{
  "id": 18985704,
  "title": "Bread-Eating Race Held on Osaka's Midosuji",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/bread-eating-race-held-on-osakas-midosuji",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-08T17:40:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "News On Japan",
    "slug": "news-on-japan",
    "url": "https://newsonjapan.com/article/151289.php"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Osaka's Midosuji boulevard saw its inaugural bread-eating race on November 6 as part of a three-day event focused on experimenting with public spaces. The competition involved 1,200 servings of sweet bean buns and dorayaki pancakes, with participants racing to bite into the bread suspended from strings. The event took place on a side road closed to traffic, allowing participants to experience the novelty in the heart of the busy, iconic street.",
  "summary": "Osaka's iconic Midosuji boulevard hosted its first-ever bread-eating race on November 6 as part of a three-day event exploring new ways to use public space, with 1,200 servings of sweet bean buns and dorayaki pancakes prepared for participants over two days as the city moves ahead with plans to transform the major thoroughfare into a more pedestrian-friendly destination by 2037. (News On Japan)",
  "key_points": [
    "First-ever bread-eating race held on Osaka's Midosuji boulevard",
    "1,200 servings of sweet bean buns and dorayaki pancakes consumed",
    "Event took place on closed side road within busy iconic street"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}