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UPI
17-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Wind chime market in Kawasaki, Japan, brings together art, color and sound
1 of 3 | Various varieties of wind chimes are displayed during the opening day of the Wind Chimes Market "Furin-Ichi" at precincts of the Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji Temple in Kawasaki, Kanagawa-Prefecture, Japan on Thursday. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo July 17 (UPI) -- The sounds of thousands of wind chimes may or may not seem enjoyable. But the fūrin (wind chimes) at the Kawasaki Daishi Furin-Ichi Wind Chime Market are nothing like the chimes in your mom's backyard. The annual chime market is happening now through July 21 at the Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji Temple in Kawasaki, Japan. This year is the 30th anniversary of the event, which began when a priest at the Buddhist temple had the idea to draw people to the city to enjoy the excitement of the market. As a head priest said: "We want visitors to hear the sound of wind chimes from all over Japan." There are more than 800 types of chimes from all over the country for sale at the market. They are made of ceramics, glass, metal and more, and they each have a unique sound. If you go, signal to everyone you expect only good vibes when you buy the temple's own chime: the Daruma Wind Chime for warding off evil. Japan's annual Furin-Ichi wind chimes market opens in Kawasaki Various varieties of wind chimes are displayed during the opening day of the Furin-Ichi wind chimes market at the Kawasaki Daishi Heikenji Temple in Kawasaki, Kanagawa-Prefecture, Japan, on July 17, 2025. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
UPI
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Watch: Le Sserafim releases video for 'Kawaii,' the 'My Melody' theme song
1 of 2 | Le Sserafim released a music video Tuesday for their song that will serve as the "My Melody & Kuromi" theme song. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo July 8 (UPI) -- Le Sserafim is back with a new music video. The South Korean girl group released the music video for their song "Kawaii," which will serve as the My Melody & Kuromi theme song, on Tuesday. The video shows clips from the Netflix show alongside Le Sserafim members Kim Chaewon, Sakura, Huh Yunjin, Kauha and Hong Eunchae, who sing and bake cupcakes together. "We rise and dance, dance, dance," they sing. "Cause you know, 24-7 I gotcha, 24-7 I gotcha." In the Netflix series, Melody owns a Mariland cake shop. Kuromi's sweet treat shop, meanwhile, isn't thriving. The characters were initially introduced in 1975 and 2005, respectively, and the series will follow the duo as they overcome "a crisis that threatens everyone," according to an official synopsis. In March, Le Sserafim released their EP Hot. K-pop stars walk the red carpet Lisa, of Blackpink, arrives on the red carpet at the MTV Video Music Awards at the UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y., on September 11, 2024. Lisa recently released a performance video for her solo single "Moonlit Floor." Photo by Derek C. French/UPI | License Photo
UPI
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Watch: Twice shares 'This is For' music video teaser
1 of 3 | Twice's Sana attends an event for Yves Saint Laurent Beaute Japan in 2023. Twice is teasing their upcoming album "This is For," due Friday. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo July 7 (UPI) -- K-pop girl group Twice is teasing a music video for "This is For" ahead of the release of their studio album of the same name, due Friday. In a teaser released Monday, viewers see the South Korean music artists dancing on set, wearing white tops and baggy camouflage jeans. "She should have realized when the director said, 'Let's have fun! This is for...'" a voice says in the background, twice. Twice includes members Momo, Sana, Nayeon, Tzuyu, Jihyo, Chaeyoung, Jeongyeon, Mina and Dahyun. The upcoming album celebrates Twice's 10th anniversary and will be promoted with a world tour, beginning July 19 in Incheon, South Korea. This is For marks the group's first album since 2021, when they dropped Formula of Love: O+T=<3. Stars shine on the red carpet at KCON Japan 2025 in Chiba South Korean singer Taemin arrives at KCON Japan 2025 in Chiba-Prefecture, Japan, on May 10, 2025. Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo
UPI
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Listen: Kard returns with 'Drift' EP, 'Touch' music video
K-pop group Kard attends the red carpet event for the Asia Artist Awards in 2022. They released new music Wednesday. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo July 2 (UPI) -- K-pop co-ed group Kard is back with new music. The group, which consists of rappers J. Seph and BM, and singers Jiwoo Jeon and Somin Jeon, dropped their 8th EP, Drift, Wednesday. They also released a music video for "Touch," one of the mini-album's seven songs. The video include clips of the singers dancing and partying in an apparent warehouse. The album also includes the songs "Betcha," "Before We Go," "Top Down" and "Pivot." Kard held a live-stream Wednesday to promote the new music.
UPI
30-06-2025
- Politics
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British court rules F-35 parts sales for use by Israel is legal
An F-35C Lightning II of U.S. Navy Strike Fighter Squadrons (VFA) 147 touches down at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi-Prefecture, Japan in November. File Photo by Keizo Mori/UPI | License Photo June 30 (UPI) -- A legal challenge in Britain to try to ban sales of parts for Lockheed Martin F-35 jets that may end up in Israeli fighters used to carry out airstrikes on Gaza, has been defeated in the High Court in London. Justices threw out the lawsuit brought by a coalition of human rights groups and charities, in a lengthy ruling Monday that said it was a politically sensitive matter best determined by the elected government and lawmakers and that the courts should not get involved. Lord Justice Males and Mrs. Justice Steyn wrote that the case pivoted on a "much more focused" question than an exemption the government made for the aircraft components, supplied to a multi-country support program for the F-35 Lightning II, when it suspended some export licences for weapons sales in September. "That issue is whether it is open to the court to rule that the U.K. must withdraw from a specific multilateral defense collaboration which is reasonably regarded by the responsible ministers as vital to the defense of the U.K. and to international peace and security, because of the prospect that some U.K.-manufactured components will or may ultimately be supplied to Israel, and may be used in the commission of a serious violation of international humanitarian law in the conflict in Gaza," the ruling said. "Under our constitution, that acutely sensitive and political issue is a matter for the executive which is democratically accountable to parliament and ultimately to the electorate, not for the courts." The court agreed with government lawyers that it was impossible, on a practical basis, for the Ministry of Defense to prohibit components destined for an eight-country international parts pool from ending up on Israeli Air Force aircraft. Doing so would require a total export ban that would place the entire F-35 program -- in which Britain is the second largest supplier to Israel after the United States -- in jeopardy, with serious implications for national defense and that of NATO and Europe. September's arms ban, which came after an internal government review found Israel's actions may have breached international humanitarian law, included parts for fighter jets, but only applied to direct sales to Israel. The court accepted the government's argument that the constructive impact of the program on global peace and security had to be weighed against a "clear risk of risk of the arms being used to commit serious violations of international humanitarian law or international human rights law." The bench handed down its decision after deliberating for six weeks following a four-day hearing in May. However, the case dates back to the previous Conservative administration when Palestinian rights group Al-Haq first partnered with Global Legal Action Network, Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and Oxfam to seek a judicial review of all weapons sales to Israel. Monday's ruling relates only to the carve-out for the F-35 parts made by the government in September and means U.K.-made components can continue to be sold to Lockheed Martin for the global parts pool. The plaintiffs' argument was that the government had a responsibility to "respect and ensure respect in all circumstances" the need to protect civilians in theaters of war and to prevent genocide as required by the Geneva Conventions and the 1948 Genocide Convention. The lawyers claimed Britain's duty regards the Genocide Convention did not require genocide to have been committed, but whether there was a "serious risk" it would occur. "The fact that those parts are now being transferred indirectly to Israel via the United States, rather than provided directly to Israel, does not minimize the severity of their impact on the ground in Gaza," they said. Last month, Britain was among five countries to sanction two far-right Israeli cabinet members -- Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir -- for allegedly inciting "extremist violence and serious abuses of Palestinian human rights" in the occupied West Bank.
