insert_link Japan Celebrated Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama dies at 83 [ad_1] Japanese photographer Kishin Shinoyama, known for portraits of Beatles member John Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono among other celebrities over his five-decade career, died of old age Thursday, his office said. He was 83.Shinoyama, whose real name was Michinobu Shinoyama, photographed iconic figures across diverse genres, including novelist Yukio Mishima (1925-70), singer Momoe Yamaguchi, actress Rie Miyazawa and Kabuki actor Bando Tamasaburo.Born in Tokyo in 1940, Shinoyama stood […] todayJanuary 6, 2024 2
insert_link Japan NWSL’s Racing Louisville sign Japanese midfielder Yuuka Kurosaki [ad_1] Racing Louisville of the U.S. National Women's Soccer League announced the signing of Japanese midfielder Yuuka Kurosaki on Thursday. The 26-year-old former University of Kentucky player signed a two-year deal with a mutual option for 2026. "We are extremely excited to bring Yuuka to Racing," coach Bev Yanez said. "Her technical ability and positional awareness on the pitch stood out massively to us. We definitely feel she is a […] todayJanuary 6, 2024 1
insert_link Japan Don’t let the culture wars sabotage 15-minute cities [ad_1] A year ago, the “15-minute city” was simply a clever urban planning theory to make neighborhoods walkable. Recently, conspiracy theorists around the world have branded this idea a secret scheme to take cars away from people and trap residents in “ghettos.”What has been missing from this debate is simple. It’s evidence.The concept of 15-minute cities emerged in the 1990s as an alternative to modernist single-use zoning — where homes, […] todayJanuary 6, 2024 1
insert_link Japan Coast Guard plane stopped on runway for 40 seconds before collision [ad_1] A Japan Coast Guard aircraft stopped on a runway at Haneda Airport for about 40 seconds before its collision with an incoming Japan Airlines jetliner earlier this week, informed sources said Friday.The coast guard aircraft proceeded onto the runway although it did not gain permission from an air traffic controller, according to the sources. The crew of the aircraft may not have been aware of the JAL passenger jet, […] todayJanuary 6, 2024 1
insert_link Japan Israel to launch more targeted assault on Hamas [ad_1] Israeli soldiers take part in a drill at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, on Thursday | REUTERS Israeli soldiers take part in a drill at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Thursday | REUTERS [ad_2] Source link todayJanuary 5, 2024 2
insert_link Japan Huawei teardown shows 5nm laptop chip made in Taiwan, not China [ad_1] Huawei's newest laptop runs on a chip made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., a teardown of the device showed, quashing talk of another Chinese technological breakthrough.The Qingyun L540 notebook contains a 5-nanometer chip made by the Taiwanese company in 2020, around the time U.S. sanctions cut off Huawei’s access to the chipmaker, research firm TechInsights found after dismantling the device for Bloomberg News. That counters speculation that Huawei’s domestic […] todayJanuary 5, 2024 2
Africa Africa: Fairer Global Tax Won’t Be Enough to Cure Africa’s Chronic Capital Deficit [ad_1] The UN has decided an intergovernmental authority should set international tax rules and curb illicit financial flows. On 22 November 2023, a coalition of 125 mostly developing countries led by Nigeria won an important United Nations (UN) General Assembly vote on drafting a convention on international rules on tax and combatting illicit financial flows. The UN vote was a victory for African tax activists who have long demanded that the international community wrest control of global tax reform from […] todayJanuary 5, 2024 2
News Kenya: First Batch of Foreigners Under Visa-Free Policy Land At JKIA [ad_1] Nairobi — The first batch of foreigners on Electronic Travel Authorization under visa-free policy in Kenya have landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. According to Immigrations Principal Secretary Julius Bitok, over 5,000 ETA applications have been received. In the meantime, the government has made some amendments to the Citizen and Immigration Regulation, 2023, to support the implementation of a visa-free regime. In a special Gazette notice issued by Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki, the word […] todayJanuary 5, 2024 2
Entertainment Nigeria: I Pray Every Day to Win Grammy – Davido [ad_1] Nigerian Afrobeat singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has revealed that one of his daily prayer points is to win a Grammy Award. The 'OBO' crooner disclosed this in a recent interview with GQ. "Everybody knows what one of my prayer points is now. I have been nominated for three Grammys. So, everybody knows what I am praying for every day I wake up," he said. Daily Trust reports that Davido was nominated in three categories at the […] todayJanuary 5, 2024 1