Ichiko Aoba (Japan) Announces Auckland Show

Pre-sale tickets - 12PM, Friday 14 March  General tickets - 10AM, Monday 17 March Tickets from Ticketmaster (Image/Supplied) Fans of ethereal, cinematic songs, rejoice. Banished Music and Strange News Touring are elated to announce a very special one- …

Ridiculous ‘Chinese Mint’ crypto scam, Japan dives into stablecoins: Asia Express

China’s crypto ban didn’t stop this ridiculous scheme A new type of crypto scam has surfaced in China, with fraudsters posing as the China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPMC) to sell cryptocurrency through fake websites and apps. For those …

Toyota RAV4 Production Resumes in Japan

The pause in production of the RAV4 SUV after last week’s explosion at a Toyota supplier's factory in Japan, which killed one worker, was supposed to be minor and limited to part of this past Monday, March 10th. But that ended up being an …

SoftBank, OpenAI to build AI data centre in Japan, Nikkei reports

SoftBank plans to transform a former Sharp LCD panel plant in Japan into a data centre for operating artificial intelligence agents developed in collaboration with U.S.-based ChatGPT creator, OpenAI, according to a Nikkei report on Friday. The Japanese …

Japan, US to mark 80th anniversary of Iwo Jima battle amid trade tensions

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will attend a memorial service in late March on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima with US Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth and Gen Nakatani, the Japanese defence minister. The Japanese side hopes the joint memorial – …

Mzuzu Airport Rehabilitation Gets $100,000 Boost from Japan

Mzuzu Airport is set to receive a significant facelift following a $100,000 boost from Japan, provided through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). The funds will support ongoing rehabilitation efforts aimed at upgrading the facility to …

Japan's Most Popular Beer Will Soon Be Brewed in Wisconsin

It's no secret, Wisconsin makes a lot of great beers. Many of which I also enjoy thoroughly — Potosi, New Glarus, Capital, Lakefront, Waterstreet, the classics like Miller and Pabst — I could go on and on about the amazing Wisconsin brewed beers I' …

Kyudo: A look into Japan’s oldest martial art

OBIHIRO, JAPAN – Mastering a sport from another culture can feel like an overwhelming challenge — one that many find is best left to the locals. But for Gregory Stewart, it has become a way of life. Stewart stands in his dojo where he and other archers …

Kitsch, cute, almost crude: Japan’s 'Love Hotel' through the lens of François Prost

In Learning from Las Vegas (1972), architects Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour introduced the now-famous distinction between ‘ducks' and 'decorated sheds'—two opposing typologies that define how buildings express their …

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