Emiko Jozuka, CNN • Updated 17th February 2020Up nextTokyo (CNN) — Related contentMen in loincloths bathe in cold water to purify their souls as part of the "Hadaka Matsuri" (Naked Festival) at Saidaiji Temple on February 15, 2020 in Okayama, Japan. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty ImagesRelated content…Emiko Jozuka, CNN • Updated 17th February 2020Up nextTokyo (CNN) — Related contentMen in loincloths bathe in cold water to purify their souls as part of the "Hadaka Matsuri" (Naked Festival) at Saidaiji Temple on February 15, 2020 in Okayama, Japan. The Asahi Shimbun/Getty ImagesRelated contentWW…

AdvertisementAt 118 years old, the world's oldest living person is preparing to carry the Olympic torch this May in Japan.Kane Tanaka, who has twice survived cancer, lived through two global pandemics and loves fizzy drinks, will take the flame as it passes through Shime, in her home prefecture of Fukuoka.While Tanaka's family will push her in a wheelchair for most of her 100-meter (about 328 feet) or so leg, the supercentenarian -- a person aged over 110 years old -- is determined to walk the final few steps, as she passes the torch to the next runner.CNN spoke exclusively with Tanaka, who...…AdvertisementAt 118 years old, the world's oldest living person is preparing to carry the Olympic torch this May in Japan.Kane Tanaka, who has twice survived cancer, lived through two global pandemics and loves fizzy drinks, will take the flame as it passes through Shime, in her home prefecture of Fukuoka.While Tanaka's family will push her in a wheelchair for most of her 100-meter (about 328 feet) or so leg, the supercentenarian -- a person aged over 110 years old -- is determined to walk the final few steps, as she passes the torch to the next runner.CNN spoke exclusively with Tanaka, who...WW…

Karla Cripps and Emiko Jozuka, CNN • Updated 22nd February 2021Up next(CNN) — In this picture taken on February 18, 2017, worshippers wait for the priest to throw the sacred batons during the annual Hadaka Matsuri at Saidaiji Temple in Okayama.BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/AFP via Getty ImagesRelated contentAs part of the Naked Festival, participants purify themselves with freezing cold water before entering the main temple.Trevor Williams/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty ImagesRelated contentRelated content…Karla Cripps and Emiko Jozuka, CNN • Updated 22nd February 2021Up next(CNN) — In this picture taken on February 18, 2017, worshippers wait for the priest to throw the sacred batons during the annual Hadaka Matsuri at Saidaiji Temple in Okayama.BEHROUZ MEHRI/AFP/AFP via Getty ImagesRelated contentAs part of the Naked Festival, participants purify themselves with freezing cold water before entering the main temple.Trevor Williams/Getty Images AsiaPac/Getty ImagesRelated contentRelated contentWW…

By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Kristen Sorensen was 55 when she became paralyzed from the neck down last year.“It came out of nowhere,” says Sorensen. “I’d been fine and exercising every day, but it just started with tingling in my fingertips then progressed.”Diagnosed in October 2018 with Guillain Barre syndrome, a rare disorder that affects the body’s nervous system, she never expected to walk again.But earlier that year, the Brooks Cybernic Treatment Center in Jacksonville, Florida, became the first US center to use a unique rehabilitative technology developed in Japan...…By , and , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Kristen Sorensen was 55 when she became paralyzed from the neck down last year.“It came out of nowhere,” says Sorensen. “I’d been fine and exercising every day, but it just started with tingling in my fingertips then progressed.”Diagnosed in October 2018 with Guillain Barre syndrome, a rare disorder that affects the body’s nervous system, she never expected to walk again.But earlier that year, the Brooks Cybernic Treatment Center in Jacksonville, Florida, became the first US center to use a unique rehabilitative technology developed in Japan...WW…

By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Japanese social media users have accused Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of being tone-deaf after he posted a video of himself relaxing at home as people across the country struggle to work from home.During the , many multinational companies have turned to messaging and video conferencing software such as Slack and Webex to keep in touch with colleagues. But in Japan, about 80% of companies do not have the ability to let their employees work remotely, according to 2019 government data.Posted on , the video shows Abe reading a book, sipping a hot drink...…By , CNNLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Japanese social media users have accused Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of being tone-deaf after he posted a video of himself relaxing at home as people across the country struggle to work from home.During the , many multinational companies have turned to messaging and video conferencing software such as Slack and Webex to keep in touch with colleagues. But in Japan, about 80% of companies do not have the ability to let their employees work remotely, according to 2019 government data.Posted on , the video shows Abe reading a book, sipping a hot drink...WW…

MarketsFeaturedFear & Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Japan’s central bank just appointed its first woman executive director in 138 years.Tokiko Shimizu, a 55-year-old banker, was as part of a sweeping reshuffle at the Bank of Japan, becoming one of a team of six executives responsible for running the central bank’s daily operations.Shimuzu started working for the Bank of Japan in 1987. She took up roles in the financial markets division and in foreign exchange operations, and was general manager for Europe and chief representative in London between...…MarketsFeaturedFear & Greed IndexLatestBy , CNN BusinessLink Copied!Ad Feedback — Japan’s central bank just appointed its first woman executive director in 138 years.Tokiko Shimizu, a 55-year-old banker, was as part of a sweeping reshuffle at the Bank of Japan, becoming one of a team of six executives responsible for running the central bank’s daily operations.Shimuzu started working for the Bank of Japan in 1987. She took up roles in the financial markets division and in foreign exchange operations, and was general manager for Europe and chief representative in London between...WW…

Hong Kong (CNN)Two women in have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online.The cousins, aged 22 and 24, were shot and buried on May 14 in a remote village in Pakistan's North Waziristan province, according to police officer Muhammad Nawaz Khan.Khan said the father of one of the victims and the other victim's brother were arrested Sunday and confessed to killing the women. The leaked mobile phone video, in which the women appeared is a year old, but surfaced on social media this month, sparking the family's ire and decision to...…Hong Kong (CNN)Two women in have been murdered in a so-called "honor killing" after a video showing them kissing a man circulated online.The cousins, aged 22 and 24, were shot and buried on May 14 in a remote village in Pakistan's North Waziristan province, according to police officer Muhammad Nawaz Khan.Khan said the father of one of the victims and the other victim's brother were arrested Sunday and confessed to killing the women. The leaked mobile phone video, in which the women appeared is a year old, but surfaced on social media this month, sparking the family's ire and decision to...WW…