Japanese prime minister hosts Iftar for Muslim representatives

Sunday, March 2, 2025

PanOrient News

TOKYO: Prime Minister ISHIBA Shigeru hosted a Ramadan iftar on Friday, with around 25 Japan-based ambassadors and heads of Islamic missions attending.

The event was held at the prime minister’s office in Tokyo. Diplomats attending the event included the ambassadors of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen, Algeria, and Palestine.

The prime minister welcomed his “precious friends” from the various ...

Cannes Film Festival Honors Studio Ghibli

Thursday, April 18, 2024

(Hayao Miyazaki)

By Nada Azhari

TOKYO- The Tokyo-based Studio Ghibli has become the first group to receive the coveted Honorary Palme d’Or at The 2024 Cannes Film Festival in May. The award is usually awarded to very talented individual actors or directors.

Iris Knobloch, President of the Cannes Film Festival, said the award was a historical first. “Japanese animated cinema is experienced as one of the great adventures of cinema, between tradition and modernity.”

Toshio Suzuki, speaking on beha...

Internet Watch Foundation seeks to clamp down on child images

Tuesday, April 9, 2024

By Khaldon Azhari
TOKYO- (PanOrient News) The unrestricted availability of AI image-creating software has seen an increase in the number of illegal images of children across the internet and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) is seeking regulation to stop abusive use of this software.

“The really dark reality of this technology means that people can use it to create whatever fantasy or whatever thing they want to do to children, and it's incredibly dangerous,” according to Michael Tunk...

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