2024-01-05 16:22 United News Network Corner International Daily Podcast Japanese photography master Noribu Sasayama passed away at the age of 83. The picture shows Sasayama Kishin visiting Taiwan in 2010 to attend the North American Pavilion Photography Exhibition…
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January 5, 2024, news tracking:
(1) Noto Peninsula earthquake. As of noon on January 5, 92 people were confirmed dead and more than 200 people were missing. Search and rescue operations are still underway. Since the earthquake, fake news about “artificial earthquakes” has also appeared on Japanese social platforms. More than 370,000 keyword posts have been circulated, including posts that add “three explosions occurred in the substation” and other similar posts. arts. Most of these false information were sent from Japan, but more than 2,000 pieces of fake information were also found to be from the United States and more than 750 pieces of information were found from Pakistan.
(2) The famous Japanese photographer – Noribu Sasayama – has been confirmed to have passed away on January 4 at the age of 83. Sasayama Kinobu was born in 1940, and he had already shown his prominence in his youth. In 1966, at the age of 26, Sasayama Kinobu was selected as one of the “Top 10 Modern Photographers” of the National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo. In 1970, he was honored by Mishima Yukio. was invited to take a series of themed photography for him. After that, Mishima Yukio launched a mutiny and committed seppuku. This series of works called “Fantasy Photos” was created on the 50th anniversary of Mishima Yukio’s death in 2020. Published as The Death of Man.
In the past, it was also because of Yukio Mishima’s introduction that Shinoyama Kinobu met the famous Kabuki master Bando Tamasaburo, and later he also took a photo album for Tamasaburo. In the 1970s, Sasayama Norin’s photo works of many idol female stars such as Yamaguchi Momoe made a sensation in Japanese society at that time, and also left behind the buzzword of the era such as “geographic writing”. Sasayama Kinobu’s photography not only includes the famous female nude portraits, but also diverse and rich themes such as “home”. His career as a photographer has also recorded almost the pulse of the times and people in Japan from Showa to Heisei.
(3) Two large explosions occurred in Kerman, a city in south-central Iran, on January 3, claiming at least 84 lives and injuring more than 284 people. On the day of the explosion, the city of Kerman was holding a ceremony to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the assassination of Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s “Quds Force” by the US military. The city was crowded with large numbers of pilgrims, resulting in casualties. heavy. On January 4, the Sunni Muslim radical organization “Islamic State” (IS) announced that it had committed the crime, but did not specify which regional IS organization was the mastermind.
▌ Extended reading: “Bloody Attack on Death Day: Explosion on Iran’s General Soleimani’s Memorial Day, At least 84 Killed and 284 Injured”
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