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In a hall on Japan's Sado island, 71-year-old Yoshikazu Fujimoto strikes the imposing drum mounted before him, producing a boom so powerful that it reverberates through the floorboards. Fujimoto is a veteran performer of Japanese taiko drumming, a musical form with roots in religious rituals, traditional theatre and the joyous abandon of seasonal festivals called matsuri. But for all its ancient pedigree, taiko as a stage performance is a fairly modern invention, developed by a jazz musician and popularised in part by one of Japan's most famous troupes: Sado island's Kodo. Fujimoto is the oldest of the 37 musicians that make up the group, which recruits members through a rigorous two-year training programme. It was founded partly to attract people to Sado, off Japan's west coast, and tours internationally, spreading the gospel of taiko. "Taiko itself is like a prayer," said Fujimoto, who came to Sado in 1972 to join the group that evolved into Kodo. This photo … [Read more...] about ‘Straight to your soul’: Japan’s taiko reinvents drum tradition

A train hit two teenage students riding an electric bicycle when they were crossing the railway in Hanoi on Friday afternoon, killing one of them and injuring the other. A representative of Ngoc Hoi Gas Station under the Vietnam Railways Corporation said later on the same afternoon that functional forces are clarifying the cause of the collision between the SE5 train, which was traveling from Hanoi to north-central Nghe An Province, and the two students’ electric bike at 1:55 pm. While the boys were crossing a railway section in parallel with Ngoc Hoi Street in Thanh Tri District, Hanoi on their way to school, the train hit and knocked them about 20 meters away, according to the representative. The electric bicycle was badly damaged while one student died on the spot and the other was seriously injured and was taken to hospital. Both of the boys were born in 2008 and are students of Van Dien Town Middle School in Thanh Tri District. The crossing they traveled on was … [Read more...] about Train-electric bike collision kills one boy, injures another in Hanoi

Participants in the seminar pose for a group photo. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Embassy of Vietnam held a seminar with Vietnamese scientists and intellectuals in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on May 15 to discuss cooperation in science and technology. Nearly 30 Vietnamese professors and doctors from leading universities and research institutes in the RoK, along with representatives of the Vietnamese Students’ Association in the country attended the event. Counsellor Do Thi Bich Ngoc, head of Vietnam’s division for science and technology in the RoK, provided an overview of Vietnam’s orientations for scientific - technological development and innovation, noting that the country views science and technology as an impulse for growth. Participants presented some speeches on the studies on environmental and climate change issues, metaverse development, the chemical industry, 3D printing, and human resources development, which are being conducted by Vietnamese scientists in … [Read more...] about Vietnamese intellectuals in RoK talk sci-tech cooperation