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[ad_1] Japan and the U.S. are arranging a summit between Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and President Joe Biden for April 10, close sources said Thursday. Kishida was planning to visit the U.S. as a state guest in early March, but the date was pushed back due to Biden's State of the Union address to Congress being scheduled for March 7, sources said. Biden extended the original invitation to Kishida in […]

[ad_1] LONDON/WASHINGTON/DAVOS, Switzerland – The U.S. on Wednesday returned the Yemen-based Houthi rebels to a list of terrorist groups, as the militants attacked their second U.S.-operated vessel in the Red Sea region this week and the U.S. military carried out fresh strikes.Attacks by the Iran-allied Houthi militia on ships in the region since November have slowed trade between Asia and Europe and alarmed major powers in an escalation of the […]

[ad_1] After hitting targets in neighboring Pakistan, Iraq and Syria with missiles, Iran talked tough Wednesday, playing up — to friends and foes alike — not only its military capabilities but its determination to strike enemies at will."We are a missile power in the world,” Iran’s defense minister, Mohammad Reza Ashtiani, told reporters after a Cabinet meeting, according to state media. "Wherever they want to threaten the Islamic Republic of […]

[ad_1] The Tokyo bourse plans to require all companies listed on its prime section to publish simultaneously in English and Japanese any information that could impact investment decisions, in an effort to attract more overseas investors. In a document presented to its reform panel on Wednesday, the Tokyo Stock Exchange said it would first make mandatory the simultaneous English publication of financial statements and other key items that require timely […]

[ad_1] Taipei – Taiwan's defense ministry said it detected 18 Chinese air force planes operating around the island and carrying out "joint combat readiness patrols" with Chinese warships on Wednesday, the first large-scale military activity after the Taiwanese election.China, which views Taiwan as its own territory, has over the past four years regularly sent warplanes and warships into the skies and waters around the island as it seeks to assert […]

[ad_1] Horror movies don’t have to make sense to be scary. When a ghost’s hand shoots up from murky bath water to grab the heroine’s wrist, your heart leaps even though a spook with a vise-like grip is impossible in reality.Yuta Shimotsu’s first feature, ironically titled “Best Wishes to All,” delivers more than a jump scare or two. Based on a prize-winning short film and produced by horror maestro Takashi […]

[ad_1] Until fairly recently, live-action adaptations of popular manga series were a reliably grim prospect in Japanese cinema. Keishi Otomo’s original “Rurouni Kenshin” trilogy (2012-14) marked a turning point, creating a model for successful on-screen franchises that has since been replicated by the “Kingdom” and “Tokyo Revengers” movies, and Netflix series “Alice in Borderland,” among others. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Melbourne – Russian 16-year-old Mirra Andreeva put her school work to one side Wednesday and instead underlined her huge potential by crushing sixth seed Ons Jabeur in under an hour at the Australian Open.Playing her first main draw at Melbourne Park, Andreeva was electric in downing the three-time Grand Slam runner-up 6-0, 6-2 on Rod Laver Arena in just 54 minutes.Ranked No. 47, it was her first win over […]

[ad_1] K-pop is betting that it can reverse its slowing global growth by becoming less Korean. This is a mistake: Without the "K,” the music is plain pop, undistinguishable from — and unable to compete with — the dominant American kind.There is no question the K-pop wave is waning. Bang Si-hyuk, whose Hybe Co. is behind such acts as BTS and NewJeans, believes the industry is in crisis. South Korean […]