The death toll from Tuesday’s Taliban attack in Kabul more than doubled overnight from 28 to 64 and most of the casualties were civilians – including women and children, The Associated Press quoting AfghanInterior Ministry officials said Wednesday.Gen.Abdul Rahman Rahimi, Kabul’s police chief, told a news conference Wednesday two investigative teams have been appointed to investigate the attack in Kabul ...Secret Service....
Right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik’s human rights have been violated during his imprisonment for terrorism and mass murder, a Norwegian court has ruled ... Agencies. . . ....
In effect, they are the new “totalitarian” global order.Workers Historical Handcuffs Must Be Broken But again, the GBC is handcuffed to the history of workers. Not only did thousands of workers in London call for Prime MinisterDavid Cameron to resign over severe austerity measures and connections to the PanamaPapers, but many more around the world are doing the same. They too are handcuffed to history, the history of the GBC that is....
(Source. FSA - Financial Services Agency). Japanese. Based on the Strategic Directions and Priorities 2015-2016, announced in September 2015, the FSA has established the Financial Policies Monitor (System) to receive candid opinions and suggestions concerning financial policies and to reflect these in the FSA's financial policies ... Reference. '2015-2016 Strategic Directions and Priorities' ... Click here ... Click the attachment below ... YuriOkina....
By Junichiro Shiozaki / Yomiuri Shimbun Staff WriterKyogen master Nomura Mansaku, a living national treasure, will perform “Samba-so” later this month without wearing traditional costumes for the dance piece. He wants to show the audience he can act with a transcendental state of mind ... “Samba-so” is part of the noh piece “Okina,” which has a high status in the noh repertoire ... Slide 1 of 1 ... It requires both mental and physical strength ... ....
The most un-American of all American cities is bathed in literary culture ...Wild feel ... Aerial view of the Waikiki area of Honolulu ... The Hawaiian language as it was condensed into written form by missionaries, consists of just twelve letters – five vowels, seven consonants – plus an ‘okina, which is a reversed apostrophe to indicate a glottal stop between two syllables, helping visitors to pronounce names like Ka‘a‘awa (Kah-ah-ah-vah)....
The stage will be built specially for the event. “I hope visitors will enjoy the performance while feeling the wind,” said Shingu, 78 ... The work resembles birds or flowers ... In the show titled “Kaze no Noh” (Noh of the Wind), master noh performer Umewaka Gensho and other artists will perform “Okina” (Di-vine old man) on a stage measuring 7.2 meters by 7.2 meters, which will be built over the pond ... Slide 1 of 1 ... Click to play ... + - ... ....
More than 20 years after Bill Clinton weighed in on an internal Japanese battle to wrest control of economic policy from bureaucrats, it’s still raging. The good news, from Clinton’s perspective, is that Prime MinisterShinzo Abe may be getting the upper hand. In 1994, the U.S ... He has also this year seized control over the appointment of senior career civil servants ... Abenomics ... BudgetPower ... 15 ... YuriOkina, a JapanResearch InstituteLtd....
Bamboo cutter Okina (literally, "old fella"), voiced by Takeo Chii, chances upon a royal-robed nymph, as dainty as Thumbelina, inside a bamboo stalk. Once he brings her home, she swells into a human-sized infant, and Okina's wife, Ona ("woman"), voiced by Nobuko Miyamoto, miraculously begins nursing her....
The theater in ShibuyaWard, Tokyo, built in 1972, will be closed at the end of March ...Slide 1 of 1. Courtesy of Kanze Noh Theater. The stage of the Kanze Noh Theater ... “Okina” (The divine old man) is a ritualistic piece praying for peace and prosperity, and Kanze thinks it represents noh ... 6 ... “Okina” (with Kanze Kiyokazu), “Tsurukame” (The crane and the tortoise, with Katayama Yusetsu), “Shojo” (The tippling elf, with Sekine Shoroku)Speech....