Japanese Actress Yukiji Asaoka Dies
May 20, 2018
Tokyo- Yukiji Asaoka, a Japanese actress who appeared in a number of movies as well as television and stage dramas, died at her home in Tokyo on April 27, it was learned Sunday. She was 82. Asaoka, whose real name
Games Used in Japan for Educating Children on Investments
May 20, 2018
Tokyo- Easy access by children to financial settlements by smartphone has left an increasing number of parents in Japan facing unexpected high bills. Private-sector efforts are gathering pace in the nation to help children develop knowledge about money and investments,
Koreeda’s “Shoplifters” Wins Palme d’Or at Cannes
May 20, 2018
UPDATE Cannes, France- Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda’s “Manbiki Kazoku” (Shoplifters), a feature film that portrays human ties of an impoverished family in Tokyo, won the Palme d’Or at the 71st Cannes Film Festival on Saturday. The motion picture is the
Doll maker Kyugetsu held ‘doll funeral’ at Sakaki Shrine
May 19, 2018
Tokyo- Old dolls are displayed on an altar during a ‘doll funeral’ at Sakaki Shrine in Tokyo on Sunday. Doll maker Kyugetsu held the event for the dolls no longer needed by their owners that play an important part in
Annual sand sculpture festival, ‘Meet the Heros through Sand’
May 19, 2018
Busan- An annual sand sculpture festival is under way on Haeundae beach in the southeastern port city of Busan, South Korea, 19 May 2018. The festival runs until 22 May under the theme of ‘Meet the Heros through Sand.’ Eleven
Conductor Kazushi Ono leads the orchestra, ‘Inscape’
May 18, 2018
Spain- Japanese conductor Kazushi Ono leads the orchestra during a rehearsal of the symphonic concert ‘Inscape’ in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, 18 May 2018. The production created by Spanish compositor Hector Parra and French astrophysicist Jean Pierre Luminet will be premiered
Bonhams auction
May 18, 2018
Two bottles of whisky, Macallan Peter Blake 1926 (left) and Valerio Adami 1926 (right), are displayed ahead of a Bonhams auction in Hong Kong on Friday, 18 May 2018. Whisky prices have soared in recent years, with buyers shifting their
71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival, “Realisateurs des Courts Metrages 2018 “
May 18, 2018
France- (From left) Australian director Charles Williams, Chinese director Wei Shujun, Iranian director Saeed Jafarian, Polish director Marta Pajek, US directors Celine Held and Logan George, Filippino director Raymund Ribay Gutierrez and Japanese directors Genki Kawamura, Masayuki Toyota, Kentaro Hirase,
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