My Quest to Find the Owner of a Mysterious WWII Japanese Sword
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I ...
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Japanese Artist Tomiyama Taeko Exhibition on View at UC Santa Barbara AD&A Museum
“Tomiyama Taeko: A Tale of Sea Wanderers” represents a vital addition to UCSB’s artistic and intellectual community. As the ...
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Japanese artist Tomiyama Taeko’s critique of imperialism
The Art, Design & Architecture Museum presents “A Tale of Sea Wanderers,” the largest collection of Tomiyama’s work outside ...
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Prehistoric stone figurines with jagged lines puzzle experts
KUMAKOGEN, Ehime Prefecture--Prehistoric people in Japan fashioned human figures from ... they may have had religious significance." The figurines are among 13 stone-made artifacts each measuring ...
The Straits Times19d
Trump’s return as US president looms over thawing of Japan-China ties
TOKYO – Japan-China relations appear to be warming with a flurry of recent and expected bilateral visits ending a deep freeze in high-level diplomatic and military exchanges. This has been ...
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China Says Economy Grew 5% Last Year, Driven by Exports
Analysts say they see signs of malaise in China’s domestic economy, but those problems were offset mainly by robust exports and a $1 trillion trade surplus. By Keith Bradsher Reporting from ...
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Commentary: China’s jetliner dreams are getting real, but it's too early to celebrate
LONDON: To ring in the new year, China’s homegrown jet, the C919 – nicknamed “daifeiji”, or “Great Airplane” – took its first regularly scheduled passenger flight outside the Chinese ...
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China to put 'anti-dumping' import levy on chemicals from Japan, US, EU, Taiwan
China has decided to impose temporary levies on imports of a chemical product originating in Japan, the United States, the European Union and Taiwan. China's Commerce Ministry said on Thursday ...
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China hit its economic goals in 2024 despite a consumer spending problem
In a news release on Friday morning, China's National Bureau of Statistics reported its economy grew 5% in 2024 from a year ago, meeting its official target. Analysts polled by Reuters had ...
Washington Examiner21d
Rubio signals to Putin US resigned to Russia keeping much of occupied Ukraine
“It is important for everyone to be realistic,” Rubio said, insisting concessions will have to be made by all sides, while describing an end that would require Ukraine giving up on any idea of ...
The Diplomat21d
What Next for Japan’s Relations With China?
The trip gave the impression that Japan’s relations with China were on the mend. Iwaya indicated that Japan would be open to hosting a Japan-China-South Korea Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in ...
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China imposes provisional duties on US, EU, Japan, Taiwan industrial plastics
BEIJING, Jan 16 (Reuters) - China said on Thursday it would apply provisional duties on imports of industrial plastics from the United States, European Union, Japan and Taiwan after a months-long ...