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Counting the Cost of Abe’s Controversial State Funeral

01/10/2022samura

In this week’s news roundup, we focus on Shinzo Abe’s controversial state funeral that took place on Tuesday. As well as the official guests inside the Nippon Budokan Arena, huge crowds gathered nearby to pay their respects outside. At the same time, there were also thousands of protesters expressing their anger at the LDP’s links with the Unification Church and the cost of the funeral, estimated to be around ¥1.66 billion. The ceremony could also prove costly for Prime Minister Fumio Kishida as the government’s approval ratings continue to plummet.

In other news this week, we report on Masao Adachi’s

Collier, Naples, Marco issue curves; schools remain closed

29/09/2022samura

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6:30 pm | Collier, Lee schools now closed for rest of week

Collier and Lee schools announced they will remain closed through the end of the week.

All school district sites will be closed, all after school-programs canceled. All extracurricular activities including athletic practices

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners Offers a Fresh Take on a Tiring Future

29/09/2022samura

It’s 2022 and most humans on the internet would have at least heard of the term ‘cyberpunk.’ Originally, it referred to a 1960s subgenre of science-fiction novels depicting a dystopian near future where cool technology is marred by human suffering and hedonistic pursuits. In Japan, the cyberpunk genre really took off in the 1990s with manga such as Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira and prominent Japanese role-playing games (RPG) such as Final Fantasy VII.

Cyberpunk today seems to diverge in two subgenres: the Instagrammable aesthetic of the backstreets of Shinjuku, graded in dark grittiness juxtaposed against high saturation neon signs; and that

Typhoon Nanmadol Causes Further Anxiety About Climate Change

24/09/2022samura

Last Sunday, news sources poured out headlines warning Japanese residents about the super typhoon Nanmadol threatening the country. For some, weekend plans were canceled due to heavy rain and wind, but for a whopping nine million others, it meant potential evacuation of their homes.

The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) proclaimed in a tweet that it was “one of the strongest typhoons ever seen,” and the amount of damage and displacement indeed supports this statement. The storm killed at least two and injured over 100 others. Two days after the height of the storm, at least 300,000 people were still without

Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral is her ‘final act as head of state’: What to expect from the ‘formal ceremony’

19/09/2022samura

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Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral will take place at Westminster Abbey in London on Sept. 19.

Queen Elizabeth died on Sept. 8 at Balmoral Castle in Scotland with members of the royal family by her side. Her Majesty’s death was announced hours after Buckingham Palace revealed she had been put under medical supervision.

The queen began lying in state at Westminster Hall on Wednesday after lying in state in Scotland first. Mourners were able to pay their respects to Queen Elizabeth II through the early morning hours of Sept. 19.

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell under fire for first class travel she says is for her safety as a Black woman and from Covid

17/09/2022samura

By Meron Moges-Gerbi, CNN

New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell says she will not pay back the city for her first-class travel despite policies put in place by the city requiring employees pay the difference for upgraded fare, because of her safety concerns as a Black woman and due to the Covid -19 epidemics.

“Anyone who wants to question how I protect myself just doesn’t understand the world Black women walk in,” Cantrell said in a recent statement to multiple New Orleans news organizations.

“My travel accommodations are a matter of safety, not of luxury. As all women know, our health

Surround Yourself With Luxury and History at FUFU Resorts

09/09/2022samura

There’s no such thing as visiting Kyoto or Nara too many times. In recent years, the two cities, located only an hour’s train ride away from one another, have seen a massive change in their landscapes, with one notable change being an increase in accommodation options. There are plenty of new places to see and stay when in the area, including two new FUFU hotels, FUFU Kyoto and FUFU Nara, for those with a enchant for luxury.

These two additions to the FUFU lineup promise nothing short of FUFU’s signature first-class service plus prime access to the history, culture and

Labor Day weekend journey exceeds pre-pandemic ranges

07/09/2022samura

The Transportation Safety Administration screened extra vacationers final weekend than throughout Labor Day in 2019, making it the primary vacation that exceeded journey in contrast with the identical interval earlier than the pandemic.

Why it issues: The busy Labor Day weekend caps off a summer time of “revenge journey,” with Individuals hitting the highway and reserving flights to make up for pandemic-related journey cancellations.

Driving the information: TSA screened 8.76 million vacationers from Sept. 2 to Sept. 5, which is 106% of checkpoint quantity from the identical interval in 2019, per a TSA spokesperson.

The TSA screened 8.62 million