
The roof of the main auditorium for the Tokyo Olympics is half empty because of money problems. Where did the money go? The Tokyo Olympics will feature an “artificial meteor shower,” an attempt to send a small satellite carrying 1,000 airbags into space and then release those airbags into a “space firework,” costing $8,100 per airbag, officials said.

For those of you who might get wet in the other half of the rain, Japan has invented a rain-proof, sunshade umbrella hat.