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Japanese newspaper boss who influenced the nation’s postwar politics died at 98

TOKYO — Tsuneo Watanabe, the powerful head of Japan’s largest newspaper who had close ties with the country’s powerful conservative leaders, has died, his company said Thursday. Watanabe cultivated close ties with conservative leaders who governed the country across decades, like Yasuhiro Nakasone and Shinzo Abe, and to helped form Japan’s conservative public opinion. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said he …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Olympics needs marketing changes, IOC decisions must be broader, says presidential candidate Watanabe

The Hindu

The International Olympic Committee must overhaul its Olympic marketing strategy to deliver higher value for sponsors, said IOC presidential candidate Morinari Watanabe on Wednesday. Watanabe, a longtime businessman who has headed the international gymnastics federation since 2017 and is one of seven candidates running for the top Olympics job, also said the IOC should review its decision-making process. An experienced …

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2 months ago

Japan Gets Ready to Cheer on Dodgers, Ohtani in World Series

Associated Press

Japan prepares to cheer on Ohtani and the Dodgers, with the country dressing for the occasion. Television ratings in Japan have set records as the Dodgers and Ohtani prepare to face the New York Yankees. Ohtani has stoked national pride, even among Japanese who don’t care about baseball, with merchandise for the 12 Japanese pro teams on sale.

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

Rithvik-Arjun duo makes the semifinals of Challenger tennis tournament

The Hindu

Top seeds Rithvik Bollipalli and Arjun Kadhe edged out Gabriel Diallo of Canada and Seita Watanabe of Japan 7-6, 7-6 in the doubles quarterfinals of the $133,250 Challenger tennis tournament in Nonthaburi, Thailand, on Thursday. The results: $133,250 Challenger, Nonthaburi, Thailand Doubles : Rithvik Bollipalli & Arjun Kadhe bt Gabriel Diallo & Seita Watanabe 7-6, 7-6; Toshihide Matsui & Ramkumar …

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2 months, 4 weeks ago

From her tree-house studio to high-end galleries, this L.A. potter’s work is turning heads

LA Times

To get to ceramist Raina Lee’s tree house, you enter through an iron gate with a dog warning sign and climb a long wooden staircase that creaks beneath your feet. VIDEO | 01:58 Raina Lee talks ceramics Video by Grace Xue Every year, Lee’s family members get “Christmas ceramics” as gifts from her. It’s not that valuable.’” Modesty aside, Lee’s …

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4 months ago

Behind the scenes with K-pop group Katseye and their L.A. fashion fairy godfather Humberto Leon

LA Times

Thursday, 9:30 a.m. Humberto Leon slinks around set wearing a faded T-shirt that says “Daddy” in bubble letters. Also the alt girls: Alanis, Fiona, the list goes on.” When it comes to working with Katseye, Leon says: “I feel like I can really relate to all of them.” Manon tells me that Katseye has monthly dinners with Leon where he …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Sakamoto Days’ teaser: Netflix adopts weekly release strategy to bring Taro Sakamoto’s dual identites to life

The Hindu

Netflix has unveiled the first teaser for the highly anticipated anime series Sakamoto Days, set to premiere in January 2025. The anime adaptation, based on Yuto Suzuki’s popular manga, follows Taro Sakamoto, a former hitman who trades his life of crime for a peaceful existence running a convenience store. SAKAMOTO DAYS 💥 JANUARY 2025 pic.twitter.com/ZCV3RaKkQs — Netflix July 31, 2024 …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Netflix anime teaser: Sakamoto Days introduces us to the ‘greatest hit man of all time’ who let himself go | Watch

Hindustan Times

Sakamoto's glory days as the “greatest hit man of all time” are long gone. Bringing alive the pages of Yuto Suzuki's action-packed hit manga, director Masaki Watanabe aims to capture the original text's intensity and fervour with the upcoming Netflix anime, which goes on air worldwide in January 2025. With episodes releasing each week, the new anime series—a TMS Entertainment …

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5 months, 1 week ago

The simple Japanese method for a tidier and less wasteful fridge

BBC

The simple Japanese method for a tidier and less wasteful fridge Rachel Nuwer There are simple organisational methods for reducing fridge waste To help people clear cluttered fridges and reduce food waste, researchers in Tokyo are testing simple organisational techniques – and all you need to get started is some tape and a few stickers. "Japan is a country that …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

A villain returns with tentacle-like control in ‘Tokyo Vice’

LA Times

In the Season 2 premiere of “Tokyo Vice,” detective Karagiri describes the intimidating antagonist Tozawa as “an octopus” with “tentacles extending everywhere. Cut one off, another grows in its place.” Cinematographer Daniel Satinoff visually brought the painterly dialogue to life in a shocking moment that sees Tozawa make an unexpected return in Episode 3, “Old Law, New Twist.” Emerging from …

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11 months ago

Paris Fashion Week: Dior's fall-winter men's collection blends traditional tailoring with theatrical glamour

Hindustan Times

Dior's menswear maestro Kim Jones transformed a sunny afternoon in Paris into a starlit evening of balletic grandeur at Paris Fashion Week, in a display of fashion theatrics. Models present creations by designer Kim Jones as part of his Menswear ready-to-wear Fall-Winter 2024/2025 collection show for fashion house Dior Homme during Men's Fashion Week in Paris, France, January 19, 2024. …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Lakshya enters semifinals of Japan Open, Satwik-Chirag , Prannoy knocked out

The Hindu

Lakshya Sen progressed to the semifinals to be the lone Indian survivor at the Japan Open Super 750 badminton tournament following the ouster of compatriots HS Prannoy and doubles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty on Friday. World number 10 Prannoy too could have joined Sen in the last four but he squandered an opening game win and a …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Narcan Will Now Be Sold Over The Counter. Here's How To Use It.

Huff Post

Hiraman via Getty Images Narcan may soon hit pharmacy shelves, making it more accessible for people to purchase and use. “Making naloxone OTC can help normalize the medication as something everyone person should have available — in the medicine cabinet, in the car, backpack, at work, in parks and other community settings,” Alex Bennett, a research associate professor and director …

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1 year, 9 months ago

All England Championships: Defending champions Axelsen, Matsuyama-Shida, Watanabe-Higashino crash out on same day

Firstpost

Birmingham: Denmark’s Viktor Axelsen was one of three defending champions to crash out on a day of shocks at the All England Open. Reigning Olympic champion Axelsen suffered a stunning 21-18, 9-21, 23-21 loss to Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong in the men’s singles second round on Thursday. It’s tough.” Axelsen’s loss followed on from compatriot Anders Antonsen beating 2022 runner-up …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Living to Breaking Bad: The film and TV facing up to death

BBC

Living to Breaking Bad: The film and TV facing up to death Lionsgate/Alamy A new remake of Akira Kurosawa's Ikiru sees a man finding peace after a cancer diagnosis. Ishiguro came up with the idea for Living because he felt there could be something interesting in marrying the power of Ikiru's message around mortality "with a kind of contemplation of …

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2 years, 6 months ago

The animals with an eye for art

BBC

The animals with an eye for art Andrey Nekrasov/Getty Images Appreciating beauty may be one of the traits which makes us human, but some animals In 1879, Spanish aristocrat and amateur archaeologist Marcelino Sanz de Sautuloa and his daughter Maria set out to explore a cave near their family home in Cantabria. "The male also performs a kind of visual …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Come for the comfort food, stay for the jungle oasis at this L.A. chef’s plant-filled cafes

LA Times

Standing behind the counter of Yuko Curry in downtown Los Angeles, Yuko Watanabe encouraged a hesitant customer to take a walk through her “secret plant tunnel” — an enchanting, moss- and plants-covered stairway shaft that connects the ground floor of her restaurant to the second-story loft. You never know what will happen when you plant a seed, but Watanabe’s uncanny …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Cowboy Bebop: Why Netflix’s live-action adaptation of cult anime series is a super-flop

Hindustan Times

Is Netflix aware of how badly they have botched up their Cowboy Bebop live-action adaptation? The Shinichiro Watanabe-directed Cowboy Bebop anime series is set in the year 2071 and follows a group of bounty hunters moving from one mission to another. The fluidity with which Cowboy Bebop’s multi-genre influences mix with one another and flow like fusion music or free …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Hylo Open 2021: Kidambi Srikanth sails into second round; Saurabh Verma gets walkover but HS Prannoy ousted

Firstpost

Prannoy went down 21-16, 17-21, 7-21 to lower ranked Irish shuttler Nhat Nguyen in the men’s singles match that lasted 57 minutes. Saarbrucken: Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth sailed into the second round of men’s singles with a comfortable straight game win over Japan’s Koki Watanabe in the HYLO Open Super 500 tournament here on Wednesday. However, HS Prannoy made …

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3 years, 1 month ago

HYLO Open: Srikanth sails into second round, Verma gets walkover but Prannoy ousted

The Hindu

Top Indian shuttler Kidambi Srikanth sailed into the second round of men's singles with a comfortable straight-game win over Japan's Koki Watanabe in the HYLO Open Super 500 tournament here on Wednesday. However, H S Prannoy made a first-round exit, while compatriot Sourabh Verma advanced to the pre-quarterfinals after receiving a walkover in the tournament that was formerly known as …

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3 years, 9 months ago

All England Open 2021: Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia beats Viktor Axelsen to clinch maiden title; Nozomi Okuhara wins women's final

Firstpost

Birmingham: Malaysia’s Lee Zii Jia claimed his first All England Open on Sunday as he outlasted Danish second seed Viktor Axelsen 30-29, 20-22, 21-9. It is a very special moment for me.” Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara was a dominant winner in the women’s final, beating Thailand’s Pornpawee Chochuwong 21-12, 21-16. “Five years ago I won here and there was no pressure, …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Chief of ceremonies quits over derogatory comments on female comedian

Firstpost

Tokyo: The creative director for Tokyo’s Olympic ceremonies will resign after making derogatory comments about a female Japanese comedian, in the latest headache for organisers of the virus-delayed Games. Hiroshi Sasaki announced his decision after a report late Wednesday revealed he had proposed that popular plus-size entertainer Naomi Watanabe appear at the opening ceremony as a pig. Sasaki was only …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Tokyo 2020 official quits in ‘Olympig’ jibe at female comedian

Al Jazeera

Creative director Hiroshi Sasaki had suggested popular plus-size celebrity Naomi Watanabe appear as a pig at the opening ceremony. The creative director for Tokyo’s Olympic ceremonies resigned on Thursday for suggesting a female comedian appear as a pig, just weeks after the Games’ chief stepped down over insulting remarks about women. Hiroshi Sasaki announced his decision after a report on …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020 ceremonies director may quit over pig costume suggestion, reports Kyodo News

Firstpost

Hiroshi Sasaki, an advertising executive, proposed 33-year-old entertainer Naomi Watanabe come down from the sky dressed in a swine costume for the opening ceremony in a segment dubbed “Olympig”, Kyodo news agency reported Tokyo: The director for the postponed Tokyo Olympics ceremonies plans to resign after suggesting a female entertainer dress as a pig for the opening ceremony, Japanese media …

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Japanese newspaper boss who influenced the nation’s postwar politics died at 98

Olympics needs marketing changes, IOC decisions must be broader, says presidential candidate Watanabe

Japan Gets Ready to Cheer on Dodgers, Ohtani in World Series

Rithvik-Arjun duo makes the semifinals of Challenger tennis tournament

From her tree-house studio to high-end galleries, this L.A. potter’s work is turning heads

Behind the scenes with K-pop group Katseye and their L.A. fashion fairy godfather Humberto Leon

‘Sakamoto Days’ teaser: Netflix adopts weekly release strategy to bring Taro Sakamoto’s dual identites to life

Netflix anime teaser: Sakamoto Days introduces us to the ‘greatest hit man of all time’ who let himself go | Watch

The simple Japanese method for a tidier and less wasteful fridge

A villain returns with tentacle-like control in ‘Tokyo Vice’

Paris Fashion Week: Dior's fall-winter men's collection blends traditional tailoring with theatrical glamour

Lakshya enters semifinals of Japan Open, Satwik-Chirag , Prannoy knocked out

Narcan Will Now Be Sold Over The Counter. Here's How To Use It.

All England Championships: Defending champions Axelsen, Matsuyama-Shida, Watanabe-Higashino crash out on same day

Living to Breaking Bad: The film and TV facing up to death

The animals with an eye for art

Come for the comfort food, stay for the jungle oasis at this L.A. chef’s plant-filled cafes

Cowboy Bebop: Why Netflix’s live-action adaptation of cult anime series is a super-flop

Hylo Open 2021: Kidambi Srikanth sails into second round; Saurabh Verma gets walkover but HS Prannoy ousted

HYLO Open: Srikanth sails into second round, Verma gets walkover but Prannoy ousted

All England Open 2021: Malaysia's Lee Zii Jia beats Viktor Axelsen to clinch maiden title; Nozomi Okuhara wins women's final

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Chief of ceremonies quits over derogatory comments on female comedian

Tokyo 2020 official quits in ‘Olympig’ jibe at female comedian

Tokyo Olympics 2020 ceremonies director may quit over pig costume suggestion, reports Kyodo News