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Japan’s high-end medical services attract affluent Chinese tourists

[ad_1] Six times a year, a 36-year-old Chinese actress makes her way to Japan, not for the glitz of film industry events, but with a different purpose in mind: to take advantage of Japan's renowned advanced medical beauty treatments.The Beijing-based actress has long been an admirer of Japan's aesthetic medical techniques, including treatments like Botox to smooth wrinkles and innovative procedures using stem-cell injections to help achieve a youthful appearance."The […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024

Africa

Afcon 2023: Mozambique 2-2 Ghana – Black Stars set for exit after late collapse

[ad_1] Geny Catamo scored Mozambique's first from the penalty spot after Andre Ayew's handballGhana conceded twice in stoppage-time to throw away a two-goal lead to draw with Mozambique and almost certainly crash out of the Africa Cup of Nations.The Black Stars looked to be cruising into the last 16 thanks to two Jordan Ayew penalties, one in each half.But Geny Catamo pulled one back from the spot on 91 minutes […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024

Africa

Afcon 2023: Cape Verde 2-2 Egypt – Pharaohs through after dramatic finale

[ad_1] Mostafa Mohamed's injury-time goal was awarded following a video referee review for a potential handballEgypt made it through to the last 16 at the Africa Cup of Nations after drawing 2-2 with Cape Verde following a dramatic finale to Group B in Abidjan.Egypt had looked set to finish third behind the Blue Sharks and Ghana before stoppage-time goals in both games.Pharaohs forward Mostafa Mohamed netted what looked to be […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024

Japan

Elementary and junior high schools reopen as quake recovery continues

[ad_1] Kanazawa – All elementary and junior high schools in the hardest hit areas of the Noto Peninsula resumed classes as of Monday, just over three weeks after a New Year's Day earthquake pummeled the area, in a sign that some aspects of life were returning to normal.In Ishikawa Prefecture, the final two schools in the city of Suzu and all nine schools in the town of Noto resumed classes, […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024

Japan

Miho Takagi skates to victory in 1,000-meter race to claim another gold

[ad_1] SALT LAKE CITY, Utah – Olympic champion Miho Takagi added the women's 1,000 meters to her gold medal haul at the Four Continents Speed Skating Championships on Sunday. The 29-year-old, who won gold over the distance at the 2022 Beijing Winter Games, clocked 1 minute, 12.35 seconds to finish 0.30 ahead of Kimi Goetz of the United States. South Korea's Kim Min-sun was 1.49 seconds off the pace in […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024

News

Nigeria/Guinea Bissau: Afcon – Nigeria Defeat Guinea-Bissau, Qualify but Finish Behind Equatorial Guinea

[ad_1] The Super Eagles had to settle for second spot in Group A as Equatorial Guinea demolished Cote d'Ivoire 4-0 Nigeria's Super Eagles are through to the round of 16 at the 2023 AFCON tournament after a 1-0 victory over Guinea-Bissau in their 100th match at a Nations Cup tournament. The only goal of the encounter was an own goal by Opa Sangante in the 36th minute, but Nigeria finished […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024

Japan

Red Sea crisis pressures China’s exporters as shipping delays mount

[ad_1] SHANGHAI/BEIJING – For Chinese businessman Han Changming, disruptions to Red Sea freight are threatening the survival of his trading company in the eastern province of Fujian.Han, who exports Chinese-made cars to Africa and imports off-road vehicles from Europe, said the cost of shipping a container to Europe had surged to roughly $7,000 from $3,000 in December, when Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement escalated attacks on shipping."The disruptions have wiped out […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024

Africa

Afcon 2023: Guinea-Bissau 0-1 Nigeria – Super Eagles go through to last 16

[ad_1] Nigeria beat Guinea-Bissau 1-0 to progress to the last 16 of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.The winner came when Opa Sangante diverted a Moses Simon cross into his own net nine minutes before the break.Both sides had goals ruled out in the second half for offside, while Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen also had an effort disallowed for handball.Jose Peseiro's side finished second in Group A behind Equatorial Guinea, […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024

Africa

Afcon 2023: Equatorial Guinea 4-0 Ivory Coast – Hosts on brink of early exit after shock rout

[ad_1] Equatorial Guinea beat Algeria on the way to the quarter-finals at the 2021 Afcon finals, and added Ivory Coast to their list of scalps at the finalsHost nation Ivory Coast will have to rely on other results to avoid a shock Africa Cup of Nations group-stage exit after Equatorial Guinea thrashed the Elephants in a huge upset in Abidjan.Emilio Nsue's double, Pablo Ganet's 25-yard free-kick and Yannick Buyla's late […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024

Japan

Passage of time gets in the way for victims of child sexual abuse

[ad_1] In late November, the Hiroshima High Court dismissed a suit for damages filed by a woman in her 40s against her father, who had sexually abused her since childhood. What stood in the way of her claim was the limitation period under the Civil Code, which prescribes the maximum time after a crime within which legal proceedings may be initiated — in this case 20 years."I feel like I […]

todayJanuary 23, 2024

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