Japanese historic ties with Samarahan
By Syamimi Husna KOTA SAMARAHAN: The Japanese site around Samarahan here is among the evidence of the Japanese arrival in the Land of the Hornbill in the past. Head of Muara Tuang Constituency Service Centre Operation Headquarters, Aziz Mohamad said that looking at history, Samarahan was one of the areas where Japanese soldiers were stationed […]
Online programme attracts 25 Japanese, M’sian youth
KUCHING: Twenty-five Japanese and Malaysian youth recently gathered online for ‘Diversity Voyage 2022’, a Global Citizenship Programme organised by GiFT (Global Incubation x Fostering Talents) from August 26 to September 2. The youth comprised 15 overseas and 10 local undergraduate students. According to a statement, the aim of the programme is to explore the secrets […]
Excited about meeting Japanese students, learning language
By Neville Timothy Sanders & Gabriel Lihan KUCHING: Students from Santubong Secondary School were thrilled to meet the Japanese students from Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS). They were also excited about learning some of the Japanese words through the mini workshops conducted by the Japanese students which were led by their visiting lecturer Faridah […]
Foreigner fined RM4,500 for keeping drugs
KUCHING: The Magistrate’s Court here on Wednesday (Jul 27) sentenced a Japanese national to a fine of RM4,500 or 10 months’ jail in default, for possession of 2.63 grams of Methamphetamine. Magistrate Syarifah Fatimah Azura Wan Ali sentenced Tomu, 38, after an amended charge was read in front of him. According to the charge, he […]
Bon Odori – much ado about nothing
My country is the world and my religion is to do good. – Thomas Paine, American philosopher Two months ago, in May, the Japan Club of Kuala Lumpur happily announced that the Bon Odori festival is back in Malaysia after a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic. The event will be held at the Shah […]
Indonesia deports Japanese fugitive accused of COVID relief fraud
JAKARTA: Indonesia today deported a fugitive accused of masterminding a lucrative scheme in his native Japan to defraud a government fund offering COVID-19 relief subsidies, officials said. Mitsuhiro Taniguchi, 47, appeared before reporters at an immigration office in the capital of Jakarta and was flown back to Tokyo on an early morning Japan Airlines flight […]
Archival Papers Find Place in UNESCO’s Memory of World Register
Nanyang Volunteers – Part 3 Dr Julitta Lim Shau Hua, the president of the Association of Sarawak Chinese Academic Research (ASCAR), recalled that the year 2019 marked the 80th anniversary of the epic event of the Nanyang Volunteers. A year earlier, 2018 was the most significant year, as the ‘Archives of Nanyang Volunteer Mechanics and […]
‘Musubi Kiln’ Japanese tableware offers overseas customers new dining lifestyle
KUALA LUMPUR: Musubi Lab LLC has opened ‘Musubi Kiln’, an online shop and media portal which opens up a new dining experience for overseas customers by introducing traditional Japanese tableware and food culture. Not only does it make accessible to traditional tableware from all over Japan, it also contains helpful information, ranging from tips of […]
End of the road to All England for Peng Soon-Liu Ying
KUALA LUMPUR: Unseeded Japanese pair Yuki Kaneko-Misaki Matsutomo stunned Malaysia’s Chan Peng Soon-Goh Liu Ying 21-14, 22-20 to qualify for the mixed doubles final at the 2021 All England Badminton Championships in Birmingham on Saturday. Third seeds Peng Soon-Liu Ying were completely outplayed by Yuki-Misaki in the first game. However, the 2016 Rio Olympics silver […]
An interesting but imperfect work of Japanese feminism
Book Title: Territory of LightISBN: 9780241312629Author: Yuko TsushimaPublisher : Penguin Classics (GB)Publication Year: 2019Price: RM55 This lovely, melancholy novel painstakingly documents a year in one young woman’s life. A woman and her husband are looking for an apartment. It’s not for them to share; her husband is leaving her but wants to find her a […]
