Naomi Osaka has broken her social media silence to publicise a glossy new photo shoot in Vogue Japan amid her press blackout. The tennis star, 23, shared the cover of the fashion magazine and a number of the glamorous snaps which are featured in its August issue in an Instagram post on Monday. The four-time … Read more
The Shenzhou-12 spacecraft is launched from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on June 17, 2021 in Jiuquan, Gansu Province of China, carried on the Long March-2F rocket, to Chinese Tiangong space station July 19, 1964: China took its first official step into space, launching and recovering an experimental biological rocket carrying white mice. April 24, … Read more
Olympic swimming legend Ian Thorpe reveals he was offered a record deal in Japan – even though he can’t sing By Mary Mrad For Daily Mail Australia Published: 11:55 BST, 2 June 2021 | Updated: 12:18 BST, 2 June 2021 He’s the Australian retired swimming legend who won five Olympic gold medals. And on Wednesday, Ian Thorpe … Read more
Judy Murray has sympathised with Naomi Osaka after the world No 2 withdrew from the French Open having been threatened with expulsion for not speaking to the media. The 23-year-old from Japan said last week she didn’t want to take part in press conferences at Roland Garros to ‘protect her mental health’. She received a … Read more
Ministers will unveil plans ‘within weeks’ for the UK to join trans-Pacific trading club including Australia, Canada and Japan Liz Truss says plans to join trans-Pacific trading group unveiled ‘within weeks’ The CPTPP has formally agreed to start accession negotiation with the UK The free trade area includes Australia, Canada, Japan and New Zealand By … Read more
Japanese researchers develop super compact toilet paper where a single roll is 980ft long – THREE TIMES the height of the Statue of Liberty A Japanese team of researchers developed the 300 metre (980ft) single-ply They say just two rolls can provide as much toilet paper as a standard 12 roll pack No information on … Read more
Now that’s FRESH sushi! Japanese firm designs portable fish tanks for seafood lovers to take their dinner home alive A new device named the ‘Katsugyo bag’ is being developed by inventors in Japan The design features a transparent tube and temperature gauge to carry fish It is designed to show off extravagantly expensive seafood bought at … Read more
Boyfriend who ‘dated 35 women and told each one he had a different birthday so he regularly received gifts’ is arrested for fraud in Japan Takashi Miyagawa, 39, was arrested in Japan for allegedly defrauding 35 women The serial dater told each victim he wanted a serious relationship to receive gifts He also told each … Read more
Downhill dog! Super-fast French bulldog Marlo races her snowboarding owner down a mountain in Japan Marlo the French bulldog is seen racing down a snowy mountain ski slope Her owner Akira, 41, is seen struggling to pace on a snowboard behind her The footage was recorded on Mount Niseko Annupuri in Hokkaido, Japan By William Cole … Read more
Doctors in Japan have performed the world’s first-ever living donor lung transplant on a patient with severe lung damage from Covid-19. A Japanese woman’s life was saved by the nearly 11-hour operation carried out by a medical team of 30 after her husband and son donated parts of their lungs, doctors said on Thursday. The … Read more