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[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 […]

[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 […]

[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, […]

[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, […]

[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

[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 […]