Water Gun Control - This Week In Japan Geeks and Gaijins

Alternative Title: Yakucumbers

This Week In Japan:
- A giant cat appears in Shinjuku
- Being vaccinated four times does not improve effectiveness
- Police catch cucumber poachers wet-handed
- Tottori turns torrential
- Japan does not want vaccinated foreigners
- Tokyo locks down for the Olympics
- The government asks banks to threaten bars
- and a lone gunwoman attempts to douse the Olympic flame.

Sources:
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/05/giant-cat-appears-on-new-3-d-billboard-outside-shinjuku-station-%e3%80%90video%e3%80%91/

https://www.tokyoreporter.com/japan-news/breaking/hokkaido-man-vaccinated-4-times-i-thought-it-would-be-more-effective/
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/06/ibaraki-woman-arrested-for-attacking-olympic-torch-with-water-gun/
https://soranews24.com/2021/07/11/oceans-11-heist-of-over-2m-yen-in-sea-cucumbers-thwarted-by-japanese-coast-guard/
https://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/campaign/50thburger/
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20210707_07/
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210708/p2g/00m/0na/047000c
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/Japan-needs-mutual-recognition-for-vaccine-passports-AmCham
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210711/p2g/00m/0na/024000c
https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20210711/p2g/00m/0na/024000c
https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/14392012

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