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[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[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 […]

[ad_1] Born in Tokyo, Ellie Harrell was an office worker before discovering the world of seitai with Choco, her canine companion of 17 years. Seitai, a Japanese body realignment therapy with roots in Chinese medicine, is most commonly known for its application on humans, but Harrell is one of the few practitioners using the techniques of seitai on dogs. Opening her salon, Bonjour, in October, she is now welcoming owners […]

[ad_1] Top economic aides for U.S. President Joe Biden said he aims to preserve union jobs and domestic manufacturing in the U.S. steel sector, a signal Nippon Steel may have to bolster its accommodation of organized labor to seal its takeover of United States Steel.The $14.1 billion deal to create the world’s second-largest steel company will be reviewed by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, […]