Utah couple competing on ‘The Amazing Race’ describes meeting at the Missionary Training Center
A Utah couple competing on the current season of “The Amazing Race” shared part of their faith-based love story during ...
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Hot Meals After a Disaster Will Warm Stomachs, Hearts; Nutritionist Teaches People How to Prep Meals Using Common Ingredients
A group of nine parents and children cooked up a storm in late November in central Masuda, Shimane Prefecture, making hot ...
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Sumo in March comes in like a lion
March in sumo, both in Japan and internationally, came in “like a lion” as the old proverb goes. As expected, ticket demand for the Japan Sumo Association’s October tournament in London ...
‘Shall We Dance?’ 4K Restoration Nabbed by Film Movement (EXCLUSIVE)
Film Movement has acquired North American rights to the 4K restoration of Masayuki Suô's 1996 box-office hit 'Shall We Dance?
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EDITORIAL: Violence scandal shows sumo still lagging way behind society
A scandal has hit the sumo world days before the first tournament with spectators since January opens on July 19. The Japan Sumo Association on July 13 said a stablemaster had repeatedly attacked ...
Japan Today5d
Joint custody critics alarmed after Japanese woman killed in Hungary
The 43-year-old woman reportedly had contacted the Japanese Embassy in Budapest about her situation and requested that it issue passports to her two children as she hoped to leave the country and ...
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Japanese restaurant coming to former Shari's space in Lynnwood
The owner of the Japanese restaurant chain is looking at expansion opportunities throughout the Puget Sound region. Sumo Japanese Restaurant plans to open a Lynnwood location in the former Shari ...
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EDITORIAL: Sumo world needs overhaul of harsh, violent training culture
Once again, a scandal of violence has emerged in Japan’s professional sumo world. Any form of malicious and mean violence or bullying must have no place in sports training whatsoever.
At 95, He’s the World’s Oldest Speedskater. He’s Gunning for 100.
Iichi Marumo started competing in his late 80s, after a life spent farming, publishing poetry and volunteering to fly in a ...
Japan Today5d
Woman fatally stabbed on Tokyo street over money dispute
A 22-year-old woman was fatally stabbed by a 42-year-old man on a street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on Tuesday. The incident occurred just before 10 a.m. about 300 meters south of JR Takadanobaba ...
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Singaporean man arrested in Japan for theft, posing as cop to scam local woman
SINGAPORE – A Singaporean man, 34, was arrested in Japan on suspicion of theft using ... According to the police, he called a woman in Yamagata city posing as a police officer and cheated ...
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Japan must stop its retaliation against U.N. women's rights committee
On Jan. 27, Japan's Foreign Ministry said it informed ... the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the CEDAW Committee). The request followed the committee's ...