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Nagasaki survivor accepts Nobel Peace Prize and calls for world free from nuclear weapons

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1 week, 5 days ago

Japanese atomic bomb survivors accept Nobel Peace Prize

Al Jazeera

Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group, has accepted the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons”. “I was just so shocked.” He said the group’s mission is “ensuring that nuclear weapons will never be used again”, and that it includes ending the war in Gaza. “The nuclear superpower Russia threatens …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Japanese survivor of atomic bomb recalls its horrors in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

Associated Press

OSLO, Norway — A 92-year-old Japanese man who lived through the American atomic bombing of Nagasaki described on Tuesday the agony he witnessed in 1945, including the charred corpses of his loved ones and the ruins of his city, as he accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on his organization’s behalf. “The nuclear superpower Russia threatens to use nuclear weapons …

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I survived Nagasaki bombing – Putin has no idea of the horrors of nuclear war

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Terumi Tanaka, one of a diminishing number of survivors …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Putin not aware of nuke weapons' threat: Nagasaki survivor before Nobel ceremony

India Today

Russian President Vladimir Putin does not truly understand the destructive power of nuclear weapons, a 92-year-old survivor of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki said on Monday, on the eve of his Japanese survivors' group receiving the Nobel Peace Prize. This year's Nobel Peace Prize was won by Nihon Hidankyo, a group of now elderly survivors of the US atomic bombing …

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2 weeks ago

Nobel laureate warns Putin about danger of nuclear weapons

Raw Story

This year's Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Japan's atomic bomb survivors' group Nihon Hidankyo, on Monday urged Russia to stop issuing nuclear threats in a bid to prevail in its war in Ukraine. "President Putin, I don't think he truly understands what nuclear weapons are for human beings," said Terumi Tanaka, the 92-year-old co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo and a survivor of …

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2 weeks ago

Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand the destructiveness of nuclear weapons

Associated Press

OSLO, Norway — Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan and the representative of an organization that won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to stop making nuclear threats. Asked by a reporter if he had a message for Putin, Tanaka said that the Russian leader’s repeated nuclear threats …

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1 month ago

Why Japan's Tokyo is emerging as a sex hub

Firstpost

Tokyo, which is witnessing an influx of foreigners, a rise in poverty and a weaking of the Japanese yen, is emerging as a sex hub. Experts say many young women, left impoverished during the COVID-19 pandemic, are turning to the flesh trade to make ends meet – which is resulting in a troubling spike in violence People walk along a …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

New on Disney+ Hotstar in September: ‘Kill’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 21, ‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 2, and more

The Hindu

Here is the full list of new titles coming to the platform: INDIAN TITLES Kill Filled with blood shed and power packed action sequences the film unfolds aboard a speeding train, where a routine journey from Ranchi to New Delhi escalates into a high-stakes battle as commandos confront a ruthless group of bandits. FX’s The Old Man In the series, …

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5 months ago

Retiring Tanaka praises Eddie Jones in Jones’ second stint at Japan rugby coach

Associated Press

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Scrumhalf Fumi Tanaka has announced his retirement from international rugby at the age of 39, ending a career which spanned one of the most successful eras in Japanese rugby. Tanaka played for three years, from 2012 to 2015, under Japan head coach Eddie Jones and ends his career with Jones again in charge of the Japan …

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9 months, 1 week ago

New Dodger Ohtani says Seoul MLB games will be ‘great memories’ for him and wife

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani says the upcoming Major League Baseball season opener against the San Diego Padres in Seoul will provide “great memories” for him and his wife, but he’ll attempt to focus on baseball. Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani stretches with teammates during a baseball workout at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Shohei Ohtani defers question about his wife, Japanese basketball player Mamiko Tanaka

LA Times

Japan’s Mamiko Tanaka, left, battles Australia’s Keely Jane Froling for the ball at the 29th Summer Universiade on Aug. 28, 2017, in Taipei, Taiwan. Dodgers Hernández: How Japanese culture shaped Shohei Ohtani’s marriage announcement Announcing a marriage on Instagram might strike Americans as peculiar. Multiple media outlets identified the woman as Japanese basketball player Mamiko Tanaka, and CNN reported that …

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9 months, 1 week ago

Baseball superstar Ohtani and his wife arrive in South Korea for Dodgers-Padres MLB opener

Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea — Shohei Ohtani and his wife arrived in South Korea with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates on Friday ahead of their season-opening games with the San Diego Padres next week. As a crowd of fans, many wearing Dodgers jerseys, shouted his name and cheering slogans, Ohtani briefly waved his hand and Tanaka smiled, but neither said anything …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka split after 7 ‘extraordinary years together,’ he says

LA Times

Mariah Carey’s former boyfriend Bryan Tanaka has confirmed their recently rumored split — the day after Christmas, no less — announcing Tuesday that he and the superstar singer had mutually decided to “embark on different paths.” Tanaka, a backup dancer and choreographer who became her creative director, shared the breakup news in a Boxing Day statement that indicated that his …

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11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka split after 7 years together, dancer confirms

Associated Press

Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka have split after 7 years together, the dancer confirmed Tuesday. In a statement shared with The Associated Press and published to Tanaka’s Instagram, Carey’s backup dancer-turned-creative director and partner detailed their breakup. “With mixed emotions, I share this personal update regarding my amicable separation from Mariah Carey after seven extraordinary years together,” he wrote. “I …

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1 year, 1 month ago

For a digital detox, Japan seeks 'the way of the sauna’

Hindustan Times

In Japan, saunas suddenly seem everywhere. Local media speak of a “sauna boom” as they once had of the “tapioca boom,” with facilities popping up in central Tokyo just as boba tea stores had before the pandemic, during a brief and intense social-media-inspired infatuation with the Taiwanese drink. This sauna boom is the country’s third, according to experts, after the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Gear up for Gear 5! One Piece director teases mind-blowing voice acting by Luffy's voice actor

Hindustan Times

Gear up, One Piece fans! Director Tatsuya Nagamine hypes up the voice acting of Luffy's voice actor. One Piece Episode 1071 will be the stage for the grand debut of Gear 5 Luffy, and during the recent One Piece Day 2023 celebration, Director Nagamine gave fans a sneak peek behind the scenes of this epic transformation. Gear 5 Luffy will …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Japan looks to raise its level in FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 match against Costa Rica

The Hindu

Japan forward Mina Tanaka said the Nadeshiko will be less nervous in their second Women’s World Cup match against Costa Rica on Wednesday and are looking to improve even on their impressive performance in their opener against Zambia. That’s what I believe, and personally, I’m glad that we got the points last time, but I want to be more relaxed …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Japan cruises to 5-0 opening win over Zambia at Women’s World Cup

The Hindu

Hinata Miyazawa scored a pair of goals, while Mina Tanaka and Jun Endo each added a goal and an assist, as Japan shut out Zambia 5-0 to open Women’s World Cup play Saturday for both sides. The Group C clash was the first time a senior World Cup match was hosted at Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium. The victory was Fujino’s first …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Japan cruises to 5-0 opening win over Zambia at Women’s World Cup

Associated Press

HAMILTON, New Zealand — Hinata Miyazawa scored a pair of goals, while Mina Tanaka and Jun Endo each added a goal and an assist, as Japan shut out Zambia 5-0 to open Women’s World Cup play Saturday for both sides. The Group C clash was the first time a senior World Cup match was hosted at Hamilton’s Waikato Stadium. The …

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1 year, 5 months ago

‘One Piece’: Japanese voice actors from original anime return to dub Netflix’s live-action adaptation

The Hindu

As Netflix’s much-anticipated live-action adaptation of the popular anime One Piece is gearing up for a release on August 31, the streamer has announced that the Japanese voice actors from the original anime will reprise their roles for the Japanese dubbed version of the series. Netflix released a video at Anime Expo 2023 in Los Angeles that showed Mayumi Tanaka, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

8 heartwarming slice-of-life anime for a feel-good weekend

Hindustan Times

As the name suggests, slice-of-life anime presents mundane, rather insignificant moments of life to the viewers in the most fulfilling manner. School Babysitters School Babysitters is a heartwarming anime about a high school student named Ryuichi Kashima, who becomes the caretaker of a group of young children after his parents die in a plane crash. School Babysitters is a heartwarming …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Camera captures night sky spiral after SpaceX rocket launch

The Hindu

A camera atop Hawaii’s tallest mountain has captured what looks like a spiral swirling through the night sky. The images were captured on January 18 by a camera at the summit of Mauna Kea outside the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan's Subaru telescope. SpaceX launched a military satellite the morning of January 18 from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station. …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Remembering Alex Müller and the 1987 ‘Woodstock of physics’

The Hindu

Thomas Kuhn’s philosophy of scientific revolutions popularised the idea of paradigm shifts. For more than a decade until 1986, the highest temperature at which a material became superconducting – that physicists were aware of – was 23 K. This changed in 1986 when Karl Alexander Müller and J. Georg Bednorz discovered lanthanum barium copper oxide becoming superconducting at 35 K. …

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Nagasaki survivor accepts Nobel Peace Prize and calls for world free from nuclear weapons

Japanese atomic bomb survivors accept Nobel Peace Prize

Japanese survivor of atomic bomb recalls its horrors in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

I survived Nagasaki bombing – Putin has no idea of the horrors of nuclear war

Putin not aware of nuke weapons' threat: Nagasaki survivor before Nobel ceremony

Nobel laureate warns Putin about danger of nuclear weapons

Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand the destructiveness of nuclear weapons

Why Japan's Tokyo is emerging as a sex hub

New on Disney+ Hotstar in September: ‘Kill’, ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ Season 21, ‘Tell Me Lies’ Season 2, and more

Retiring Tanaka praises Eddie Jones in Jones’ second stint at Japan rugby coach

New Dodger Ohtani says Seoul MLB games will be ‘great memories’ for him and wife

Shohei Ohtani defers question about his wife, Japanese basketball player Mamiko Tanaka

Baseball superstar Ohtani and his wife arrive in South Korea for Dodgers-Padres MLB opener

Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka split after 7 ‘extraordinary years together,’ he says

Mariah Carey and Bryan Tanaka split after 7 years together, dancer confirms

For a digital detox, Japan seeks 'the way of the sauna’

Gear up for Gear 5! One Piece director teases mind-blowing voice acting by Luffy's voice actor

Japan looks to raise its level in FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 match against Costa Rica

Japan cruises to 5-0 opening win over Zambia at Women’s World Cup

Japan cruises to 5-0 opening win over Zambia at Women’s World Cup

‘One Piece’: Japanese voice actors from original anime return to dub Netflix’s live-action adaptation

8 heartwarming slice-of-life anime for a feel-good weekend

Camera captures night sky spiral after SpaceX rocket launch

Remembering Alex Müller and the 1987 ‘Woodstock of physics’