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Akita City “Kanto Matsuri” performance – 2024 Honolulu Festival
19 April 2025 7:57 AM | No CommentsThe Akita City Kanto Festival Executive Committee performed at the 2024 Honolulu Festival, showcasing music and pole-balancing stunts from its annual Kanto Matsuri.
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Petit Bateau Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
19 April 2025 5:39 AM | No CommentsWhy did a 132-year-old French casualwear brand, mostly focusing on children's fashion, decide to show at the Tokyo Fall/Winter 2025 collections?
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tiit tokyo Fall 2025 – Tokyo Fashion Week
18 April 2025 9:30 PM | No CommentsAccording to the Rakuten Fashion Week TOKYO show notes, for the Fall/Winter 2025 season, the designers were "inspired by the Danish film "When Animals Dream.""
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Sumo: 73rd yokozuna Terunofuji retires, leaves lasting legacy
10 April 2025 11:57 AM | No CommentsThe Mongolian's calm, regal presence in the dohyo will certainly be missed, but there is no rest for the weary.
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Photos: Yousuke Haga – New York Fashion Week Fall 2025
24 March 2025 3:05 AM | No CommentsPhotos from the Yousuke Haga - Asia Fashion Collection runway show in New York.
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Featured Archive
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WNBA 2018: Delle Donne, Atkins propel Mystics over Sky, 88-72
Kwai ChanPosted on July 20, 2018 | No CommentsElena Delle Donne and Ariel Atkins each contributed 25 points to lead the Washington Mystics (13-8) to an 88-72 victory over the Chicago Sky (7-14). -
“The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful” – 2018 Taipei Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on July 14, 2018 | No CommentsA matriarch’s swift and ruthless game for the social ascension of her family is the centrepiece of the latest from director Yang Ya-che. -
“Men on the Dragon” – 2018 New York Asian Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on July 12, 2018 | No CommentsFearing a round of layoffs, four mid-career telecom workers join the company’s dragon boat team in a bid to avoid the chop in “Men on the Dragon” (逆流大叔). -
“Mrs. Fang” – 2018 Shanghai International Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on July 10, 2018 | No CommentsThe greatest triumph of "Mrs. Fang" is perhaps how little it takes to say so much about the complex rituals of death as a communal experience. -
WNBA 2018: Mercury ends Mystics’ four-game winning streak, 84-74
Kwai ChanPosted on July 3, 2018 | No CommentsBehind by just four points at the half, the Mystics (10-6) managed to tie the Phoenix Mercury (13-5) three times but eventually lost by 10. -
Tribeca 2018 red carpet: “Notes from Dunblane: Lessons From a School Shooting”
Yanek ChePosted on June 24, 2018 | No CommentsPhotos from the panel for "Notes from Dunblane: Lessons from a School Shooting," which won Best Documentary Short at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. -
“Crossroads: One Two Jaga” – 2018 Udine Far East Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on June 22, 2018 | No CommentsThe latest by Malaysian screen veteran Namron is an interesting, though occasionally uneven, take on culpability, civil discontent, and the plights of those trying to survive in a broken system. -
“Steel Rain” – 2018 Udine Far East Film Festival Review
Alfonse ChiuPosted on June 22, 2018 | No CommentsIn "Steel Rain," an almost pre-apocalyptic buddy cop thriller, North-South camaraderie save the day in an obvious paean to Korean fraternity and a reunified state. -
WNBA 2018: Mystics respond valiantly but fall short to the Sparks, 97-86
Kwai ChanPosted on June 18, 2018 | No CommentsThe Los Angeles Sparks’ Candace Parker was the game’s high scorer with 23 points. She also tied her career-high in assists with 11. -
2018 Embassy Chef Challenge: Two victories for the Philippines
Kwai ChanPosted on June 3, 2018 | No CommentsHere's a look at some of the highlights from the 10th anniversary of the annual culinary competition, which featured chefs from 28 embassies.