London Calendar (Nov 18-24)
NOTE: This is an unusually slow week for Asian events in London. Hopefully things will pick up again next week… EAT The ‘House of Ho‘ is a new Vietnamese restaurant …
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London Calendar (Nov 4-10)
AGI’s weekly events column is back and ready to get you started for the 7 days to come with a load of new Asia-related things to do. Have your pen …
Read MoreTokyo euphoric over Olympics
Japan celebrates the Olympic vote result as thousands of Tokyo citizens break out in joy over the 2020 Games coming to their city. Finbarr Toesland reports Tokyo was selected on …
Read MoreJapan to launch internet ‘fasting camps’ for kids
With many Japanese children addicted to the internet, the ministry of education attempts to curb this addiction by introducing internet ‘fasting camps’. Finbarr Toesland reports. The Japanese ministry of education …
Read MoreJapan creates a sperm bank for endangered animals
Japanese scientists create a sperm bank for endangered animals that one day could be used ‘to colonise other planets’. Finbarr Toesland reports. Scientists at Kyoto University’s Graduate School of Medicine …
Read MoreJapan’s weak yen helps exports rise to fastest in three years
Japanese exports rose in July at the fastest annual pace in nearly three years as the benefits of a weak yen finally started to take hold while brisk export figures …
Read MoreWhy the Wasabi That You Eat May Not Be Real
Wasabi – no, not the chain of UK sushi restaurants. We mean wasabi, the green Japanese paste that you eat with sushi, alongside ginger and soy sauce. Some people love it; …
Read MoreOliver Stone Visits Asia; Slams US and Japan Government
Award-winning American filmmaker gives speech at Hiroshima University on anniversary of atomic bomb; has harsh words against Japanese nationalism, American imperialism. Director/producer Oliver Stone is no stranger to controversy. His …
Read MoreSpecial Ainu Photo Exhibition Now in London
Makiko Ui is a Tokyo-based photographer who was been working with the indigenous Ainu people of Hokkaido, Japan for over twenty years. Her photographs of their way of life have …
Read MoreThe Curious Case of Japan’s Pyongyang Pupils
Considering the pariah status of North Korea in international circles, it can nevertheless boast diplomatic relations with 165 different states.This does not include the US, who it regularly threatens to …
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