Porous 'Gaps' Create an Integrated Public Space - In pursuit of creating a public space open to all citizens, the design incorporated three halls and ten studios, each designed with 'gaps', promoting the concept of "a theater for strolling, integrated with a park." This approach enables free access to the facilities as if one were meandering through a park, creating an expansive space filled with light and nature. About 350 cubic meters of wood were prepared from the project's outset for a three-year construction period the optimal amount to minimize impact on Osaka's annual wood supply You'll now receive updates based on what you follow Personalize your stream and start following your favorite authors If you have done all of this and still can't find the email Where to find all three Samurai and the Legendary Chest in Takatsuki Castle Takatsuki Castle in Assassin's Creed Shadows is filled with enemies but there's a legendary loot chest just waiting to be found and opened Like most other Assassin's Creed Shadows Castles you need to eliminate all of the Samurai within the castle itself to then gain access to the legendary loot chest that's hidden somewhere on the grounds if you find yourself out of rations or needing a break then don't worry - you can return to the castles at any time and leave at any point to refuel here's how to complete Takatsuki Castle in Assassin's Creed Shadows There are three Samurai in Takatsuki Castle that you need to assassinate to be able to open the legendary chest and complete the castle itself You'll need to be careful because enemies will trigger the alarm if you're found and set the entire castle on high alert You can take out the Samurai in any order you please and we strongly advise staying on higher ground to use Observation to mark out the Samurais Samurai will be marked with a helmet icon above their heads: Here's where to find all three Takatsuki Castle Samurai in Assassin's Creed Shadows: The first Takatsuki Castle Samurai can be found in the north-east corner of the castle we found it easier to climb down to the rooftops on the lower levels of the tower and wait for the Samurai to walk beneath it before attacking them There are a lot of bushes around this area you may kill them in the first hit or you may need to fight them to finish them off The second Takatsuki Samurai can be found in the south-east corner of the castle you can assassinate this target any way you'd like but we still highly recommend using a stealthy approach so you can get the upper hand on them there's an exploding barrel here you can set off with a Kunai to kill them we went a bit fancy and attacked them while using the grapple to swing over their head The third Takatsuki Samurai is in the west side of the castle We've marked their location on the map below: Now this one can be really fun if you stay patient Go along the outer wall of this area until you can see two enemies crouched under some cover near a red barrel with a target on it The Samurai will be walking up and down here Wait for the Samurai to stop to talk to the enemies by the barrel then use a Kunai aimed directly at the barrel to explode it This will instantly kill the Samurai and the other two enemies the first one is on the east side of the castle grounds near the Kano Painting We've marked the location on the map below for you: The second Takatsuki Castle alarm is in the south-west corner of the castle We've marked the location on the map below: climb the tower to the top and approach the bell use the prompted command to 'Sabotage' the bell This removes the enemy's ability to alert the rest of the castle to your presence When you've assassinated all three Samurai you can open the Takatsuki Castle Legendary chest which can be found in the top room of the tower the viewpoint is on in the north-east corner of castle grounds climb up to the roof below the viewpoint and look for an open window on the southern side Climb in and assassinate the enemy standing guard here (this will be easier if you're doing this at night open the door in the middle of the room to find the legendary chest For completing Takatsuki Castle you'll be rewarded with the Peasant Hat (Legendary Headgear) Adrenaline when Entering Combat (Engraving) That's all for now! If you're looking for more Assassin's Creed Shadows help, check out our pages showing you how to complete Osaka Castle and how to complete Amagasaki Castle © 2025 Eurogamer.net a brand of IGN Entertainment No part of this website or its content may be reproduced without the copyright owner's permission Eurogamer is a registered trademark of Gamer Network Limited Localised from this IGN wiki https://www.ign.com/wikis/assassins-creed-shadows Voice actor and singer Kanako Takatsuki announced she had gotten married on her X (formerly Twitter) account on December 28: いつも応援してくださる皆様へ支えてくださっている皆様へご報告です。 pic.twitter.com/DSVRhvGyb6 A message to everyone who always supports and encourages me Following her marriage announcement, Takatsuki released a second statement on December 31, New Year's Eve. In Takatsuki reported she is leaving the talent agency Amuse and would have further news regarding her career in 2025 ご報告続きではありますが、本日付けで約9年間所属した事務所アミューズを退所致しました！お世話になったスタッフの皆さん、マネージャーさん、所属アーティストのみなさまありがとうございましたっ！🙏今後の展開につきましては年明けにご報告させていただきます🎍まずは、良いお年を！ The Amuse website posted an update regarding Takatsuki's resignation from the agency The agency notes Takatsuki's exclusive contract with Amuse expires on December 31 but she would continue performing under the name Kanako Takatsuki in a charred wood exterior while attempting to create a simple yet complex the small residence is designed with a continuous floor arrangement that extends gradually over a series of sixteen different stepped floors rather than using walls and different floor levels to clearly divide the space into various functions everything loosely connects and disconnects from each other through stepped floors.all images by shinkenchiku sha 
tato architects has built the house in wood while the spaces between the floors were enclosed due to structural limitations by overlaying a diagonal grid rotated at 45° on top of a rectangular shell the japanese architecture studio attempted to create a simple yet complex and cave-like labyrinth captured inside a small house the floor rises from two different points in a spiral to meet on a floor that is the dining and kitchen and separates to finally meet again on the rooftop.  ‘the idea is to create a sense of expansion inside a small house so that you would find yourself on top of a rooftop in one moment the roof is designed to meet the setback regulations and when it was installed on top of the series of floors the site is in a suburban residential neighborhood on a slope developed into terraced plots; the neighboring ground levels are also uneven we thought about using a split-level composition in response to the conditions of the location – this idea eventually inspired the design for this project,’ adds tato architects sixteen different floors were packed into this small house expanding and moving around in different directions to create a functional cave-like foundation to support the life of the residents.’ architect: 
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total floor area: 96.05㎡ (83.81% of max 100% of floor area ratio permission) AXOR presents three bathroom concepts that are not merely places of function but destinations in themselves — sanctuaries of style Monostra is a medical journalist and editor He received his BA in Broadcasting from Montclair State University in 2011 Monostra has been in medical publishing since 2020 He is currently the Online Content Editor for Healio Endocrinology and Endocrine Today He has received seven awards from the New Jersey chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for feature writing Connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelmonostra.  More than 70% of patients admitted to a hospital in Japan with moderate COVID-19 whose condition worsened during hospitalization had dysglycemia Kaneko and colleagues conducted a retrospective analysis of patients admitted to Takatsuki Red Cross Hospital with COVID-19. COVID-19 patients in Osaka were stratified by disease severity into mild, moderate and severe categories. The analysis included 154 patients admitted with moderate COVID-19 from April 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021. Progression to severe classification, ventilation and advanced treatment, and mortality were outcomes in the study. The findings were presented at the American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions. Of 154 people admitted with moderate COVID-19, 62 were moved to the severe classification and 48 required ventilation. Fourteen patients died of COVID-19 after ventilation was declined by their families; of these, nine had dysglycemia. One person with diabetes experienced a non-lethal cerebral infarction. There were no deaths due to cardiovascular events. Kaneko said the findings highlight the importance of type 2 diabetes control and prevention. Kaneko said a more comprehensive, multicenter study covering all COVID-19 classifications from mild to severe is needed to confirm the findings. Kaneko S, et al. 1090-P. Presented at: American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions; June 25-29, 2021 (virtual meeting). Get the latest news and education delivered to your inbox The email address associated with your Healio account is: If you would like to edit or change the email address that your subscriptions and alerts are sent to, use the "Update email address" link. Activity saved! You'll receive reminders to complete your saved activities from Healio CME. We don’t flood you with panic-inducing headlines or race to be first We focus on being useful to you — breaking down the news in ways that inform We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today How the Best Picture nominee digs into Murakami and Chekhov by Alissa Wilkinson LinkDrive My Car is based on the Haruka Murakami story of the same name, but it doesn’t stop there. Janus FilmsAlissa Wilkinson covered film and culture for Vox Alissa is a member of the New York Film Critics Circle and the National Society of Film Critics.Near the end of Haruki Murakami’s short story “Drive My Car” — on which the multi-Oscar-nominated film is sort of based — two middle-aged men whose wife died years ago after a short bout with cancer the last man with whom Kafuku’s wife had an affair before her diagnosis about Takatsuki’s relationship with his wife and he’s also pretty certain that the other man truly loved his wife and hasn’t recovered from the loss He initiated the friendship with motives that weren’t entirely clear even to himself; he wants to hear more about his late wife but he also wants to better understand her reasons for sleeping with Takatsuki the pair have struck up a companionable and affable relationship without ever revealing to one another what actually happened telling Takatsuki that he grieves not having known his wife as well as he wished he did The other man seems on the verge of revealing what Kafuku already knows but instead his heart opens and he says a wise thing: The proposition that we can look into another person’s heart with perfect clarity strikes me as a fool’s game I don’t care how well we think we should understand them I think it’s possible to see what’s in there if you work hard enough at it So in the end maybe that’s the challenge: to look inside your own heart as perceptively and seriously as you can and to make peace with what you find there we have to start by looking within ourselves Kafuku is startled by the normally reserved Takatsuki’s conviction and clarity “They could see a certain sparkle of recognition in each other’s eyes,” Murakami writes Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s film Drive My Car differs substantially in its details from the story from which it draws its name but this theme — of the strange human struggle to actually know anyone to speak and be heard and understood — ties the two together strongly Hamaguchi used the framework of “Drive My Car” but mixed in two other stories “Scheherazade” and “Kino,” both of which appear with “Drive My Car” in Murakami’s 2014 collection Men Without Women and drew out a brief mention of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya in the original story into a full narrative thread We spend our lives trying to know one another In Hamaguchi’s spin on the story, the intricacies of language serve as a kind of metaphor for communication itself — a metaphor that’s also of a piece with Murakami’s use of the Japanese language Drive My Car locks into this theme and amplifies it across its three-hour runtime tugging at threads in the story and spinning them into variations has died; he never asked her about her actions and now carries around regrets Kafuku is being driven around by a young woman named Misaki who has a tremendously sad past of her own Hamaguchi changed a lot about Kafuku’s life is still alive; in the movie’s first moments she tells him a story that’s actually told by a character in “Scheherazade.” It’s a story about a teenage girl repeatedly sneaking into the home of her crush leaving small possessions behind and taking some of his Kafuku isn’t sure if the story is made up or drawn from his wife’s girlhood; in “Scheherazade,” the same confusion exists between the woman telling the story and the man listening after Kafuku’s wife dies (in this version we jump ahead in time two years and discover that he’s directing a production of Uncle Vanya at a theater festival in Hiroshima The festival has hired Misaki to drive him from his hotel to the rehearsals every day Misaki is about the age that a daughter Kafuku and his wife lost in childhood would be Takatsuki (younger in the film than in the story but still Oto’s former lover) auditions for Uncle Vanya and is cast — to his consternation — in the lead role Vanya is an old man at 47 (the play is set in the 1890s) whose life is heavy with regret — he has toiled for years at the rural estate of his former brother-in-law and with his reappearance Vanya finds he has nothing of his own Though Takatsuki’s career has run on some hard times thanks to his foolishness he’s still young and full of his own ego Kafuku and Takatsuki strike up an uneasy friendship over late-night whiskey neither quite telling the other what both know about Oto But Hamaguchi weaves elements of “Kino” into Takatsuki’s story (notably a confrontation between him and another man that goes tragically south) and the character becomes not just a figure of uneasiness for Kafuku but a figure of what happens to a man who doesn’t know himself enough to be honest Yet it’s mostly in the way Hamaguchi uses a non-Murakami text — Chekhov’s play — where the themes of Drive My Car start to emerge Kafuku’s production of Uncle Vanya is performed (in a move that’s never explained) with each performer speaking their own language: Mandarin They can’t understand each other; they are responding to something beyond just the words of the play Kafuku’s rehearsal process involves asking them to drain all emotion from their performance letting the words alone take root in them and grip them even when Kafuku’s processes frustrate his cast the actress who communicates in Korean Sign Language tells him that she has found a great deal of healing from her past hurt when she had to quit dancing after a miscarriage But Kafuku’s experience with the play is more complicated At the time he discovered his wife’s infidelity he was performing onstage as Vanya and nearly had a breakdown mid-show; now “Chekhov is terrifying,” he tells someone Some of that has to do with the character of Vanya whose soul has grown twisted with self-pity and rage at the disappointment of life If I live till 60 I have 13 more years to endure What will help me get through the days?” Some of Vanya’s regret and anguish has embedded itself in Kafuku’s lonely heart But Chekhov’s lines have another meaning for Kafuku: They’re his last tenuous connection to Oto though Kafuku is being shuttled around by Misaki because he’s acting in a production of Uncle Vanya.) Before Oto died she recorded one side of Uncle Vanya on cassette tapes so that he could practice his lines while he drove in his car though he’s not performing Vanya himself the words she says mediated through the tape deck Yet her persisting presence has also rankled in his soul because the question of why he couldn’t really know Oto fully the idea that it’s possible to see someone fully can only cause us pain because “it’s a fool’s game.” Talking trying to make oneself known — we might as well be playing roles on a stage mean so much in the end to Kafuku; as he says they “drag out the real you.” Portraying a man who is so weary of life he wants to die reserved Kafuku can tap into the emotions he’s buried deep inside It’s only in confronting his feelings of regret that Kafuku can find a way to move beyond his grief and care for others again but for the first time in a long time he can reach across the divide of language and self and feel once more is built around what Takatsuki says to Kafuku both at the bar in the story and in a car after a moment of decisive violence in the film: that the work of life is to seriously look inside ourselves and make peace with what we find That “if we hope to truly see another person we have to start by looking within ourselves.” In the place where language falls away we come to terms with what we’ve lost in the past Drive My Car is playing in theaters and streaming on HBO Max Understand the world with a daily explainer plus the most compelling stories of the day Here’s why your potentially romantic meetup actually sucks. A new prosecutor, a surprising defense team addition, and a whole lot of controversy. Candace Owens and Joe Rogan are the latest frontier of the Me Too backlash. Advice author Lysa TerKeurst has a devoted audience, a dozen bestselling books — and she’s divorced. Celebrating community and volunteerism at the Brazilian Consulate our students are shining a light on some inspiring LGBT figures you may not of heard of from the field of conflict and security MA International Relations student Mari Takatsuki tells us about Phyllis Arby (sometimes spelt Phillis Arby) a member of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in the United States during the Second World War You may know Phyllis Arby from propaganda images of the Second World War. Joining the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1943 she came to represent the image of WAAC - patriotic and hardworking far from the heteronormative ideals of 1940s America Arby was a lesbian who had spent her life facing discrimination against her sexuality Born in 1920, her teenage years were full of hardships. After writing a love letter to a girl at her school, she was expelled and kicked out of her home by her father, before moving to New York to live with her mother. For Arby, enlisting in the WAAC during the Second World War was a brief escape from societal norms that she struggled to fit into. She enjoyed wearing the uniform, and was able to meet other lesbians there although she still had to hide her sexuality Homosexuality was criminalised until 1962 across most States and military servicemen could not be ‘openly gay’ in the United States until as late as 2011. In a documentary film entitled Coming Out under Fire she recalled that she was asked if she had had sex with men and replied no with acceptable but false reasons While taking a course in radio repairing at the United Radio Television Institute, she met Mildred and their relationship began. Both Arby and her lover were selected to feature in their recruitment propaganda, although the military had no idea and no intention of of recruiting lesbians. 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It’s an exquisite Tower of Babel of a film—a thrilling mélange of Japanese with the crucial addition of Korean Sign Language are braided throughout (the gorgeous signing by the actress Park Yurim just about breaks your heart) “Drive My Car” is nominated for Best International Feature—if it doesn’t win in that category Captioning is both layered onto and represented in the film: it is a theatrical director known for his unconventional methods casts a play with actors of diverse nationalities who perform their roles in their native tongue When we first see him on stage (he’s by turns an actor and director) he’s playing Vladimir in Samuel Beckett’s “Waiting for Godot,” speaking his lines in Japanese; the production’s Estragon replies in Indonesian The film’s subtitling game is so strong that it requires three distinct typographies: roman type for translation from Japanese; roman type in parentheses for translations from all other languages (in the U.S English is not subtitled); and italic for translations of sign language as well as from signage (“Flowers & Vegetables For Sale” at a roadside shop) The film immerses us in what the French literary theorist Roland Barthes called “the pleasure of the text,” and the film proves to be a master class in one of his key concepts: intertextuality every text is woven together from disparate elements—among them is “a tissue of quotations drawn from the innumerable centres of culture.” A film that takes its title from and announces itself as “based upon” a Haruki Murakami short story would seem to be explicitly acknowledging its literary debts “Drive My Car” does lean most heavily on the Murakami story of the same name (“Doraibu mai kā” in the original Japanese publication) but while “Drive My Car” provides the film’s spine Hamaguchi has said that he found the story’s ending “abrupt,” telling an interviewer “I felt like I needed to take that story somewhere beyond where it ends on the page.” He found the material to do so in two other stories from the 2014 collection in which “Drive My Car” appeared The film’s most important and explicit intertext is Anton Chekhov’s “Uncle Vanya”; the play’s titular character is Kafuku’s signature role as an actor and most of the film focusses on a production he’s been brought to Hiroshima to direct It’s a play he literally knows by heart—not just his role While being driven the hour to and from the theatre every day in which Vanya’s lines are left out; he supplies them from the back seat This preparation is part of the Kafuku “method.” “The flow of the entire play,” he explains to his driver We’ve recently been reminded by Isaac Butler’s new book of the lasting influence of Method acting is resolutely anti-Method: submit yourself to the text without any preconceptions read the text without supplying any external emotions He attempts to impose this discipline on Koshi Takatsuki (Masaki Okada) the young actor whom he’s cast as his Vanya K: You don’t have to “do better.” Just simply read the text She all but cries out the quintessential (or clichéd) question of the Method actor: “What’s my motivation?” For Kafuku fully intends for Chekhov to terrify Takatsuki in a very particular way without having confided it either to Takatsuki or to Oto before her death In a twist on Prince Hamlet’s play within a play Kafuku believes that “Vanya” is the thing wherein he’ll catch the conscience of—well Takatsuki (as Vanya) is visibly shaken to be drawn into exchanges such as these: Voynitsky [Vanya]: She’s a good friend of mine Shakespeare’s Claudius only had to sit in the audience while his treachery was hinted at; Kafuku makes Takatsuki confess his infidelity in front of his director The film’s most powerful narrative device is a near-continuous deployment of this type of dramatic irony It’s not there in any of the Murakami source material; along with screenwriter Takamasa Oe Hamaguchi has realized the eerie dramatic potential of Chekhov’s words when wrested from their original context We’re first made aware of the uncanny relevance of the text of “Vanya,” written more than a century earlier But “Vanya” takes him right back to the scene he’s trying to forget: Astrov: [read on the tape by Oto] You envy him but the point is clear: Chekhov’s text is dragging out the real Kafuku to have the conversation he was never able to broach with his wife in real life the film’s editing makes it difficult to know when Kafuku is playing Vanya and when he’s in propria persona After a jump cut places his car in one of the film’s innumerable tunnels we hear Kafuku speaking: “There must be something How am I supposed to live out those thirteen years?” Is it live The film is filled with such uncanny moments though many aren’t obvious until a second viewing sitting in the back seat of the Saab with Kafuku recites dialogue from a story that Oto has told him; it ends with him voicing the protagonist’s confession: “I killed him I killed him!” We in the audience don’t yet know that minutes earlier Takatsuki has beaten up a fan who has invaded his privacy and even Takatsuki doesn’t yet know that the fan will die of his injuries When the Hiroshima police show up at rehearsal to arrest him for the killing Takatsuki has just shot Serebryakov on the stage Sometimes these intertextual echoes simply provide grace notes Kafuku is diagnosed with glaucoma in his left eye and prescribed eye drops to reduce the ocular pressure avoiding the talk that his wife has requested—and which he fears will signal the end of is in the midst of her closing monologue: “And when our last hour comes we’ll go quietly And in the great beyond we’ll say to Him that we suffered with tears of prescription eye drops rolling down his cheek Kafuku’s “method” is intended precisely to keep the actor and their role separate; Vanya is a place to which he retreats in order to avoid the unresolved conflicts in his marriage and his life Kafuku is back on the boards as Vanya; but when he comes to lines that have already struck us in the audience as uncomfortably ironic—those quoted above that he recites as he drives away from the scene of his wife’s infidelity—their weight becomes too much for him to bear leaving the other actors to improvise around his absence In the sleek confessional of Kafuku’s Saab Watari becomes his unlikely confessor; she is able to recognize as confession the dialogue that he thinks of as Chekhov’s The film takes the time that’s required to make us believe in the relationship that grows between them but you don’t begrudge it—not often does one learn that a two-hundred-minute film was edited down to three hours and desperately want to see those twenty lost minutes and through the surprisingly wise advice of none other than Takatsuki Kafuku is able to bring together the role and the life to find the middle ground between Stanislavski’s Method and his own When he first meets Watari and is told that she will be his driver Kafuku is quietly furious: he wants to drive his own car While we’re never going to hear him belt out the Beatles song’s refrain he’s recognized the importance of letting someone else take the driver’s seat A long-ago crime, suddenly remembered A limousine driver watches her passengers transform The day Muhammad Ali punched me What is it like to be keenly intelligent but deeply alienated from simple emotions? Temple Grandin knows The harsh realm of “gentle parenting.”  Retirement the Margaritaville way Fiction by F. Scott Fitzgerald: “Thank You for the Light.”  Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker. japan all images courtesy of naoko horibe architect’s office image © hiroyuki hirai japanese firm naoko horibe architect’s office has shared with us images of ‘house in takatsuki’ a two-storey private dwelling for a couple and their child in osaka situated in a crowded residential district of the city the design pivots around a central courtyard that maintains a sense of communication with the outdoors while limiting views of the street the house exhibits a closed expression towards the street corrugated black panels wrap around the form save for a semi-transparent window which lends views of the interior courtyard within which can be observed from the street and the alley serves as the focal point of the outdoor space from the back image © hiroyuki hirai integrating elements of the courtyard with the interior the majority of the programs – both public and private – are situated adjacent to the enclosed outdoor space the living and dining space benefit from floor-to-ceiling glazing which overlooks the tree below an elevated terrace constructed out of slats of wood serve as a way of extending the interior  over the garden when the space is needed facade finish image © hiroyuki hirai (left) gate closed (right) gate open image © hiroyuki hirai from elevated terrace image © hiroyuki hirai interior view image © hiroyuki hirai terrace space with mosquito net in use image © hiroyuki hirai views of office space images © hiroyuki hirai view of living space at night image © hiroyuki hirai courtyard at night image © hiroyuki hirai principal program: residence structure: wooden construction storeys: two above grade site area: 99.50 m2 building area: 52.17 m2 total floor area: 81.98 m2 Naoya Fukamachi is a university student whose ability to infallibly detect lies has left him friendless and isolated But when he writes a paper about a strange festival he wandered into as a child he catches the fancy of his folklore studies professor Akira Takatsuki a handsome and eccentric man with a passion for all things mysterious Naoya finds himself working as Akira's assistant helping him to interpret an array of unexplainable phenomena from haunted objects and cursed effigies to urban legends As this odd couple continues their investigations Naoya realizes that his professor has had a few bizarre childhood experiences of his own… Or is it just humans being weird and awful That's the central question explored in the first volume of Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture While most of the answers turn out to be the less fun ones the intriguing possibility of the second remains very real university first-year Naoya and his young professor have had supernatural experiences in their childhoods We know the truth about Naoya because his first-person narration of the event opens the novel; Takatsuki's experience is a little more vague but still very likely to have been the real deal all three of the cases the men explore in this book seem like they could be “real,” and it's that healthy dose of doubt that keeps the plot moving The novel has a way of uncertainty that makes it very readable even if you're not a folklore buff—and that's very appealing Leaf KYOTO event Popular Kyoto restaurants will also participate in the competition to determine the best in Japan Paella Summit 2024," the first paella festival in the Kansai region Sign In Register A Philippine-based education company is suing a Japanese student who came to Vancouver to study only to find herself expelled after questioning the education she was provided by a third-party international school It’s a case that Surrey lawyer Ryan Kusuhara says raises “curious” questions about how international education is delivered and regulated in B.C “It is curious that this institution under the notice of civil claim claims to be a registered corporation in the Philippines,” said Kusuhara representing Japanese student Saki Takatsuki The “Concordia International University” pamphlet initially provided to Takatsuki “gives an ordinary person the impression you’ll be receiving a Canadian education from Concordia in Canada as opposed to simply Cloud Nine College,” which is the third-party international school Concordia contracted Those alleged representations from Concordia International College of Asia and The Pacific form the basis of Takatsuki’s counterclaim against Concordia International the company is incorporated in the Republic of the Philippines It works with “local agencies in foreign countries to recruit international students,” who pay the agencies tuition fees Cloud Nine in downtown Vancouver is the “hosting school” for the advertised two-year program in B.C Takatsuki paid about US$28,000 in August 2021 to attend university if they complete a one-year English plan and a one-year co-op plan via Cloud Nine Takatsuki started her program but by September "made several complaints to Concordia regarding the program’s course arrangements universities available to students,” stated Concordia in its claim Takatsuki was then “abusive” to Cloud Nine staff and subsequently expelled; Takatsuki demanded a refund but was denied because she had exceeded 30 per cent of the academic year — the threshold for a refund Takatsuki made defamatory statements online about the college that were motivated by “malice.” Concordia’s lawyer David Chen sent Takatsuki a cease and desist letter on Oct 2022 and later filed a lawsuit against the student Takatsuki has denied she made the defamatory statements including from Twitter and YouTube accounts Concordia alleges were created by Takatsuki university options were limited upon arrival The alleged deficiencies of Concordia’s offerings as compared to its advertisements are denied by Concordia Both sides are seeking damages from one another None of the allegations have been proven in court Takatsuki told Glacier Media the saga with Concordia has placed financial pressure on her as the money she paid came from student loans back home She said she has since moved to Edmonton with her partner and continues to seek education in Canada Takatsuki said a legal trial was not on her radar when coming to Canada “I still feel I don’t get anything (about) what’s going on,” said Takatsuki There are no claims made by or against Cloud Nine College which is a certified institution by the B.C government Private Training Institutions Branch Cloud Nine College was found to have contravened the Private Training Regulation by failing to refund tuition within 30 days of the date on which the first 30 per cent of the hours of instruction are provided Kusuhara said he is still understanding how the case could shed light on how international education institutes are regulated in B.C Glacier Media has reached out to Concordia’s counsel for an opportunity to provide further comment on the case but had not received a response by deadline [email protected] Your browser does not support JavaScript, or it is disabled．Please check the site policy for more information Osaka Prefecture--To make the game competitive professional 8-dan shogi player Masahiko Urano spotted Takatsuki Mayor Takeshi Hamada an advantage when they played here in December 2017 Hamada won the “handicap game” played in a private room of a Japanese-style restaurant and other Kansai shogi players and fans are the big winners due to the mayor’s fascination with the traditional game Urano had been asked by a former official of Takatsuki city Takatsuki city signed a comprehensive cooperation agreement with the Japan Shogi Association The contract for the city’s cultural promotion based on the traditional board game was the first of its kind among municipalities nationwide Plans were then released to relocate Shogi Hall in Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward because of the building’s age Wondering whether the relocation of Kansai Shogi Hall in Osaka city was envisioned likewise Hamada quickly resorted to “a bold try” with an eye toward offering a new site for the facility Takatsuki city screened several municipality-owned candidate sites A city-run bus depot near the west exit of JR Takatsuki Station was singled out in 2020 executive director of the Japan Shogi Association A joint fund-raising program between the city and the association was suggested at the same time so that donations would be solicited under the “furusato nozei” hometown tax contribution system Inoue was astonished at the offer because he believed Kansai Shogi Hall would be rebuilt on the same grounds or be moved within Osaka city after the relocation of its Tokyo counterpart As the Japan Shogi Association was struggling to cover the estimated 1.3 billion yen ($9.7 million) or more for the facility’s relocation the suggested financial assistance was “welcome news” for the shogi community The association decided on the relocation plan at a special meeting in February 2021 given the city’s location that pro shogi players in the capital can reach the facility 20 minutes faster than at present by changing trains at JR Kyoto Station The shogi headquarters in western Japan will move from Osaka’s Fukushima Ward to Takatsuki in autumn 2024 who is noted for winning the prestigious Ryuo crown among his other titles and other players throughout the country are expected to compete in the bedroom suburb with a population of 350,000 “Having to leave the current place full of memories brings a sense of sorrow to me but I am looking forward to finding good eateries in Takatsuki for my improved performance,” Inoue said According to more than one association insider multiple shogi players have already decided to move to Takatsuki the city government is staging a crowdfunding drive for donations Donors contributing 50,000 yen will have their names inscribed at the relocated hall one can receive a folding fan featuring a Fujii match as well More than 210 million yen poured in under the campaign in fiscal 2021 and the municipality is continuing to solicit funds to achieve the final goal of 500 million yen Labeling itself as a “town of shogi,” Takatsuki plans to organize a shogi competition for children A match in the Osho championships will be held there on Jan where Osho-titled Fujii will battle Yoshiharu Habu who is considered one of the all-time greatest shogi players Takatsuki prides itself on its deep links with shogi Many shogi pieces dating to the Edo Period (1603-1867) have been discovered in the former site of Takatsuki Castle famed for its Christian feudal lord Takayama Ukon (1552-1615) It is also well known for its bonds with some ex-shogi title holders who described the city as “my memorial place,” is among shogi pros who have fond connections with Takatsuki Urano first saw his 8-dan teacher Sutekichi Nakai (1892-1981) through the Takatsuki city office That was when he was determined to become a pro after becoming enchanted with shogi in his fourth year in elementary school via matches with a friend The retired professional player Nakai was operating a shogi school around the time at his row house which is a three-minute walk from the planned site of the new Shogi Hall Urano recalled the smiling Nakai was surrounded by elderly individuals shop owners and company employees studying shogi in a space with five shogi boards Urano alike said he saw his bedridden teacher shed tears in pleasure hearing about Urano’s rapid rise in shogi circles a year before Nakai’s death at age 88 he would be content with the relocation plan while smiling,” said Urano expressing his special feelings about Takatsuki “I can vividly imagine how he would react.” VOX POPULI: Dream chance in shogi to watch players across generations Top-ranked shogi player Sato disqualified for leaving mask off Female shogi champ loses in bid to join top male pro ranks Acclaimed ‘shogi’ master Habu falls on hard times Information on the 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A series based on diplomatic documents declassified by Japan’s Foreign Ministry Here is a collection of first-hand accounts by “hibakusha” atomic bomb survivors chefs and others involved in the field of food introduce their special recipes intertwined with their paths in life A series about Japanese-Americans and their memories of World War II In-house News and Messages No reproduction or republication without written permission Abitare.it e Style.corriere.it rifiutando tutti i cookie di profilazione ad eccezione di quelli tecnici necessari Naviga il sito di Abitare.it con pubblicità profilata e senza abbonarti By subscribing you will reject all but technical cookies on Iodonna.it By clicking "accept" you will allow to process your personal data by us and third parties and be able to browse Abitare.it website without a subscription The Japanese studio Tato Architects has designed a detached house located on a small suburban lot at Takatsuki (Osaka) described as a “a polyhedral shell with an unexpected internal spatiality.” the result of the limits imposed on height makes the building look different depending on the point from which it is viewed The outer cladding of cypress boards is an unusual black colour because of their treatment with yakisugi natural and enduring technique that has a long history in Japan and entails charring the wood to make it more resistant The interior is fairly surprising: as in a cinematic sequence shot the rooms rise upwards almost as if they were playing tag in a dynamic spiral formed by an apparently fluctuating series of floors The activities of the house are laid out on a total of 16 levels platforms that expand and move around in different directions within the volume creating an unprecedented functional lattice shelves and hatches in which to store the objects of domestic life The climb is accompanied delightfully by steps of different character: suspended planks of plywood blocks of concrete and bent industrial sheet metal All the furniture is designed for the purpose including the brass lamp hanging over the dining table and a dressing area that vanishes from sight The materials chosen to line the interiors white mortar for the walls and grey mortar for the floors These finishes play an important functional as well as aesthetic role in the control of damp and are very resistant in the case of fires or earthquakes The apparent uniformity of the finishes is balanced by the mutable plays of light generated by the large windows “cut” out of each side of the volume which are independent of the flooring and able to produce a multitude of vistas In designing “in such a way that people can find their place in the architecture” the Tato Architects studio has tried out a Raumplan system that offers the inhabitants the freedom to explore and modify the spaces over time and website in this browser for the next time I comment The series follows literary editor Asahi Sena on her new assignment to her favorite writer She soon discovers that he may not be human and discovers a world of supernatural mystery Kadokawa has so far published four volumes for the novel series Kadokawa shipped the first volume of Sawamura's Associate Professor Akira Takatsuki's Conjecture light novel in 2018 The first volume of Aio's manga adaptation shipped in 2020 Yen Press publishes the manga in English, and Yen On publishes the light novels in English Source: Comic Gene's website an associate professor with a perfect memory and a “lie detector” student are challenged once more when a series of strange disappearances start occurring all across Japan Associate professor Akira Takatsuki possesses a “perfect memory” and can remember anything he sees It’s been a year since he began chasing down unsolved mysteries with Naoya Fukamachi a student who can feel when people are lying freelance photographer Hajime Terauchi visits Akira’s research lab He requests that Akira look into “Mana the Miracle Girl” of whom his mother is an avid believer and he begins to investigate with the help of one of the graduate students in his lab Akira’s own hidden past begins to come to light The Idolmaster series’ Yayoi Takatsuki appointed as a tourism ambassador for Takatsuki city A special event will take place on Yayoi Takatsuki's birthday Written by. Ryuki Ishii based on the original Japanese article (original article’s publication date: 2022-01-12 16:45 JST) Takatsuki city of Osaka Prefecture has appointed The Idolmaster series’ Yayoi Takatsuki as a tourism ambassador A life-size cardboard cutout of the character will be placed in the Ama site park and a special event will take place on her birthday Yayoi Takatsuki is an idol at the talent agency 765 Production who made her first appearance in The Idolmaster arcade game Yayoi also appears in the newest title The Idolmaster: Starlit Season as a member of the supergroup Project Luminous She’s from Saitama Prefecture and not from Osaka Takatsuki city is located midway between Osaka and Kyoto with an estimated population of around 350,000 Some people call it “Tokainaka,” a coined word that combines Tokai (urban city) and Inaka (rural area) Easy access to urban cities while being a nature-rich locale Takatsuki’s city council member Yuya Hirata explained in a tweet that Yayoi Takatsuki was chosen as a tourism ambassador due to her name’s affinity with the city itself and the Ama site park which preserves ruins of the “Yayoi” period たかつき観光大使に「高槻やよい」さんが就任することが決定しました。#高槻やよい pic.twitter.com/huwwGOXoES Although this is the first time the city officially recognized the character fans have been celebrating Yayoi Takatsuki’s birthday on March 25 by gathering at the Takatsuki branch of the restaurant chain Yayoiken for quite some time Yayoiken has announced an official collaboration event featuring Yayoi Takatsuki She’s known for her affinity with bean sprouts so maybe the event will take advantage of that Further information about the collaboration will be revealed in early March 今年の2022年3月。ついに…【アイドルマスター高槻やよい×やよい軒】のコラボが決定しました‼️プロデューサーの皆様へ。今年は全国の皆様と盛り上がる誕生祭イベントを考えているのでお楽しみに..✨そして、高槻やよいさん🧡『たかつき観光大使 就任』おめでとうございます🎉#idolmaster pic.twitter.com/A2BBI6hnze [Update 2022/01/13 11:15 JST]According to Bandai Namco’s announcement the city will celebrate Yayoi’s appointment on January 20 at Ama site park Original Yayoi Takatsuki related merchandise will be sold at the place as well Dynasty Warriors Origins focused on balanced sex-appeal that doesn’t compromise female characters’ roles and backgrounds, says series producer  Japanese NFT game company’s currency crashes after users discover infinite money glitch Shin Megami Tensei artist Kazuma Kaneko says teaching AI to draw like him was more time-consuming than making art from scratch  AUTOMATON WEST is operated by Active Gaming Media Inc.Reproduction in any form or medium without acknowledgment of Active Gaming Media Inc Copyright © 2025 - AUTOMATON WEST / Theme by Creative Themes Home > Happiness Studies News > A Sustainability Message Spanning Five Decades: Environmental Manga Artist Hiroshi Takatsuki (High Moon) One of Joe Biden's first acts after being inaugurated as president of the United States in January 2021 was to sign an executive order to have his country rejoin the Paris Agreement prolific Japanese environmental manga artist Hiroshi Takatsuki drew a cartoon depicting the re-entry of the U.S A special thing about cartoons and manga as a medium is that they can deliver a message without words This month's issue of the ISHES newsletter focuses on the efforts of Takatsuki who has created a platform that uses manga to succinctly portray environmental topics and for us to learn and think together about what we can do about them Takatsuki self-published his first collection of manga Inspired by an art club friend who had been drawing single-panel manga for a magazine he taught himself how to create manga by studying foreign cartoons The title "A-a" originates from the feeling of "Oh What are we going to do?" Since those early days he has maintained a consistent style that seems to strike a chord among readers He started drawing manga on the environment in 1978 At the time there was a debate in Kyoto about the growing litter problem from discarded soft drink cans and many discussed the responsibility of the industries that had introduced disposable containers into the market along with the need for measures to prevent littering Hoping to raise public awareness about the litter problem Takatsuki created and printed at his own expense a publicity campaign-style booklet of his manga he has contributed two comics entitled "Gomic Haikibutsu" (Garbage Cartoon) to every issue of the monthly industry journal Haikibutsu (The Monthly Waste) The title of these comics conveys his questioning about our lifestyles that waste precious things These comics have gradually expanded from initial themes of garbage and waste problems to environmental issues as a whole Each set of 100 manga are compiled into books and published as a collection in print about once every four years The Gomic manga was featured for a few years in a biweekly series "Learning Ecology by Professor High Moon's Cartoon," in the local pages of the Kyoto Shimbun newspaper since April 2016 One cartoon was selected from his collection each time and combined with a commentary to help readers learn about that particular issue "Picturecology" was published in 1990 as a picture book consisting of illustrations and stories It contained his works that had been published in the bimonthly newsletter of the Chubu Recycle Citizens' Organization The book clearly explains various environmental issues with data and illustrations The material was updated and reprinted a number of times and republished as a separate book containing 87 works in 2002 the Japan Environmental Exchange (J.E.E.) began publishing an Eco-Calendar on an environmental theme featuring important environment-related dates each calendar year The 13 manga illustrations on the cover and monthly calendar pages convey Japanese and English bilingual messages for the environmental movement It has been published annually for 30 years It appeared in a promotional magazine of a department store from 2011 to 2014 to introduce environmentally friendly products with his illustrations in a fun way the image below was to introduce recycled Japanese fashion items such as Japanese-style bags and sandal thongs originally made from used kimonos and traditional obi-belts of customers The environmental NGO Japan for Sustainability (JFS served as chief executive) posted on illustration a month from "Cartoon Gomic" with an English translation as "Eco Manga" on its website The series carried a total of 187 illustrations between June 2003 and 2018 when JFS ended active operations The information from JFS reached a high-interest global audience of individuals concerned about sustainable society The Eco Cartoons always ranked high in web traffic which attests to the quality and clarity of the message JFS held a Cartoon Popularity Contest for readers to choose their favorites and the following ones came in as the top three Takatsuki also serves as the director of the Miyako Ecology Center established in 2002 in Kyoto to commemorate the third Session of the Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP3) The Center aims to expand environmental education and environmental conservation activities The Center's website carries the following director's greeting from Takatsuki the Earth we are living on is in some trouble at the moment We are also facing resource and energy issues which lead to waste problems and water issues The Miyako Ecology Center is a place to study such global environmental issues and think about how we can save the Earth "Eco-mate" volunteers are waiting to show you around the Center Let's study environmental issues together and think about what we can do about them the Miyako Ecology Center provides a wide range of environmental education programs to bring together many people and NPO workers from Japan and around the world It aims to be a place for the following three purposes: The Center's website features Takatsuki's illustrations adding a touch of color in many places It represents the planet Earth and is nicknamed "Chikyumaru" ("chikyu" meaning earth + globe It depicts a troubled character with a high fever "I'll get better if everyone leads an environmentally friendly way of life!" Hiroshi Takatsuki been actively delivering environmental information and messages for over five decades as a manga artist so that people at home and abroad can understand environmental issues while also nurturing and supporting people working locally on in environmental conservation activities We hope you'll watch out for his future works Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist Japan for Sustainability e's Inc. If JavaScript is not enabled on your browser 2024 – ORIX Real Estate Corporation (“ORIX Real Estate”) announced that it began the development of the Takatsuki Logistics Center Takatsuki Logistics Center is located approximately 6.5 km from the Takatsuki Interchange on the Shin-Meishin Expressway and 7.0 km from the Ibaraki Interchange on the Meishin Expressway providing direct access to the two major transportation arteries which connect the east and west sides of Japan With the complete opening of the Shin-Meishin Expressway scheduled for FY2027 the transportation convenience of the area is expected to improve further but also as a connecting point between eastern and western Japan The facility is also convenient for commuting being approximately 2.1 km from Takatsuki-shi Station a limited express stop on the Hankyu Kyoto Line making it a highly advantageous area in terms of securing manpower for tenant companies The building is a four-story steel-framed structure with a total floor area of 63,261.53 m2 and can hold up to six tenants from a minimum lot size of approximately 8,300 m2 It has a slope from the first to the third floor and is equipped with berths*1 that can accommodate up to 41 heavy-duty trucks (10-ton trucks) on the first floor and 42 on the third floor at the same time The building is also designed with disaster prevention in mind including a seismic isolation structure and an emergency power generator for business continuity planning (BCP) The fourth floor has a cafeteria that can be used by employees of tenant companies for having lunch and a driver’s lounge with shower booths is located in a separate building on the premises contributing to an improved work environment for the people working at the facility and the drivers In addition to the solar power generation system installed on the rooftop ORIX Corporation will supply electricity with Non-fossil Certificates (with tracking certification) to tenants in the event of insufficient power generation due to weather conditions or during the night allowing tenants to use electricity from 100% renewable energy sources.ORIX Group has invested in and developed 49 logistics facilities It will continue to develop evolving supply chain strategies and environmentally considerate logistics facilities *1 A berth is a space used to connect trucks to the facility to facilitate the loading and unloading of goods ■Cafeteria and Driver’s Lounge for Employees’ Comfortable Stay The fourth floor of the facility will feature a cafeteria with 107 seats that can be used for lunch and breaks In addition to providing counter and sofa seating for lunch and breaks the cafeteria will also offer a comfortable work environment for employees of tenant companies offering desks with power outlets and a Wi-Fi environment so that they can also use the cafeteria for desk work.In addition a driver’s lounge with shower booths is located in a separate building on the premises designed with consideration for delivery personnel ■A Logistics Facility with Environmental Considerations Including an Electricity Supply from 100% Renewable Energy SourcesORIX Real Estate is working to develop logistics facilities with environmental considerations A solar power generation system has been installed on the roof under a power purchase agreement (PPA) model*2 and the power generated is consumed within the facility In the event of power shortages at night or due to weather conditions ORIX Corporation will supply electricity with Non-Fossil Certificates (with tracking certification) allowing tenant companies to use electricity derived from renewable energy sources for 100% of their electricity consumption ORIX Real Estate is actively pursuing environmental considerations by installing electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in the parking lot on the site *2 PPA is a business model in which a third party borrows the premises or roof of an electricity consumer installs a solar power generation system there and supplies the electricity generated by the system to the consumer Contact Information: Investor Relations and Sustainability Department ORIX Corporation Tel: +81-3-3435-3121 Caution Concerning Forward Looking Statements:These documents may contain forward-looking statements about expected future events and financial results that involve risks and uncertainties Such statements are based on our current expectations and are subject to uncertainties and risks that could cause actual results that differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements Factors that could cause such a difference include those described under “Risk Factors” in the Company’s annual report on Form 20-F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and under “(4) Risk Factors” of the “1 Summary of Consolidated Financial Results” of the “Consolidated Financial Results April 1 2024 News Releases List National Report An academic has republished his satirical illustrations from the early 1980s because society has continued with its wasteful and environment-destroying lifestyles “The fact that many works dating from almost 40 years ago still have a message these days made me aware once again how terrible problems linked to the global environment and waste have gone,” said Hiroshi Takatsuki a professor emeritus of environmental protection engineering at Kyoto University Takatsuki has been examining the composition of waste from households and offices to determine the correlation between citizens’ lives and the environment he printed his first comic privately in book form when he was a postgraduate in 1966 Takatsuki has released environment-themed works under his pen name High Moon--the English translation of his surname--and is currently a member of the Japan Cartoonists Association as an assistant professor at Kyoto University Takatsuki started presenting two single-frame manga in every issue of the monthly magazine Haikibutsu (Waste) His caricatures are still serialized in the specialized magazine Takatsuki’s cartoons have appeared 472 times in the publication His caricature series is named “Gomic: Haikibutsu” (Garbage comic: Precious waste) a parody of the phrase “Comic: Waste,” pronounced in a similar way in Japanese but written differently He said he came up with the title in the belief that “we may be unknowingly throwing away precious things through our lifestyles.” The first of his nine volumes put on sale in 1986 was recently reintroduced at readers’ request including a drawing of cheap disposable umbrellas littering a street and a painting in which hidden trash results in a far more serious problem children anxiously look at their parents wasting resources The revived edition costs 1,200 yen ($10.30) contact Takatsuki by email at (highmoontakatsuki@gmail.com) His past cartoons can be viewed at his website High Moon Gallery: (https://highmoonkobo.net/en/) The site also features Takatsuki’s explanations as a researcher for 10 categories food waste and the novel coronavirus crisis Never-ending trash forces closure of beach on isle in Ise Bay Baseball manga pioneer Shinji Mizushima dies at 82 109 manga artists sketch their daily lives amid COVID-19 The city of Takatsuki in the Osaka Prefecture will produce a PR anime starring Jun Fukuyama and Ayana Taketatsu as a married couple. The anime will be released through the city's official website and in YouTube ads from mid-November to December The ad will be part of the city's promotional campaign encouraging young people in their twenties and thirties to settle in the city as permanent residents a young man who was born and raised in Takatsuki Taketatsu plays a woman from Tokyo named Katsuki The two characters have been married for two years where they eat out and take trips together Further details, including an interview with the voice cast, will be released through the city's Instagram account at a later date Source: Comic Natalie The latest The Idolmaster: Platinum Stars character trailer introduces Yayoi Takatsuki Previous trailers introduced Chihaya Kisaragi and Takane Shijou Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without acknowledgment of Gematsu is prohibited Use of this site is governed by all applicable laws Website by 44 Bytes Phone: +44 (0) 1858 438800 Email: [email protected] You are currently accessing Investment Week via your Enterprise account If you already have an account please use the link below to sign in If you have any problems with your access or would like to request an individual access account please contact our customer service team Email: [email protected] Join now Login © Incisive Business Media Limited, Published by Incisive Business Media Limited, New London House, 172 Drury Lane, London WC2B 5QR. Registered in England and Wales with company registration number 09178013. Part of Arc network, www.arc-network.com The Majiha Sisters are magical girls who exist within Yuka Tokitate's beloved anime "Futari wa Majiha Knight." They fight to protect Earth from the demon lord Lucifer Takatsuki is also performing the anime's opening song "Anti world." The song's single release shipped on Wednesday as Takatsuki's solo artist debut The series premiered on Tokyo MX on October 2. The anime finished production of all 12 episodes three months before its October premiere. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs in Japan Liyuu, a popular cosplayer from Shanghai performs the ending theme song "Carpe Diem." Kodansha Comics is publishing the manga in English Yamakawa and Nao launched the manga in Kodansha's Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine in June 2016 and Kodansha published the manga's tenth compiled book volume on September 9 Kodansha Comics published the manga's ninth volume on July 14 Sources: I'm Standing on a Million Lives anime's Twitter account, MoCa News Osaka Prefecture--A 17-year-old male high school student and a woman were found lying unconscious in her apartment building here after the student allegedly broke in and attempted to kill her and himself 15 searched the house of the private high school student in Osaka Prefecture on suspicion of attempted murder were found collapsed in an outside corridor on the second floor of a three-story apartment building in Takatsuki at around 6 p.m Police said the woman had apparently suffered a blow to her head that fractured her skull while the student had stab wounds to his chest They were rushed to a hospital to receive treatment for life-threatening injuries sought help after an assailant visited their apartment on the second floor of the building and started scuffling with her mother The daughter told officers from the Takatsuki Police Station that an unknown man disguised as a delivery person broke into her apartment But she recognized the assailant as her former junior high school classmate when the officers told her his name which they had obtained during their investigation She indicated that he was her former boyfriend Investigators found a cardboard box with the logo of a home delivery company on it in the woman’s apartment handcuffs and other items in the room and an expandable baton in the corridor The prefectural police believe the student broke into the apartment and had carried in the weapons in the cardboard box The student was found collapsed in the corridor near the entrance to the apartment while the woman was lying a short distance from him in the same corridor Police suspect the student hit the woman over the head with the expandable baton and then stabbed himself heat illnesses: Death fuels debate over masks at schools Student accused of bringing knife in backpack to stab schoolmate 3-year-old boy likely died from being scalded with hot water Illegal casino busted in luxury apartment in Roppongi The latest idol introduction trailer for The Idolmaster: Stella Stage introduces 765 Production’s Yayoi Takatsuki If you missed it earlier this week, the previous trailer introduced 961 Production’s Shika The Idolmaster: Stella Stage is due out for PlayStation 4 in Japan on December 21 but the chef has a unique spin on daytime fare If you buy something from an Eater link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics policy Painter’s Tape resides in a diminutive strip mall just a few steps from the center of Gardena’s bustling restaurant scene on the corner of Western and Redondo Beach Boulevard chef-like approach to breakfast and lunch that seems to defy an easy categorization as Painter’s Tape works an unconventional approach to things as simple as waffles or a fried chicken sandwich has made this neighborhood spot a reflection of his upbringing The name recalls Takatsuki’s family business which was once a busy painting company in the South Bay Takatsuki trained everywhere from Payard and Le Bernardin in New York City to locally at M.B The idea was to bring “something cool” to Gardena which isn’t lacking for interesting food options especially when it comes to international cuisines there’s a massive collection of places with Thai food But Painter’s Tape is nothing like those places where a bar-height table holds copies of the menu and sushi bar-style checklist menus to make ordering (and eventual dish delivery) easier The menu is segmented into breakfast-y things Those looking forward a kind of straightforward morning meal can get soft cheesy scrambled eggs rosti potatoes with a pho sour cream and crunchy bean sprouts or potatoes ‘saltado,” the latter of which came out a bit mushy truly remind one of the Vietnamese soup and cost a mere $6 the fresh bean sprouts adding a pleasant crunch The stewed organic rice is the most Baroo-like of the offerings a gentle savory porridge with tabs of tangy plum and a soft-boiled egg to bind it all together Red chili corn on a cob might work better if grilled instead of boiled but the spicy aji panca chili butter keeps things interesting If those first few dishes are any indication of the general ingredient pool Takatsuki uses There’s a pepper-fried chicken sandwich with honey mustard and a shabu-shabu steak bun that’s reminiscent of a good roast beef sandwich though the steak sandwich tends to fall apart a bit after a few bites One of Painter’s Tape’s oft-used flavor profiles is the punchy sweet tartness of tomato and it’s used again and again to elevate the dishes And though it’s not very pretty to look at but the execution is more thoughtful than the classic Japanese snack While Takatsuki tends to play around with Latin American or other Asian flavors most of the concepts of each dish tend to start with a Japanese outlook Right now they have an active beer and wine license Another notable element of the restaurant is the service aspect one gets the sense it’s not a full service restaurant once they check off a half-sheet of paper with the items they want and present it to the cashier But things get hairy once seated at a table The checklists are posted vertically for cooks to come and drop off and water are all things diners have to acquire themselves at the front counter diners have to bus their own dishes to a station toward the kitchen It’s all an attempt to reduce the need for a service staff The best part is that not only is there no service charge here there’s not even a tipline on credit card transactions though Takatsuki says folks still leave cash tips in appreciation He’s thankful because that’s the mentality that tipping often has in other parts of the world that tips are just that: extra gratuity without the sense of obligation the locals are pretty content with the new addition Painter’s Tape is open for breakfast and lunch seven days a week from 8 a.m