As the Nikkei stock index plunged by almost 3 percent, and the yen fell to 145 against the U.S dollar, the wrestlers Mayu Shidochi and Nonoka Ozaki both claimed titles at the World Wrestling Championships in Belgrade. Less active but no less important, putting the world to rights over food and drink is the central reason for being at Stand Botefuri, a standing bar tachinomiya found in Tokyo's Jimbocho.

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