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11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- First Post
Indian Man Attacked by Tiger While Taking Selfie in Thailand Vantage with Palki Sharma
Indian Man Attacked by Tiger While Taking Selfie in Thailand | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G Indian Man Attacked by Tiger While Taking Selfie in Thailand | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G An Indian man suffered minor injuries after trying to take a selfie with a tiger at Phuket's Tiger Kingdom. The shocking moment was caught on camera and has since gone viral. In the clip, the tiger suddenly lashes out, sparking serious concerns over animal safety and tourism practices. Viewers online are questioning the ethics and protocols of such attractions. Also on Vantage Shots: - Ex-PM Shinzo Abe's Widow Breaks into Tears While Meeting Putin - A humanoid robots play football in Shanghai. - This Day in 1987: Goa became a state of the Indian Union. See More
Hindustan Times
2 days ago
- Automotive
- Hindustan Times
Putin consoles former Japan PM Shinzo Abe's wife Akie, makes her smile with ride in own limousine
Akie Abe, widow of late Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, met Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow. Putin offered heartfelt condolences, praising Shinzo Abe's legacy in strengthening Russia-Japan ties. The meeting featured emotional moments, with Akie Abe visibly moved and Putin gifting her a bouquet of pink roses, chrysanthemums, and lisianthus. As a rare personal gesture, Putin arranged for Akie to travel in his luxury Aurus car to Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. This symbolic act highlighted diplomacy and humanity, emphasising the lasting impact of Shinzo Abe's efforts for peace and cooperation between the two nations.
The Mainichi
3 days ago
- Politics
- The Mainichi
Editorial: Japan law enforcement culture that bred false charges must be rooted out
The Tokyo High Court recently ordered the Tokyo metropolitan and national governments to pay compensation in a lawsuit brought by the president of machinery maker Ohkawara Kakohki Co. and other plaintiffs who were arrested and indicted on suspicion of illegally exporting materials, only for the charges to later be dropped. Upholding a lower court ruling, the high court acknowledged the illegality of the arrests, interrogations and indictments. It is an extremely heavy decision. The court condemned the unlawful investigation, in which police scrambled to make arrests without looking at the facts. The decision puts pressure on the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD)'s Public Security Bureau to go back to square one and reorganize itself. The ruling exposed the shoddiness of the investigation. The Public Security Bureau painted a picture of the Yokohama-based company engaging in an unauthorized export of spray dryers capable of producing biological weapons. It alleged there was a connection with China's military industry, but it turned out that this was not the case. The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, which oversees exports, had initially reacted negatively to the Public Security Bureau's own interpretation that the spray dryers were subject to regulations. The ministry may have eventually changed its interpretation in favor of the bureau after senior police officials encouraged them to do so. The company had also pointed out to the bureau that the method employed in an experiment to determine whether the spray dryers fell under export controls was possibly flawed. Although there were ample opportunities to reconsider the course of the investigation, the bureau went ahead with the arrests without any additional probes. During the trial, three police officers gave in-depth testimonies in court, with one stating, "The case was fabricated," and another remarking, "(The arrests) were made at the will of an individual with authority to make investigative decisions." The president and others were slapped with the false accusations just as the second Shinzo Abe administration was bolstering Japan's economic security. It is likely that the Public Security Bureau distorted the investigation in a rushed attempt to make achievements in exposing alleged crimes. If that's the case, it shakes our confidence in the organization from its very foundations. The defendants must refrain from appealing the latest ruling, and should immediately apologize to the president and other plaintiffs over the false charges. Having indicted the plaintiffs, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office cannot evade responsibility either. Even though the office received reports raising questions over the validity of the Public Security Bureau's experiments, prosecutors failed to halt the unlawful investigation. The court must also be called into question over its stance of not granting the release of the three arrested people on bail for an extended period of time -- yet another example of Japan's "hostage justice" system, where suspects are kept in detention unless they admit to the allegations against them. One of the accused was diagnosed with cancer while in detention and passed away before the charges were dropped. The culture that bred the human rights violations through these false charges must be investigated inside out.
Asharq Al-Awsat
3 days ago
- Business
- Asharq Al-Awsat
After Trump, Shinzo Abe's Widow Meets Putin
Russian leader Vladimir Putin hosted the widow of assassinated former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, the Kremlin said, five months after then US president-elect Donald Trump welcomed her at Mar-a-Lago. Akie Abe was not in Russia in an official capacity, and Tokyo -- whose relations with Moscow are frosty -- said Friday it had not communicated with the 62-year-old about the visit, AFP said. Putin said it had been Shinzo Abe's "dream" to conclude "a peace treaty between our nations", according to a Kremlin statement in English published on Thursday. "The current situation differs; we will not address that aspect today," Putin said, offering Abe flowers and reportedly his presidential limousine to go to a ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre. While Putin made a trip to Shinzo Abe's little-visited home prefecture Yamaguchi in 2016, Japan-Russia relations -- while never warm -- have deteriorated sharply since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Akie Abe, who also met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, said her late husband had met Putin no fewer than 27 times. "I might add that even after the onset of the challenging situation concerning Ukraine, my husband hoped to meet with you. Regrettably, circumstances prevented further meetings: his life was cut short," the Kremlin quoted Abe as saying. Born to a wealthy Japanese family, she married Shinzo Abe in 1987 and rose to prominence during his terms as prime minister from 2006-7 and 2012-20. As Japan's longest-serving premier, Abe became one of the country's most recognizable political figures, known for cultivating international alliances and his "Abenomics" economic strategy. He was shot and killed while speaking at a political campaign rally on July 8, 2022. Shinzo Abe was also close to Trump during the US president's first term, gifting him a gold-colored golf club that the American admitted in 2023 to temporarily misplacing.
France 24
3 days ago
- Politics
- France 24
After Trump, Shinzo Abe's widow meets Putin
Akie Abe was not in Russia in an official capacity, and Tokyo -- whose relations with Moscow are frosty -- said Friday it had not communicated with the 62-year-old about the visit. Putin said it had been Shinzo Abe's "dream" to conclude "a peace treaty between our nations", according to a Kremlin statement in English published on Thursday. "The current situation differs; we will not address that aspect today," Putin said, offering Abe flowers and reportedly his presidential limousine to go to a ballet at the Bolshoi Theatre. While Putin made a trip to Shinzo Abe's little-visited home prefecture Yamaguchi in 2016, Japan-Russia relations -- while never warm -- have deteriorated sharply since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine. Akie Abe, who also met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September, said her late husband had met Putin no fewer than 27 times. "I might add that even after the onset of the challenging situation concerning Ukraine, my husband hoped to meet with you. Regrettably, circumstances prevented further meetings: his life was cut short," the Kremlin quoted Abe as saying. Born to a wealthy Japanese family, she married Shinzo Abe in 1987 and rose to prominence during his terms as prime minister from 2006-7 and 2012-20. As Japan's longest-serving premier, Abe became one of the country's most recognisable political figures, known for cultivating international alliances and his "Abenomics" economic strategy. He was shot and killed while speaking at a political campaign rally on July 8, 2022. Shinzo Abe was also close to Trump during the US president's first term, gifting him a gold-coloured golf club that the American admitted in 2023 to temporarily misplacing. © 2025 AFP
