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Sabalenka hails team for adding madness to her method after Melbourne triumph

[ad_1] MELBOURNE – Aryna Sabalenka won her second Australian Open title in emphatic style on Saturday and hailed her team of coaches for making life a little "crazy" off the court to ease the pressure that comes with elite level tennis.The Belarusian became the first woman since her compatriot Victoria Azarenka in 2013 to retain the title after pummeling China's Zheng Qinwen 6-3, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena to win her second major crown.The manner of her romp to the […]

January 28, 2024

Japan

Tree that saved eight from 2011 tsunami feted through storytelling

[ad_1] Sendai – Unbeknownst to many, there is an old, withering tree in the city of Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, that remains standing nearly 13 years after miraculously saving the lives of eight residents after they climbed its branches to escape an impending tsunami following the March 2011 earthquake.Keiko Onodera, 62, a local resident who lost her father to the disaster, has written a story that frames the life-saving Japanese zelkova tree as a hero to teach people about the tsunami, […]

January 28, 2024

Japan

Rakugo storyteller ordered to pay damages over power harassment

[ad_1] Tokyo District Court on Friday ordered rakugo storyteller Sanyutei Enka IV to pay ¥800,000 in damages over power harassment against a former pupil. Bajaku Yoshiwara, who was studying the art of traditional Japanese storytelling under Sanyutei Enka IV at the time, sought ¥3 million in compensation in the lawsuit against his former master, claiming that he had been subject to assault and verbal abuse. "Simply put, this is a case of power harassment involving the master-pupil relationship in the […]

January 28, 2024

Japan

Bruised by stock market, China rushes into banned bitcoin

[ad_1] Shanghai / Hong Kong – Dylan Run, a Shanghai-based finance sector executive, started moving a bit of his money into cryptocurrencies in early 2023, when he realized that the Chinese economy and its stock markets were declining.Crypto trading and mining has been banned in China since 2021. Run used bank cards issued by small rural commercial banks to buy cryptocurrencies through grey-market dealers, and capped each transaction at 50,000 yuan ($6,978) to escape scrutiny."Bitcoin is a safe haven, like […]

January 28, 2024

Africa

The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding

[ad_1] He has shocked many of his colleagues, who regard it as a menial job but are jealous of his income. [ad_2] Source link

January 28, 2024

Japan

Magnitude 4.8 quake shakes Tokyo and Kanagawa

[ad_1] An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 struck Tokyo, Kanagawa Prefecture and other surrounding areas on Sunday morning but there was no danger of a tsunami, the Meteorological Agency said. The 8:59 a.m. quake registered a shindo 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in central and other areas of Tokyo and in Yokohama, the agency said, with the epicenter in Tokyo Bay at a depth of 80 kilometers. The quake did not appear to have […]

January 28, 2024

Japan

Recipe: Kickoff-ready glazed wings – The Japan Times

[ad_1] Wings, at their best, are a crispy carrier for sauce. Why then do so many recipes start with a liquid marinade? Rather than soaking for flavor, wings should be lightly dehydrated for texture while also increasing surface area for sauce to cling.Like my kobujime salmon recipe, drying fish or chicken skin overnight is a good starting point, but let’s go a step further with a dry rub of powdered rice kōji — the “national mold” of Japan scientifically known […]

January 28, 2024

Japan

In a Japanese winter, homemade ‘oden’ warms the body and soul

[ad_1] As temperatures dip down to single digits, it's finally feeling like winter. In terms of Japan’s seasonal culinary calendar, that means one thing: oden.In poll after poll taken by various Japanese newspapers, magazines, social media channels and convenience store chains, this warming assortment of slowly simmered morsels is the top-ranking comfort food for blustery winter nights. Regional versions of oden abound — some simmered in a lightly seasoned, amber-colored stock; others in a deeply burnished bronze broth — but […]

January 28, 2024

Africa

Afcon 2023: Angola 3-0 Namibia – Gelson Dala nets twice to book quarter-final place

[ad_1] Gelson Dala scored twice as Angola shrugged off the early dismissal of goalkeeper Neblu to beat 10-man Namibia and reach the quarter-finals of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.Neblu was shown a straight red in the 17th minute for handling Bethuel Muzeu's shot outside his box, but Dala put Angola in front with a tap-in seven minutes before the break.Namibia defender Lubeni Haukongo was soon sent off for a second bookable offence and two minutes later Dala doubled Angola's […]

January 28, 2024

Sabalenka hails team for adding madness to her method after Melbourne triumph

Tree that saved eight from 2011 tsunami feted through storytelling

Rakugo storyteller ordered to pay damages over power harassment

Bruised by stock market, China rushes into banned bitcoin

The Nigerian professor who makes more money welding

Magnitude 4.8 quake shakes Tokyo and Kanagawa

Recipe: Kickoff-ready glazed wings – The Japan Times

In a Japanese winter, homemade ‘oden’ warms the body and soul

Afcon 2023: Angola 3-0 Namibia – Gelson Dala nets twice to book quarter-final place

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