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Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Orlando Bloom Shares Cryptic Post as Ex-Fiancee Katy Perry Gets Emotional on Tour Amid Split
After nearly 10 years together, Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry are each navigating their breakup in their own ways. On Monday, June 30, the Pirates of the Caribbean actor, 48, took to his Instagram Story to share some sentiments from spiritual figures about moving forward in life. The Lord of the Rings star first shared a post by the Instagram account @Taomeditations that featured a quote from Buddha, which read,'Each day is a new beginning. What we do today is what matters most.' Bloom then posted a quote from the late Japanese Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda, which read, 'The important thing is to take that first step. Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.' While Bloom did not make it clear whether he was referring to his recent breakup with Perry in his stories, his cryptic posts come as the 'Roar' singer, 40, wrapped up the Australian leg of her Lifetimes Tour — where she got visibly emotional onstage on Monday at Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, South Australia. 'Thank you for always being there for me, Australia. It means the world!' the Grammy-nominated artist told the crowed through tears before singing her hit track 'Firework,' per a video from the June 30 concert. Perry had been touring Down Under throughout June, performing in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth before concluding in Adelaide. On Sunday, June 22, Bloom was spotted in Perth, seemingly visiting Perry with their 4-year-old daughter, Daisy Dove, according to photos obtained by TMZ. However, just three days later, on Wednesday, June 25, a source told Us Weekly that the couple had 'split but are amicable.' The source explained that the breakup was 'a long time coming' as things 'have been tense for months.' However, the source noted that Perry was 'distracted' and 'keeping busy' with her tour, which began in August and will run through December. Earlier that month, a separate source spoke to the outlet and said there was 'tension' between the couple because 'Katy has been very busy working, and they are apart often.' After news broke that their six-year engagement was over, Bloom attended Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding in Venice solo. Sánchez expressed that Perry's absence was felt at the festivities. 'We miss you, Katy ❤️,' she commented on the former American Idol judge's Friday, June 27, Instagram post, which featured photos of her in Australia. Bloom and Perry began dating in 2016 and were in an on-again, off-again relationship. Bloom proposed on Valentine's Day in 2019, and the pair then welcomed Daisy in August 2020.
Yahoo
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom Were ‘Living on an Island of Stress' Before ‘Sad' Split: Sources
Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom have not publicly spoken out about why they made the difficult decision to end their relationship, but according to a source, communication issues and busy schedules played major roles. 'Katy and Orlando have been suffering through the same problems that have plagued them for years,' an insider told People on Tuesday, July 1. '[They had] too much going on in their lives, which makes it hard to find time for each other and iron out disagreements. When they don't communicate properly, their relationship dips to a low level.' Perry, 40, and Bloom, 48, who share 4-year-old daughter Daisy Dove, had 'been living on an island of stress,' per the insider, and their relationship had been 'rocky' at the time of their breakup. A separate film source called the end of their relationship 'sad and unpleasant.' 'Sometimes love isn't enough to keep two people with different styles and outlooks on how things are done [together],' the source continued. 'It can overshadow the love.' As Star previously reported, the 'Wide Awake' singer and the Lord of the Rings star met at a Golden Globes afterparty in 2016, and they dated on and off for nine years until their most recent breakup was reported by People on June 26. 'It's not contentious at the moment. Katy is of course upset, but is relieved to not have to go through another divorce, as that was the worst time in her life,' a source spilled to Us Weekly, referencing Perry's relationship with Russell Brand, 50, who she was married to from 2010 to 2012. Perry and Bloom had been engaged for six years at the time of their split. Days after the news hit headlines, the Gran Turismo actor took to his Instagram Stories and shared a cryptic piece of wisdom from Buddha. 'Each day is a new beginning,' the quote read. 'What we do today is what matters most.' He later shared another quote from Japanese Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda. 'The important thing is to take that first step,' the post said. 'Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next.' That same day, Perry became emotional on stage while performing at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in Adelaide, South Australia, for her Lifetimes World Tour. 'Thank you for always being there for me, Australia,' she tearfully told the crowd at the time. 'It means the world!'
Buzz Feed
01-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
Orlando Bloom Shares Cryptic Posts Amid Katy Perry Split
Last week, news broke that Orlando Bloom and Katy Perry had split up, six years after they announced their engagement. Ahead of their split, multiple sources claimed that there was 'tension' in Katy and Orlando's relationship, with one report pointedly alleging that the negative reception of Katy's 2024 album, 143, caused her lots of stress. A few days ago, People reported that Katy was allegedly feeling 'pressure' as she adjusted to raising Daisy as a single parent. 'She never saw herself being a single mom,' the insider purportedly claimed. 'She's felt a lot of pressure about her tour and now this. It's been a lot for her. She's still doing great though.' Neither Katy nor Orlando have spoken out about their split just yet. However, the actor — who was pictured in Italy over the weekend attending Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's wedding — has now hinted at how he's coping with a series of cryptic Instagram posts. 'Each day is a new beginning. What we do today is what matters most,' read the first quote reposted by Orlando. He then followed up by sharing a quote from the late Japanese Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda, which read, 'The important thing is to take that first step. Bravely overcoming one small fear gives you the courage to take on the next day.' Take from that what you will. We'll keep you posted if anything else unfolds.
The Mainichi
24-06-2025
- General
- The Mainichi
A reopened nuke launch site in Okinawa reveals a dark legacy
NAHA (Kyodo) -- The tranquil village of Onna is one of Okinawa's most beautiful spots. Scenic beaches, dramatic rock formations and lavish seaside resorts dot the coast. But there's a dark legacy here -- a former nuclear cruise missile launch site built during the postwar U.S. military occupation. The Mace B cruise missile launch site is the last remainder of four that were constructed in the 1960s. Opened to the public for the first time this spring, the large concrete building, roughly 9 meters tall and 100 meters wide, sits on a hill facing the East China Sea. The United States occupied Okinawa from 1945 to 1972. As Cold War tensions increased, it accelerated its deployment of nuclear weapons on the main island despite anti-nuclear sentiment in Japan following the radioactive contamination of a Japanese fishing boat in the mid-1950s. The Fukuryu Maru No. 5 was exposed to fallout from the U.S. Castle Bravo nuclear weapon test at Bikini Atoll in 1954, killing one crew member and sickening the other 22. Following Okinawa's return to Japanese rule in May 1972, Soka Gakkai, a major Japanese Buddhist organization, purchased the lot that included the Onna launch site in 1976. With this year marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, the group restored the interior and opened the base to the public in March. Some 3,000 people have visited so far. "It gave me goosebumps. I was aware of problems involving U.S. military bases, but I had no idea about the deployment of nuclear weapons (in Okinawa)," said a 41-year-old woman who was visiting the site from Sapporo, northern Japan, with her parents. "Okinawa might not exist now if any nuclear missiles had been fired," she said. Isao Kuwae, 61, secretary general of Soka Gakkai in Okinawa, suggested that when the missile base was being erected local contractors may not have known what they were building. He added the Onna site is "the only place where you can see with your own eyes the past presence of nuclear weapons in Okinawa." A Mace B cruise missile was said to have a payload 70 times more powerful than the atomic bomb that the U.S. military dropped on Hiroshima in August 1945, killing an estimated 140,000 people by the end of the year. With a range of over 2,000 kilometers, the missiles, deployed at the bases in Okinawa in the first half of the 1960s, could strike China and parts of the Soviet Union. They were reportedly made ready for war during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis. But with the subsequent development of new missiles, the need for Mace B missiles diminished. They were removed from Okinawa starting in 1969, when the Japanese and U.S. governments agreed on Okinawa's return to Japan without nuclear weapons. Although Japan regained sovereignty and independence in 1952 under the terms of the San Fransico Peace Treaty, Okinawa continued under U.S. military rule for the next 20 years. In 1967, Japanese Prime Minister Eisaku Sato declared the so-called three non-nuclear principles -- not producing, not possessing and not allowing any nation to bring nuclear weapons into Japanese territory. At the time, the U.S. had some 1,300 nuclear weapons in Okinawa. "The three principles came into existence because there were nuclear weapons in Okinawa," said Masaaki Gabe, 70, professor emeritus at the University of the Ryukyus. "The Japanese government felt assured because of U.S. protection." Despite occupying approximately 0.6 percent of Japan's total land area, Okinawa still hosts some 70 percent of U.S. military facilities in the country, Gabe noted. In Yomitan, another Okinawa village where Mace B missiles had been deployed, Junshi Toyoda, 65, a local government official involved in compilation of the village history, said that present fears about the possible deployment of long-range missiles still exist. Threats from contemporary missiles with a firing range of several thousand kilometers overlap with those caused by the presence of nuclear weapons in the past. "The fact that nuclear weapons exist today makes it easier to feel the crises that was close to home during the Cold War era. I hope people will first learn about the deployment history of nuclear weapons in Okinawa," Toyoda said.
SoraNews24
24-06-2025
- SoraNews24
Searching for Japan's 'river of the dead' in Tottori Prefecture【Photos】
Legends say Sai no Kawara exists on the border between the realms of the living and the dead, but the map says it's in Tottori. Our Japanese-language reporter Ikuna Kamezawa was born and grew up in Tottori Prefecture, so it's a part of the country she's very familiar with. And yet, until recently, Ikuna had no idea that Sai no Kawara, the river of the dead, is in Tottori. First, a little cultural background. According to Japanese Buddhist tradition, Sai no Kawara is a river/riverbank that divides the worlds of the living and the dead. It's sort of like Greek mythology's River Styx, but Sai no Kawara is especially associated with the souls of children who die before their parents. On the riverbank, the souls of the children gather and are tasked with building stone stupa towers to earn salvation, but demons regularly come to knock the structures down before they can be completed, and the children can only persevere with the merciful help of the Jizo Bodhisattva. Ikuna can't recall having ever seeing any of those things during her days in Tottori, but when an acquaintance told her that Sai no Kawara is in her home prefecture, she was intrigued. So Ikuna whipped out her phone and fired up the map app, and sure enough, there it was in the town of Daisen, Sai no Kawara. ▼ 賽の河原 = Sai no Kawara But this only made Ikuna more confused. Daisen is where you'll find Mt. Daisen, the tallest mountain in west Japan. Ikuna has hiked the mountain and also visited the town at its base multiple times, and never knew the river of the dead was in the area until now. So Ikuna knew what she had to do: go back to Tottori and investigate. You can drive partway up Mt. Daisen, and the part near Daisenji Temple is a popular sightseeing spot. But since the map showed Sai no Kawara isn't on the drivable street network, Ikuna was going to have to go the rest of the way on foot. The path started out easy enough, but as she got farther away from the town, the smooth walkway began to get bumpier, and the path started a steady incline. Eventually the road turned into cobblestones, and then irregularly shaped rocks which had Ikuna wishing she'd chosen more outdoorsy footwear than a pair of stylish sandals. On the other hand, the scenery was beautiful. Though she was ostensibly headed towards the river of the dead, she was surrounded by lush plant life, with the trees' leaves a bright shade of green in the early summer sunlight. But while she saw plenty of picturesque forestland, Ikuna hadn't seen a river, so she stopped to check the map once again, only to find that she'd apparently already passed Sai no Kawara. Spinning around and heading back in the direction she'd come from, Ikuna kept an eye out for any sort of indicator of where she was supposed to turn off to get to Sai no Kawara, but she never saw one. However, when she got to this sign, located about six minutes on foot from Daisenji Temple and roughly halfway between it and Ogamiyama Shrine, her map app said she was very close to the river, and now she noticed something she hadn't when she'd passed by here before. There was a trail leading off from the main path. Now Ikuna really wished she'd worn hiking boots, or at least sneakers. With each step, she could feel buzzing bugs, sticky spider webs, or scratchy underbrush on her exposed toes. But still, she bravely pushed onward, and soon she could hear the sound of running water, telling her that she was getting closer to her destination. And Ikuna's courage and determination were rewarded when she passed through the last line of trees… …and arrived at Sai no Kawara! With Ikuna's reserves of bravery already depleted, she was glad to see there were no ghosts of demons here, just some lovely, tranquil scenery. And yet, this really is Sai no Kawara. There's even a sign marking it as such. So how did this place come to be known by that name? At some point in the region's history, it became a custom for parents whose children had passed away to visit this river. As mentioned above, at the Sai no Kawara in the realm of the dead, the children's efforts to construct stupas are constantly undermined by demos, so here in the world of the living, parents who came to this shoreline in Daisen would make stacks of stones for their children's sake, in hopes of providing them with comfort in the afterlife. It's a tradition that carries on to this day, and Ikuna did indeed see stacks of stones along the river, though she decided not to photograph them. However, visitors aren't discouraged from visiting this place, and Sai no Kawara has its own page on the official Mt. Daisen Tourism Guide website here, where it's listed as a historical site. Ikuna herself is fortunate enough to have never had to experience the sadness of losing a child, but seeing the stone stacks built by parents as a sign of love from parents to their children who've passed on left her with a deep sense of gratitude to her own mom and dad, and while her first thought after arriving back in town was to be happy that her toes were no longer at risk, her second was that she should give her parents a call and see how they're doing. Photos ©SoraNews24 ● Want to hear about SoraNews24's latest articles as soon as they're published? Follow us on Facebook and Twitter! [ Read in Japanese ]
