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Red Beard, the last Kurosawa-Mifune collaboration, is a film for these times — it’s about healing and hope
Baradwaj Rangan •Red Beard is a 1965 Japanese film about two doctors. It is really a story about healing: physical healing, emotional healing, social healing.

Australian Open 2020: Novak Djokovic breezes past Yoshihito Nishioka in straight sets, will face Diego Schwartzman in fourth round
•In the fourth round, Djokovic will meet Argentine Diego Schwartzman, who beat Serb Dusan Lajovic 6-2, 6-3, 7-6(7) earlier on Friday

BWF China Open 2019: Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty bow out in straight games in second-round men's doubles match
•Satwik will return to court, later in the day when he partners Ashwini Ponnappa in the mixed doubles second-round match against Yuki Kaneko and Misaki Matsutomo

Tokyo Olympics 2020: South Korea lodges complaint with IOC over use of controversial 'Rising Sun' flag by Japan during Games
•The 'Rising Sun' flag has been an ensign for Japan's Maritime Forces, but in much of East Asia, it is seen as a symbol of the country's military aggression during World War II

Naomi Osaka opens up about not enjoying tennis, explains reasons behind dip in form
•Naomi Osaka said that she has learnt a lot about her game and herself and is excited about the coming few months, looking forward to the US Open

Japan Open 2019: Kento Momota, Akane Yamaguchi complete home singles sweep, upbeat before Tokyo Olympics
•Japan's Kento Momota and Akane Yamaguchi completed an all Japan sweep of the men's and women's singles titles at the same venue which will host the Olympics

Indonesia Open 2019: Fifth seed PV Sindhu downs Dane Mia Blichfeldt to reach quarter-final; Kidambi Srikanth ousted in second round
•India's PV Sindhu battled past Mia Blichfeldt to seal her place in the quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open where she might face known rival Nozomi Okuhara

US releases footage of 'Iran removing unexploded mine' from oil tanker, Tehran dismisses 'unfounded' allegations
•The United States military released a video showing Iran's Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz.

116-year-old Japanese woman Kane Tanaka honoured by Guinness World Records as oldest person
•The previous oldest living person was another Japanese woman, Chiyo Miyako, who died in July at age 117.

Google Assistant goes bilingual, can understand, speak two languages at a time
Ians •Google Assistant can understand any pair within English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese.



