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[ad_1] The man accused of stabbing Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea’s main opposition party, in the neck had been stalking him in recent weeks, including attending a political event where Lee was present on Dec. 13, apparently captured on video there wearing a blue paper crown, police say.At a rally on Tuesday, a man wearing a similar paper crown and carrying a message supporting Lee and his party […]

[ad_1] Washington – Twelve nations led by the United States on Wednesday jointly warned Yemen's Houthi rebels of unspecified consequences unless they immediately halt sea attacks that are increasingly disrupting global commerce.U.S. President Joe Biden's administration described the statement — joined notably by Britain, Germany and Japan — as a final warning as he weighs possible military strikes against the Houthis if attacks persist.The Iranian-backed rebels, who control much of […]

[ad_1] Several previously confidential documents related to financier Jeffrey Epstein were made public in federal court in New York after a yearslong battle over their release.The first of what are expected to be hundreds of documents identifying more than 150 individuals were unsealed on Wednesday following an order last month by U.S. District Judge Loretta A. Preska. The documents were filed in redacted form as part of a 2015 lawsuit […]

[ad_1] A woman was arrested after allegedly slashing and stabbing other passengers with a blade on a train on Tokyo's Yamanote loop line on Wednesday night, police said. The woman, believed to be in her 20s, attacked passengers as the train was running between JR Okachimachi and Akihabara stations, the police said, adding that she was apparently unknown to those assaulted. Four men sustained injuries to their sides, backs and […]

[ad_1] Non-Japanese directors who film Japanese subjects don’t always get them right — or even try. A prime example is Rob Marshall’s 2005 period drama, “Memoirs of a Geisha,” whose exoticized version of geisha culture was roundly bashed in Japan. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] 明けましておめでとうございます！ (Akemashite omedetō gozaimasu!, Happy New Year!) It’s 2024, the year of the 辰 (tatsu, dragon) — the lone mythical creature among the 十二支 (jūnishi, 12 signs of the Chinese zodiac).The reason why the fictional dragon made the cut into the 十二支 is a mystery, but the prevailing belief goes that is because it has a profound connection to us.The variety of the kanji characters representing dragons partly explains […]

[ad_1] The hibernal days of early January feel like the perfect time for a film like Kyoshi Sugita’s “Following the Sound” to arrive in theaters. The director’s fourth feature chimes with this season of short days, long nights and lingering hangovers. It isn’t the kind of film that screams for your attention: It’s restrained but quietly absorbing, haunted by a sense of loss that’s never fully articulated.That was also true […]

[ad_1] Container shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk said it would once again stop its vessels from sailing through the Red Sea, a vital trade corridor, after another of its carriers came under attack in the space of a few weeks."We have decided to pause all transits through the Red Sea / Gulf of Aden until further notice,” Copenhagen-based Maersk said in a notice on its website. While it had previously announced […]

[ad_1] Authorities said on Wednesday that a passenger jet that collided with a coast guard turboprop at Haneda Airport was given permission to land, but the smaller plane was not cleared for takeoff, based on transcripts of conversations with the control tower.All 379 people aboard the Japan Airlines (JAL) Airbus A350 had a miraculous escape after it erupted in flames following Tuesday's crash with a De Havilland Dash-8 Coast Guard […]