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[ad_1] Naomi Osaka is one of the world’s most recognizable and marketable athletes. The Japanese tennis player, who’s lived most her life in the U.S., is a four-time Grand Slam winner.She’s been open about her struggles with depression and took a break from the sport starting in 2022. Osaka returned last month in Australia after giving birth to her first child in July.She spoke to Bloomberg in Abu Dhabi on […]

[ad_1] Amid a public uproar in China over Argentine soccer great Lionel Messi’s failure to play in a recent Hong Kong match, a major Chinese city has scrubbed a game scheduled for his national team.The upcoming friendly with the Argentine squad has been canceled due to "well-known reasons,” the sports authority in the eastern city of Hangzhou said in a statement posted on its social media account Friday. Argentina had […]

[ad_1] Misaki Otsuki can never forget her encounter last summer with a Myanmar boy who evacuated to a camp in Thailand due to Myanmar military airstrikes on anti-junta forces in border areas.The boy was crying during a prayer at a school for displaced Myanmar children in Mae Sot, a Thai town that borders Myanmar's Kayin State. Some other children were also crying, apparently traumatized as they could not see their […]

[ad_1] Naha – Fifty years have passed since the United States agreed to return to Japan the land housing the U.S. forces' Naha military port in Okinawa Prefecture.In 2022, the two countries decided on the shape of the new facility in the prefecture to which the functions of the military port will be transferred. The current site of the port, the Naha Port Facility, will be handed back to Japan […]

[ad_1] KYIV – Ukraine intends to sign a "full range" of agreements with Japan at a reconstruction conference in Tokyo later this month to spur investment and boost economic cooperation between the countries, its Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said recently.Shmyhal is set to lead his country's delegation at the Japan-Ukraine Conference for Promotion of Economic Reconstruction on Feb. 19 where discussions will take place on rebuilding the country from the […]

[ad_1] KANAZAWA, Ishikawa Pref. – Volunteer work in central Japan has been stalling over a month since the Noto Peninsula was hit by a 7.6 magnitude earthquake, with few people permitted to assist each day amid insufficient accommodation facilities and poor road conditions.While approximately 23,000 people have registered to volunteer in Ishikawa Prefecture, only around 250 are currently permitted to help in the hardest-hit northern region of the peninsula each […]

[ad_1] As the world’s third-largest democracy prepares to go to the polls Wednesday, three men are jockeying for the role of Indonesia’s president, with the planned relocation of the capital looming large as one of the main campaign issues.With young people accounting for almost 60% of the electorate, the candidates have needed to factor in their demands and preferences, for example by focusing on grabbing attention with a strong social […]

[ad_1] When I was young, I had more of a sweet tooth. These days, I still sometimes like a little something small to end meals but tend not to actually eat in-between. Luckily, there exists a cake as adaptable as you need it to be, whether with morning coffee, afternoon tea, a casual occasion or just part of a workday bento.The term “snacking cake” has an adorable je ne sais […]

[ad_1] Karuizawa, Nagano Pref. – It takes a remarkable degree of self-confidence for any chef to open their first restaurant at the young age of 26. To do that in the fall of 2020, just as the pandemic was gathering strength in Japan, would seem to defy all logic.Chef Natsuki Suzuki clearly has no need or inclination to second guess himself. After just 3½ years — and still months away […]