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A man watches a TV news program showing a file footage of a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 23, 2016.

North Korea 'fires submarine-launched ballistic missile'

Edit BBC News 23 Apr 2016

North Korea appears to have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast, South Korea says. It is not clear whether the test was authentic, and if it was, whether it will be considered a success by the North. A successful test would be significant because submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) are hard to detect. It comes as North Korea gears up for a rare and significant party congress next month ... ....

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US President Barack Obama and Prince William while Catherine Duchess of Cambridge plays with Prince George at Kensington Palace during visit to Britain.

'Adorable' Prince George wows Obama in pyjamas

Edit Deccan Herald 23 Apr 2016

Barack Obama has described Prince George as "adorable" after the 2-year-old son of Prince William and Kate Middleton was allowed to stay up past his bed-time to meet the US President. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge hosted Obama and wife Michelle for an informal dinner at Kensington Palace in London last night, after which photographs were released of the guests kneeling down to shake hands with the young prince in his pyjamas ... ....

photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster

President Barack Obama and Saudi Arabia's King Salman stand together for the Leaders Photo at the Diriyah Palace during the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, April 21, 2016.

Saudi Arabia may be in for a nasty shock when Obama steps down

Edit The Independent 22 Apr 2016

Foreign leaders visiting King Salman of Saudi Arabia have noticed that there is a large flower display just in front of the 80-year-old monarch ... Of course, King Salman is not the only world leader past or present whose inability to cope has been artfully concealed by aides and courtiers ... ....

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Authorities set up road blocks at the intersection of Union Hill Road and Route 32 at the perimeter of a crime scene, Friday, April 22, 2016, in Pike County, Ohio. Shootings with multiple fatalities were reported along a road in rural Ohio on Friday morning.

3 kids survive slaying of 8 family members in Ohio

Edit CNN 23 Apr 2016

(CNN)Eight family members found dead in a rural southern Ohio community were shot in the head "execution style," most while they slept, authorities said Friday. Officers are searching for the killer or killers, who are probably armed and a danger to surviving family members, Pike County Sheriff Charles Reader said ... "I've given the family precautionary measures to make. They know we're available." ... Read More ... 'Doesn't happen every day' ... ......

photo: UN / Rick Bajornas

Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil, addresses the opening segment of the signature ceremony.

Brazil president vows trade bloc appeal if ousted

Edit Taipei Times 23 Apr 2016

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday said she would appeal to South American trade blocs if she is removed from office, blasting the push to impeach her as a coup and a naked attempt by Brazil’s elite to snatch power back from her Worker’s Party ... She told her opponents that her impeachment would have “serious consequences for the Brazilian political process.” ... “I can’t say today what is going to happen ... ....

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A Record Number of Collaborations Highlight PhilaU’s Annual Fashion Show (Philadelphia University)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016

(Source. Philadelphia University) ... 'That is Nexus Learning.' ... 'They're creating a world about not being average. It's about being unique, and you're going to see that on the stage tonight ... Senior Huyen Doan won Best of Show and Best Senior Collection for 'The Floating World,' inspired by Japanese woodblock printing called ukiyo-e, which is characterized by linear work, asymmetry, abnormal composition and intricacy ... *** ... Jessica Griffin ... ***....

Contemporary Artists Are Reinterpreting 17th-Century Japanese Erotica

Edit Huffington Post 07 Apr 2016

Warning. This post contains nudity and may not be suitable for work environments. If you're not familiar with shunga, the early Japanese tradition of creating explicit images of sexual activity, welcome to the pleasure dome ... That meant more art, more horniness, more erotica. ... Ukiyo-e, the floating world. This cultural bubble was a legally authorized safe space where sexual pleasure ruled paramount ... "I should branch out to Japonisme."...

Reviving two masters of ukiyo-e art

Edit The Japan News 06 Apr 2016

By Shinji Inoue / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer An exhibition featuring two ukiyo-e artists from the late Edo period (1603-1867) is under way at The Bunkamura Museum of Art in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo. Approximately 350 sheets of woodblock prints for 170 works of Utagawa Kuniyoshi and Utagawa Kunisada were selected from the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, a museum known for its extensive ukiyo-e collection....

MIA DEBUTS NEW EXHIBITIONS BY INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS (Miami International Airport)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Mar 2016

(Source. Miami International Airport). Travelers in Miami International Airport's Concourse D can now view two new engaging exhibitions by internationally renowned artists Tatiana Parcero (Cartographies) and Kanako Sasaki (Wanderlust), on display through September 2016 between gates D-22 and D-25 ... Wanderlust explores the artist's own imaginative world influenced by traditional Japanese novels, Ukiyo-e paintings and childhood memories....

03-16-16 "Perseverance: Japanese Tattoo Tradition in a Modern World" at Morikami... Complete Story (Palm Beach County, FL)

Edit Public Technologies 16 Mar 2016

(Source. Palm Beach County, FL). The Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach is hosting an unusual art exhibition through May 8. 'Perseverance ... The exhibit underscores Japanese tattooing as an art form by acknowledging its roots in ukiyo-e prints and examining current practices and offshoots of Japanese tattooing in the U.S. and Japan ... Both of these mindsets ignore the vast artistry and rich history of the practice ... (noodl....

A Third Gender opens at the ROM on May 7 (ROM - Royal Ontario Museum)

Edit Public Technologies 07 Mar 2016

(Source. ROM - Royal Ontario Museum). TORONTO, March 7, 2016 - The ground-breaking A Third Gender ... A Third Gender is the first North American display on wakashu ... A Third Gender features approximately 60 woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), visually representing wakashu ... The exhibition's prints were created in early 18 to mid-19 centuries by major ukiyo-e masters including Okumura Masanobu, Suzuki Harunobu, and Kitagawa Utamaro ... Said Dr ... $45) ... (noodl....

See, Feel, And Taste The Wonders Of Hokkaido And Tohoku Regions (Northern Japan) At Japan Week 2016 Annual Tourism Event Features Japanese Cultural Panoply

Edit PR Newswire 07 Mar 2016

NEW YORK, March 7, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Japan Week, New York's premier Japan travel and tourism event, celebrates its fifth year at Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall on March 10th - 12th, 2016 ... Travel and Cultural Highlights ... Learning about travel to Japan has never been easier. AMNET, H.I.S ... The TOKYO BOOTH at Japan Week features KEIZABURO MATSUZAKI, an UKIYO-E artist whose skills have made him a national treasure in Japan ... ....

Take Commemorative Photos with Red Mt. Fuji in a Kimono at Hakone Hotel Kowaki-en – Just an Hour Away from Tokyo!

Edit Yahoo Daily News 03 Mar 2016

HAKONE, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--. Fujita Kanko Inc., Hakone Hotel Kowaki-en (Location. Hakone, Ashigarashimo District, Kanagawa Prefecture; Manager ... This Smart News Release features multimedia. View the full release here ... With this in mind, the hotel has prepared a photo area where visitors can don a part of Japanese traditional culture, the kimono, and take commemorative photos against the background of an ukiyoe of red Mt. Fuji. Red Mt ... ....

Japan Week 2016 Returns To Grand Central Terminal On March 10th-12th, 2016 Annual Tourism Event to Showcase the Hidden Treasures of Northern Japan and Beyond

Edit PR Newswire 22 Feb 2016

Visitors to Japan Week will be able to get free Japan tourism materials, taste authentic foods and confectionaries from Hokkaido and Northern Tohoku, learn traditional arts and crafts such as ukiyo-e and kabuki makeup from certified Japanese masters, discover the charming folklore, the unique cultural heritage, and pristine nature of the entire ......

Making a Japanese woodblock print

Edit Longview News Journal 21 Feb 2016

You probably know what an ukiyo-e print looks like, even if you don't recognize the term. "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai is a familiar image around the world, a premier example of a Japanese art form that turns up on mugs and T-shirts as well as museum walls ... So when I heard there was a place in Tokyo where I could make an ukiyo-e print myself, I had to try it ... Bull provides a simple design for beginners ... SHARE ... ....

Smithsonian Receives Collection from Japanese American Painter Roger Shimomura (National Museum of American History)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Feb 2016

(Source. National Museum of American History). The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History will host 'Day of Remembrance ... Roger Shimomura is a painter, printmaker, performance artist, professor and collector who combines Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock prints, comic book characters and pop culture symbols to address the issue of American identity, including ethnicity and the views of the Japanese American experience ... to 5.30 p.m....

South London residents work with police to find 'serial' animal killer

Edit The Guardian 15 Feb 2016

Ritualistic killing of up to 50 cats and other animals in areas of south London has led residents to fear the perpetrator may start attacking people. @nadiakhomami ... Other victims include Amber, a tortoiseshell cat that was found dumped in an alleyway without her head or tail near her home in Shirley, Croydon, and a ragdoll cross called Ukiyo, which was found deposited on a neighbour’s doorstep with his intestines missing ... Jerome added ... ....

CRAFTS: When in Tokyo, try making a Japanese woodblock print

Edit The Oklahoman 10 Feb 2016

You probably know what an ukiyo-e print looks like, even if you don't recognize the term. "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa" by Katsushika Hokusai is a familiar image around the world, a premier example of a Japanese art form that turns up on mugs and T-shirts as well as museum walls ... So when I heard there was a place in Tokyo where I could make an ukiyo-e print myself, I had to try it ... "It's the old ukiyo-e quartet," Bull said ... ___....

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