日本に配慮した尹政府？…韓米日3カ国声明に「日本人拉致問題」登場＝韓国の反応
韓国のポータルサイトネイバーから「日本に配慮した尹政府？…韓米日3カ国声明に『日本人拉致者問題』登場」という記事を翻訳してご紹介。 続きを読む
韓国のポータルサイトネイバーから「日本に配慮した尹政府？…韓米日3カ国声明に『日本人拉致者問題』登場」という記事を翻訳してご紹介。 続きを読む
韓国のポータルサイトネイバーから「日本に配慮した尹政府？…韓米日3カ国声明に『日本人拉致者問題』登場」という記事を翻訳してご紹介。 続きを読む
14th-century samurai sword found in car at Swiss border
Officers say 700-year-old artefact worth €650,000 was transported from Stuttgart on behalf of driver’s employer
Swiss customs authorities have discovered an antique Japanese samurai sword made nearly 700 years ago, after it was smuggled into the country.
The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security said the katana sword, dated to 1353 and valued at €650,000 (£550,000), was found in a car with Swiss plates during a routine search near Zurich. Several other objects were also found in the car, including an antique book, a contract and the sales invoice.
Continue reading...Sidhu Moose Wala: a rapper of fascinating contradictions who aimed to uplift Punjab
Killed in a shooting this week, the 28-year-old Punjabi Sikh MC offset gangster bravado with a keen sociopolitical awareness
Five years ago, Sidhu Moose Wala announced his arrival with So High. Using flutes and a faint tumbi, producer Byg Byrd roots the track in hip-hop but makes it evocative of Punjabi bhangra; on the hook, Sidhu’s voice soars. Racking up nearly 500m views since 2017, the viral track allies the audience as co-conspirators: Sidhu is our boisterous friend, whose bravado is a through line across his most popular songs. In So High, the Punjabi rapper – one of the most successful ever to emerge from the region – prophesies “copycat lyricists”, gangsterdom, a prolific release schedule and living on the precipice of danger. Every theme came to fruition over his career, which has ended with a fatal shooting at the age of 28.
Sidhu Moose Wala, originally Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, was born on June 11, 1993, and began singing in the fifth grade with folk songs of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur, a legendary Sikh commander from the early 18th century. In 2015, Sidhu started writing songs for others in the Chandigarh-based Punjabi music industry while a college student, finding early success as the writer of Ninja’s track License, but soon vowed to write only for himself. He moved to Brampton, Ontario in December 2016 after completing his degree in electrical engineering and moonlit as a musical artist.
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Mongolia under pressure to align with Russia and China
Landlocked state is pursuing neutrality despite neighbours’ efforts to create triangle of anti-western cooperation
Mongolia, a squeezed outpost of democracy in north-east Asia, is under renewed pressure from its authoritarian neighbours, Russia and China, to shed its independence and form a triangle of anti-western cooperation in the wake of the war in Ukraine.
The country is doggedly pursuing a path of neutrality, coupled with a policy of economic diversification designed to keep its unique culture and still relatively recent independence alive, according to Nomin Chinbat, its culture secretary.
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後半【馬渕睦夫/ひとりがたり】バイデン大統領の終焉 DSが仕掛ける次の戦略
後半【馬渕睦夫/ひとりがたり】バイデン大統領の終焉 DSが仕掛ける次の戦略
シンクタンク報告「大手検索エンジンが中共プロパガンダを検索結果に挙げている」
シンクタンク報告「大手検索エンジンが中共プロパガンダを検索結果に挙げている」
韓国人「日本の新幹線の運転室を見てみよう」→「ロボットのコックピットのようだ」
韓国のネット掲示板イルベに「日本の新幹線の操縦席の内部を見物してみよう」というスレッドが立っていたのでご紹介。 続きを読む
Japan to approve abortion pill – but partner’s consent will be required
Delay in approving pill, and the possible $780 cost, reflect priorities of male-dominated parliament, say critics
Women in Japan could be forced to seek their partner’s consent before being prescribed the abortion pill, which will reportedly be approved late this year – three decades after it was made available to women in the UK.
Under Japan’s 1948 Maternal Protection Law, consent is already required for surgical abortions – with very few exceptions – a policy that campaigners say tramples over women’s reproductive rights.
Continue reading...Taiwan scrambles jets after China makes largest incursion into air defence zone since January
China has almost doubled its incursions this year, as it attempts to keep island under pressure
China has made the second largest incursion into Taiwan’s air defence zone this year with Taipei reporting 30 jets entering the area, including more than 20 fighters.
Taiwan’s defence ministry said late on Monday it had scrambled its own aircraft and deployed air defence missile systems to monitor the latest Chinese activity.
Continue reading...Tanzila Khan: disability rights campaigner tells young women ‘the world is yours’
Winner of the inaugural Amal Clooney Women’s Empowerment award says she saw mainstream culture did not represent her, so she created her own space
Tanzila Khan does not like people feeling too sorry for themselves – or for her.
“I don’t like sob stories or tragedies,” said Khan, who is a disability and women’s rights campaigner in Pakistan. “I’m not saying they don’t exist – we can all face adversity – but I think we need a more positive approach to solving problems. I wanted to present people with disabilities in a more positive way.
Continue reading...Shanghai’s full Covid lockdown ends after two months
City of 25 million people emerges from prolonged isolation under ruthlessly enforced restrictions
Shanghai has lifted a painful two-month lockdown, to the relief of the city’s 25 million residents, with authorities dismantling fences around housing compounds and ripping police tape off public squares and buildings.
Most residents have spent the past two months under a ruthlessly enforced lockdown that has caused income losses, stress and despair for millions struggling to access food or emergency healthcare.
Continue reading...第6回「陸・海・空 軍人から見たロシアのウクライナ侵攻」実際はどちらが優勢？ 小川清史元陸将 伊藤俊幸元海将 小野田治元空将 桜林美佐【チャンネルくらら】
第6回「陸・海・空 軍人から見たロシアのウクライナ侵攻」実際はどちらが優勢？ 小川清史元陸将 伊藤俊幸元海将 小野田治元空将 桜林美佐【チャンネルくらら】
Outcry as China stops Pacific journalists questioning Wang Yi
Beijing’s foreign minister signing bilateral deals with leaders but reporters are blocked, sometimes physically, from asking questions
Journalists covering the Chinese foreign minister’s tour of the Pacific say they have been blocked from filming or accessing events, and that not a single question from a Pacific journalist has been allowed to be asked of Wang Yi.
The allegations raise serious press freedom concerns and alarm about the ability of Pacific journalists to do their jobs, particularly as the relationship between the region and China becomes closer.
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