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[ad_1] MELBOURNE – Novak Djokovic will begin his quest for a record-extending 11th Australian Open title and 25th Grand Slam crown overall against a qualifier, while Naomi Osaka was handed a tough first assignment and world No. 1 Iga Swiatek faces a tricky test against 2020 champion Sofia Kenin as the draw was announced Thursday.Djokovic required treatment for a wrist problem during his United Cup defeat by Alex de Minaur […]

[ad_1] The Nuclear Regulation Authority has ordered its secretariat to thoroughly investigate the cause of damage to a nuclear power plant from the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula on Jan. 1.The regulatory watchdog gave the order at a regular meeting on Wednesday.According to Hokuriku Electric Power, the quake measured an upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale at the basement of the No. 1 reactor building […]

[ad_1] London – A Japanese technology giant is in the crosshairs of British lawmakers for building the faulty accounting software that led to what has been called the country's biggest ever miscarriage of justice.Fujitsu created the Horizon IT system that resulted in some 700 local post office managers being wrongly convicted for theft and false accounting between 1999 and 2005.The U.K. government, which plans to exonerate all victims, has warned […]

[ad_1] The Bank of Japan should gradually raise short-term interest rates and make its bond yield control policy more flexible, if inflation stays around its 2% target and is accompanied by sustained wage growth, the OECD said on Thursday.While the BOJ made tweaks to yield curve control (YCC) last year to loosen its tight grip on long-term interest rates, markets could challenge the policy again if inflation remains above its […]

[ad_1] Washington – Taro Aso, vice president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, voiced a warning Wednesday about China's increased military pressure on Taiwan, saying in his speech in Washington that there should be more peaceful communication between Beijing and Taipei.Aso, a former Japanese prime minister, said, "China's choice of a hasty military unification of Taiwan will only disrupt the international order for its own convenience" and "this must not […]

[ad_1] Karaoke scenes are ubiquitous in contemporary Japanese movies, which is no surprise as the popular pastime originated in Japan. However, characters who can actually sing are rare. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] “Kizumonogatari” is back. Three anime film adaptations of author Nisioisin’s book of the same name, which were released in 2016 and 2017, have been edited together into a single film titled “Kizumonogatari: Koyomi Vamp.”Nisioisin’s long-running “Monogatari” series of so-called light novels (illustrated books targeting young adults) centers on a high school student named Koyomi, who survived an encounter with a vampire. The series prequel, “Kizumonogatari,” reveals the details of […]

[ad_1] Three-meter tsunami waves were recorded at a nuclear plant in Japan after the recent earthquake but did not damage it, its operator said on Wednesday, more than a week after the incident.The revelation served as a reminder of the risks associated with nuclear power in Japan, 13 years after a tsunami wrecked the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant in Fukushima Prefecture in one of the world's worst atomic […]

[ad_1] The magnitude 7.6 quake that struck on New Year’s Day was caused by a movement of active faults in the sea off Ishikawa Prefecture's Noto Peninsula that had been dormant for 3,000 to 4,000 years, Japanese experts have said.Researchers told a symposium hosted by Tohoku University on Tuesday that the slipping of a belt of active faults on the Noto Peninsula and the Sea of Japan explained the big […]