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AFP, Published on 04/05/2018
» TOKYO: At a century-old workshop in a quiet Tokyo neighbourhood, craftsman Yuichi Hirose brushes dye across meticulously hand-cut stencils laid on fabric, using a traditional technique to produce contemporary kimono patterns.
AFP, Published on 27/04/2018
» RIYADH: A young Saudi Arabian princess inspired by her time living in Tokyo is the new face of fashion in an ultraconservative kingdom, where dramatic reforms have sparked equal parts optimism and scepticism.
AFP, Published on 24/12/2016
» BEIJING: Beijing's dream of making China a football powerhouse depends on millions of children taking up the sport, but even coaches say that tradition-minded parents view the game as a wasteful distraction from school.
AFP, Published on 17/11/2016
» LIMA - Top world leaders meet from Thursday to try to save their cherished free trade accords from feared extinction under US president-elect Donald Trump.
AFP, Published on 20/10/2016
» TOKYO - At 83 Miyo Maki had never manicured her nails, thickened and deformed due to leprosy, a disease she was diagnosed with when she was just 10 years old.
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» TOKYO - A pint-sized Japanese woman with a humble, Zen-like philosophy is taking kickboxing by storm, battering rivals to become a world champion in the violent Thai martial art.
AFP, Published on 06/06/2016
» ROME - A "ground-breaking" international treaty to combat fishing pirates took effect Sunday, becoming legally binding in 29 countries that so far have adhered to it, the UN's food agency said.
AFP, Published on 29/07/2015
» HONG KONG - Move over Tinder -- a crop of dating apps in smartphone-addicted Asia is offering to recruit friends for group dates or send along a chaperone to steer the course of romance.
AFP, Published on 24/04/2015
» NEW YORK - Switzerland is the happiest country in the world, closely followed by Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada, according to a global ranking of happiness unveiled in New York on Thursday.
AFP, Published on 20/03/2015
» Japan today commemorated the 20th anniversary of the fatal nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway system, but experts say the horrifying case still leaves more questions than answers about what motivated the killings.