“The Boy and the Heron” made history Sunday night by becoming the first Japanese film to win best animated feature at the Golden Globe Awards. The victory is not only Japan’s first, but Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli and U.S. distributor GKIDS’ as well.
The Noto Peninsula in Japan s Ishikawa Prefecture has recorded 1,214 tremors rated at least 1 on the seven-point seismic intensity scale in the week that followed a powerful earthquake that jolted the region on New Year s Day, the NHK broadcaster reported on Monday.
A woman in her 90s rescued Saturday survived five days following a catastrophic 7.5 magnitude Jan. 1 earthquake which rocked central Japan, the BBC reported.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Japanese Foreign Minister Yōko Kamikawa in Kyiv. Source: President's website; Zelenskyy's evening address Details: The President stressed that the head of the ministry makes her first international visit to Ukraine in the new year, which is a very important signal of support for the Ukrainian people.