Female Ski Jumpers win a clean sweep of medals at the Ski Jumping World Cup in Germany, as doubles Tennis players secure victory in the Davis Cup playoffs. Trains grind to a halt with a suspicious substance discovered at Ueno Station. And prior to today's state visit by Philippine President Marcos, Japanese police visit the Philippine capital Manila to return two Japanese nationals suspected of organizing robberies that caused loss of life. And with games in mind and crossing borders the order of the day, Netflix drama Alice in Borderland takes a precocious, curious young gamer and sends him down a rabbit hole into Tokyo bereft of people in order to play games and ultimately stay alive.

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