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Global Church News - Behold the newly-discovered painting in Rome's Catacomb of Callixtus Jul 22, 2015 A recent discovery in the Catacomb of Saint Callixtus, an early Christian series of tombs beneath Rome which once held the bodies of 16 Popes, has ... [1]

TOKYO -- The delayed opening of the Major League Baseball season in the U.S. in July has prompted much talk about the return of Japanese pitcher Shohei Ohtani, the Los Angeles Angels star whose 160 kph fastball is the quickest in Japanese baseball hi... [2]

TOKYO -- Keith Spencer, a 37-year-old American artist, has been staying at a hotel in Kyoto since last year. He likes the learning atmosphere and compares it favorably to his time in graduate school. [3]

Hossein Farmani built a business empire founded on his passion for photography. An Iranian immigrant to America, he started as a young photographer in southern California, where he launched Vue, a lush fashion magazine, in 1984 and then the seminal p... [4]

Settai (business entertainment, often in the form of dinners), is a curious feature of Japanese corporate culture that is at its most intense in Tokyo, where a thriving business-social scene is encouraged by high-context official communication styles... [5]

Yangon – In Myanmar, there are a lot of artists, art lovers and collectors but art auctions are rare. The country’s biggest ever art auction, “The Unique Art Exhibition and Auction”, was held this week at the Novotel Yangon Max. [6]

After returning from my "humiliation" in Paris, I began helping my mother at her dressmaking shop in Kabukicho. [7]

PATTAYA, Thailand – There’s nothing quite as beautiful as celebrating a birthday and few know how to do it better than Anselma and Gerrit Niehaus. [8]

Sources
[1] MM heraldmalaysia.com · 85% match

Global Church News

Global Church News - Behold the newly-discovered painting in Rome's Catacomb of Callixtus Jul 22, 2015 A recent discovery in the Catacomb of Saint Callixtus, an early Christian series of tombs beneath Rome which once held the bodies of 16 Popes, has

[2] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-08-21 · 43% match

Lessons from a Japanese baseball maverick

TOKYO -- The delayed opening of the Major League Baseball season in the U.S. in July has prompted much talk about the return of Japanese pitcher Shohei Ohtani, the Los Angeles Angels star whose 160 kph fastball is the quickest in Japanese baseball hi

[3] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-08-15 · 38% match

Japan hotels: An immersion in modern art

TOKYO -- Keith Spencer, a 37-year-old American artist, has been staying at a hotel in Kyoto since last year. He likes the learning atmosphere and compares it favorably to his time in graduate school.

[4] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2016-12-23 · 34% match

New photo gallery boosts Bangkok art scene

Hossein Farmani built a business empire founded on his passion for photography. An Iranian immigrant to America, he started as a young photographer in southern California, where he launched Vue, a lush fashion magazine, in 1984 and then the seminal p

[5] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2024-01-17 · 32% match

Genteel Japanese art of the business dinner

Settai (business entertainment, often in the form of dinners), is a curious feature of Japanese corporate culture that is at its most intense in Tokyo, where a thriving business-social scene is encouraged by high-context official communication styles

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2019-10-24 · 32% match

Myanmar Hosts First Major Art Auction

Yangon – In Myanmar, there are a lot of artists, art lovers and collectors but art auctions are rare. The country’s biggest ever art auction, “The Unique Art Exhibition and Auction”, was held this week at the Novotel Yangon Max.

[7] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2022-04-12 · 31% match

The birth of Y's: Yohji Yamamoto (12)

After returning from my "humiliation" in Paris, I began helping my mother at her dressmaking shop in Kabukicho.

[8] TH www.pattayamail.com · 2024-02-19 · 31% match

Gerrit Niehaus celebrates 85th birthday in grand style

PATTAYA, Thailand – There’s nothing quite as beautiful as celebrating a birthday and few know how to do it better than Anselma and Gerrit Niehaus.

[9] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2018-11-28 · 31% match

A glowing success

Lighting in Japan tends to veer between two opposing modes: dazzling convenience-store brightness and the dim, enveloping glow of a paper lantern.

[10] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2021-08-04 · 30% match

Japanese artist finds new style of flower power

TOKYO -- In September, a Japanese artist with spiky blond hair and a gentle smile will put up what promises to be a monumental and eye-catching work in New York's Times Square.

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