Teresa Teng fans remember singer at Taiwan concert 30 years after her death
Fans have remembered the singer Teresa Teng at a music event in Taiwan to mark 30 years since her death. The Taiwan-born performer was dubbed an "Asian diva" and was also popular in Japan.
Teng's family members and fans attended the memorial concert at a park in New Taipei in northern Taiwan on Thursday. Her grave is located in the park.
They offered incense sticks and flowers at her grave. Indigenous people played her songs with violins and other string instruments.
Teng was known for her many hit songs such as "I only care about you."
She died on May 8, 1995, at the age of 42.
A 30-year-old man from Taichung, central Taiwan, said he felt Teresa Teng was like a family member as he grew up in a single-parent household. He said her songs calm people's hearts.
The participants included Kobori Shotaro, deputy mayor of Mishima Town in the Japanese prefecture of Fukushima. Teng called Mishima her "hometown in Japan."
Kobori said the town hopes to deepen exchanges with Taiwan by cherishing its ties with Teng.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Japan Times
5 hours ago
- Japan Times
Fuji Media keeps real estate spinoff in play as activists circle
Fuji Media Holdings' incoming president said "all options' regarding its real estate operations remain on the table, including a possible spinoff along the lines of activist investor demands. The Japanese entertainment group last month rejected a shareholder proposal from Dalton Investments calling for a different slate of directors as well as a spin-out of its lucrative real estate arm. But the company has yet to finalize its long-term strategy, Kenji Shimizu said in an interview Monday. "The resulting scenario may be something along the lines of what shareholders propose, or we may pursue further growth instead,' Shimizu said. "Both scenarios are possible.' The Japanese broadcaster — which is struggling to recover from a sexual harassment scandal — has been sparring with activist shareholders in an exchange that's become a gauge of corporate governance in Japan. Both Fuji Media's executives and Dalton are on a campaign to win shareholder support ahead of an annual general meeting on June 25. For the near term, however, Fuji Media is reluctant to spin out the real estate arm. Operating profit in that division has grown four to five times since 2012, Shimizu said. In contrast, Fuji Media's intellectual property assets — key to improving profitability in Fuji's core media and content segment — will require several years to monetize effectively, said Shimizu, who is now president of the group's television network. The real estate business essential as a source of investment income for the foreseeable future, he said. Fuji Media has been struggling with declining advertising revenue alongside public condemnation of its handling of sexual misconduct allegations involving former celebrity Masahiro Nakai. Dalton has argued that Fuji should focus solely on growing its core media and content businesses. Dalton's co-founder James Rosenwald has said that he and Fuji Media's largest shareholder, Aya Nomura, agree that spinning off the real estate unit could potentially double the conglomerate's corporate value. Demands to split out the real estate operations will likely persist beyond the shareholder meeting later this month, Shimizu said. "Until our corporate value rises, we will continue to face such criticism,' he said. Fuji Media is proposing 11 directors to a board that will keep Shimizu but replaces the rest of its current lineup. Dalton has proposed an alternative slate of 12 directors, including Yoshitaka Kitao, chairman and CEO of SBI Holdings. "This board is the best we can offer now,' Shimizu said, but added that discussions are possible should any of Dalton's candidates be elected. "The task on hand is to discuss ways to enhance corporate value.'
Japan Today
a day ago
- Japan Today
Microsoft unveils ROG Xbox Ally handheld video game devices
Microsoft says that its coming ROG Xbox Ally handheld gaming devices will be available by the year-end holiday season, with pricing soon to be disclosed Microsoft on Sunday unveiled its first Xbox-branded handheld gaming devices, touting them as a way to play its vast library of titles anywhere. Two "ROG Xbox Ally" models made in a partnership with Taiwan-based ASUS will be available by the year-end holiday season, Xbox president Sarah Bond said during an online event showcasing games heading for the platform. "The Xbox Ally is an Xbox you can hold in your hands, bringing together the power of Xbox and the freedom of Windows," Bond said. "On this Xbox, you can play games across your entire library, including all the Windows PC game stores from Xbox and to Steam, GOG (Good Old Games platform) and Ubisoft Connect." The peek at Xbox Ally came just days after the release of Nintendo's Switch 2, the handheld console that could score record early sales for the Japanese "Super Mario" creator. The Nintendo device, which features a bigger screen and more processing power, is an upgrade to the Switch that became a global phenomenon with hit games such as "Animal Crossing." Microsoft promised to disclose pricing and release date details for Xbox Ally in the coming months. Both Xbox handhelds appeared similar to Microsoft console controllers in terms of buttons, toggles and grips but looked elongated to provide room for center screens. "When you power on your Xbox Ally, you'll boot directly into the Xbox full screen experience, a new feature optimized specifically for handheld gaming," Microsoft said in a release. "The Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X are perfect for players looking to take an approachable gaming experience with you during travels -- whether it's between airports, or between the comfiest chairs in the living room." © 2025 AFP
Japan Times
2 days ago
- Japan Times
‘Kokuho' finds riveting drama on and off the kabuki stage
Films set in the kabuki world are few, understandably so since the challenge of getting it right is so great. Daniel Schmid's "The Written Face" (1995) and Yukiko Takayama's 'The Maid of Dojoji Temple' (2004) managed it by casting real-life onnagata, players of female roles in all-male kabuki, as leads: Bando Tamasaburo V in the former film, Nakamura Fukusuke VIII in the latter. Based on Shuichi Yoshida's two-part novel, Lee Sang-il's monumentally ambitious and visually sumptuous 'Kokuho' takes another approach, with two young non-kabuki actors playing rivals-slash-friends in Kamigata kabuki, which once flourished in the Kansai region that encompasses Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe. The film, which was made with kabuki star Nakamura Ganjiro IV as adviser, brilliantly solves the authenticity problem, at least to the eyes of this non-expert. Stars Ryo Yoshizawa and Ryusei Yokohama spent months training to deliver stage performances that, captured by cinematographer Sofian El Fani's fluid and insinuating camerawork, are both convincing as kabuki and arresting as drama. Also, the glimpses of their off-stage lives, from the application of their elaborate make-up to backstage tensions and business calculations, feel like insider immersions, however brief. The film's story, scripted by Satoko Okudera, may turn shouty and even violent at times, but transforms Yoshida's doorstop of a novel into a tightly focused, if episodic, narrative that under Lee's assured direction rarely flags despite the film's nearly three-hour running time. Covering a span of five decades, it begins in 1964 with the shocking killing of a Nagasaki yakuza boss (Masatoshi Nagase) by a rival gang as his teenage son Kikuo (Soya Kurokawa) looks on. Fast forward a year to Osaka, after the boy's failed attempt at revenge, when he is accepted as an apprentice by Hanjiro Hanai (a fierce-eyed Ken Watanabe), the head of a local kabuki troupe. Starting leagues behind Hanjiro's son, Shunsuke (Keitatsu Koshiyama), who was born into the kabuki world, Kikuo quickly and enthusiastically catches up, even though Hanjiro is a harsh taskmaster. Jump head again to 1972, when Kikuo (Yoshizawa) and Shunsuke (Yokohama) create a sensation appearing together as onnagata in the kabuki dance 'Futari Fuji Musume' ('Two Wisteria Maidens'). But it is Kikuo, with his pop-idol good looks and burning passion for kabuki, whose star shines brighter. Nonetheless, he and the talented, if not as driven, Shunsuke remain close friends, like comrades in arms who know each other as no outsiders can. This friendship, however, is shaken when Hanjiro chooses Kikuo to star solo in the classic Chikamatsu Monzaemon play 'The Love Suicides at Sonezaki.' He is again a hit with audiences, but a disappointed Shunsuke departs from the troupe. From this point, not halfway in the story, it seems obvious that Kikuo, not Shunsuke, is destined to become the title ningen kokuhō (living national treasure) — a high honor awarded by the national government to masters of a traditional art or craft. Kikuo's path to this pinnacle is anything but smooth, however, and Shunsuke later resurfaces, his dream of kabuki glory still alive, if not well. Both men have women in their lives, but whether as a wife (Shunsuke's) or lover (Kikuo's) they leave little impression. Instead, the film's central relationship remains that between Kikuo and Shunsuke, through illness, setbacks and, in Kikuo's case, growing isolation as his art becomes both his life and the core of his being. 'Kokuho' gorgeously and starkly shows us both his triumph and tragedy.
