after writing it that I had the thought that like, oh hm, why wouldn’t everyone be cremated? Because in my mind Japan is a country of cremation. So I assumed for years that the whole fic was based on a flawed premise, and oh well, it’s Soul Society so it does whatever I want it to, I’ll live with that.

But then when writing the Train Fic, I looked up how bodies might be transported, and what kinds of receptacles were used. And I was like, well, it’s really not going to be the same visual if it’s just a bunch of boxes of ashes, lol. But in my reading, I learned that the dominance of cremation in Japan is super recent! Like mid-20th century recent! And my perception otherwise is a very Buddhist bias! After that, I ended up starting research in the Yayoi period and working my way forward, because I figured I’d get the full historical picture and then decide how I wanted to imagine Soul Society’s version of that swathe of history, since I figured 1) lifespan difference might result in some pre-Edo holdovers when it comes to the basics, and 2) Soul Society wasn’t going to have the same socio-historical pressures driving change, so in those instances where they were choosing to model things they did after the Living World, they probably also just cherry-picked whatever they vibed with lol.

Anyhow, this was a cool, short, pretty cute video about ancient burial practices and burial jars!

(30) Ask anything! Who is your current favorite character to write?

HAHA realistically, whoever’s feeling collaborative and is willing to be nice to me. 🥺 But in the extremely *likely* scenario where someone puts a gun to my head and says "you have to write a Bleach fic right now, while we watch, or we shoot you!" I’d probably choose to do it with Matsumoto.

Because she’s patronized one Junrinan confectionary at least one time, and was excited about Orihime’s cooking, and loves shopping and celebrations of all kinds, and learned traditional dance despite obviously not growing up in The Scene, my mind has kind of spun Matsumoto into someone who sees a lot of value in experiencing and learning about different cultures (which in her context primarily means Rukongai districts), and it’s fun to write her interfacing with all these things. She doesn’t seem to have strong ties to the district she came from, necessarily, but I feel like she has strong values around recognizing Rukongai at large as a real place with infinite cultural particularities—particularities she wants to honor and know about—not just a blank slate waypoint.

Closer to canon, she has so many interesting relationships with people all across the board, you can kind of bring her into any situation and she’ll probably have some kind of generative connection to it. I also love that even though she’s open to conversations that might be really difficult OR down to clown, she also has a private core that she doesn’t share, and it can be really fun to play with that dialogism when narrating from her POV. She’s just a really good time all around!

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Anna Masuda, Minori Terachi and Ran Matsuda, Rally Japan Girls 2023

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Dani Sordo and Adrien Fourmaux both off at the same corner on SS2.

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70 Years After WWII, Japan Brings New Disaster To The World

— Chen Yang | August 24, 2023

Illustration: Liu Rui/Global Times

Japan kick starts discharging the Nuclear-Contaminated Water Stored at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear ☢️ Power Plant into the sea on Thursday afternoon. This move, prioritizing Japanese government's own interests over the common interests of all humanity, will ultimately lead to Japan's isolation and leave another indelible permanent stain on human history.

On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake struck off the coast of northeastern Japan, triggering a towering tsunami that caused a nuclear leak at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear ☢️ Power Plant. As of now, the amount of nuclear-contaminated wastewater stored in Japan has exceeded 1.3 million tons, and it is increasing by 100 tons per day. In April 2021, the Japanese government decided to dump the nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean, choosing the most convenient and irresponsible method among various methods of treating the contaminated water. Since the Japanese government plans to discharge the nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean over a period of 30 years, the impact on the global marine ecosystem and human health and well-being is not temporary, but long-term and enduring.

Since deciding to dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean, Japan has consistently faced strong opposition from domestic and international public opinion. On Tuesday, the chairman of the National Federation of Fisheries Co-operative Associations in Japan, Masanobu Sakamoto, reiterated during a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, "Nothing will change in our opposition to the release of water into the ocean without the understanding of fishermen and the public."

On July 1, South Korea's main opposition Democratic Party, held a rally in Seoul condemning the Japanese government's plan to dump nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean, urging the South Korean government to clearly oppose it.

Cooperation Needed to Minimize Economic Risk Brought by Fukushima Nuclear ☢️ Contaminated Water Dumping — Hu Weijia! August 23, 2023. Japan's reckless dumping of nuclear wastewater poses a grave danger to Earth. Cartoon: Carlos Latuff

Despite the continuous doubts and opposition to the discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean from Japan domestically and internationally, the Japanese government has turned a deaf ear and insisted on pushing forward with the discharge process. This fundamentally reflects that discharging nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean is a selfish act that sacrifices the public health and well-being of its own country and neighboring countries and regions in exchange for short-term benefits.

In fact, one of the main reasons why Japan has insisted on dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean is the tacit approval and tolerance of the US, which has long claimed to be a "defender of human rights."

The US is Japan's ally and has had a wide range of influence on Japanese politics, diplomacy, culture and other aspects. It can even influence Japan's domestic and foreign policies to some extent. In theory, the US should exert its influence to prevent Japan from adopting irresponsible practices in dumping nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean. However, unfortunately, regarding this public issue that poses a threat to the global marine ecosystem and human health and well-being, the US did not criticize or condemn it, worse, it praised the Japanese government for its "transparent efforts" in dealing with the issue and considered Japan's dumpingplan to be "safe."

Fishers Against Fukushima Nuclear ☢️ Contaminated Water Dumping! Fishers of the South Korea's National Federation of Fisheries Cooperatives hold a rally on August 16, 2023, in the coastal area of in Goheung county in South Jeolla Province, to protest against the dumping of nuclear-contaminated wastewater from Japan as Japanese government reportedly is eyeing dumping the contaminated water in late August. Photo: VCG

Perhaps it is precisely because of the support and "double standards" from the US that Japan has the confidence to push forward with the process of discharging nuclear-contaminated wastewater into the ocean without any scruples until a specific date is determined and the discharge is implemented.

During World War II, Japan launched aggressive wars against neighboring countries, bringing great disasters to neighboring countries and regions. Today, the discharge of nuclear-contaminated wastewater can be said to be a new disaster that Japan, which has gone through defeat and surrender for more than 70 years, has brought to neighboring countries and regions.

The ocean is the common property of all humanity, not a dumping ground for Japan's arbitrary disposal. Regarding the issue of nuclear-contaminated wastewater, Japan should recognize its own responsibility, adopt a scientific attitude, fulfill its international obligations, and respond to the serious concerns of its own citizens, neighboring countries and the international community. If it simply ignores these concerns, it will ultimately leave an indelible permanent stain on Japan in human history.

— The Author is a Guest Research Fellow at the Centre for Japanese Studies, Liaoning University.

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Oppenheimer (2023)

Basic Story: The story of Robert Oppenheimer before, during, and in the years after building the atomic bomb.

Fan Thoughts:  Oppenheimer, as stated in plenty of other reviews, focuses on the man and his life, rather than the effect of the bombs; there are multiple movies made in Japan about the aftermath that are far more relevant if that is your area of interest.  The section of the film that focuses on his early career and the assembling at Los Alamos is really well done, moving along quickly and keeping the audience’s attention easily.  The film has Nolan’s signature touches throughout: use of cinematography, the typeset stating times and locations, using an intense soundtrack or silence at times to emphasize what is happening on screen.  Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr. are excellent in their roles, two standouts in a truly star-studded cast who all bring convincing performances.  There are two things that did not work for me while watching this: half of Florence Pugh’s scenes, and the last third of the film that focuses on Oppenheimer’s security clearance renewal turned trial.  Firstly, Florence Pugh is inexplicably nude in half of the scenes she is in despite it only making any sense in the story the first time and even then, they tried to work the “Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds.” quote into a sex scene, where it just doesn’t work.  In a later scene she is again nude for no real discernible reason while talking with Oppenheimer, and later again Oppenheimer’s wife imagines her writhing on top of him during his trial in a scene that is completely jarring and out of tone with the film as there are few other scenes where someone’s mental images appear on-screen, and those are usually Oppenheimer’s imaginings of the universe.  Secondly, the last third of the film drags as it gets bogged down in the politics of what happened to him during the ‘trial that wasn’t a trial’ which is hard to make engaging, although it does rally right at the end.  Oppenheimer is a serious, somber film about a complicated man haunted by the choices he made with some excellent acting and a mostly solid production.

Warnings: nudity

Available On: In theaters July 21, 2023.

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