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Boxer battles poverty, misogyny to be Vietnam's first world champion
AFP, Published on 04/05/2022
» HO CHI MINH CITY: From her youth spent scraping a living on the streets, Nguyen Thi Thu Nhi has battled poverty and sexist prejudice to become Vietnam's first boxing world champion.
'UFO' off French coast: Japanese sailor Shiraishi eyes Vendee Globe win
AFP, Published on 30/07/2020
» LORIENT (FRANCE) - As far as Kojiro Shiraishi is concerned, a Japanese sailing the gruelling Vendee Globe round-the-world race is akin to a Frenchman taking up sumo wrestling.
Ghosn protests innocence at high-profile court hearing
AFP, Published on 08/01/2019
» TOKYO: Former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn said Tuesday he had been "wrongly accused and unfairly detained" at a high-profile court hearing in Japan, his first appearance since his arrest in November rocked the business world.
Japan's 'usho' keep alive the ancient art of cormorant fishing
AFP, Published on 31/10/2018
» GIFU (JAPAN) - In the pitch black night, fires burn alongside a river in Japan's Gifu as a handful of men prepare for a ritual that dates back over 1,300 years: fishing with cormorants.