News Headlines - 14 March 2021
▽Myanmar declares martial law in Yangon townships after deadly day
Myanmar's junta late Sunday imposed martial law in two densely populated Yangon townships after at least 18 protesters were killed in one of the deadliest days since the February 1 coup.
Sunday's violence brings the number of people killed in mass protests since the military wrenched civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi from power to around 100, though activists and rights groups believe it could be higher.
▽How the 2011 tsunami destroyed Japan’s trust in nuclear power | Al Jazeera
A large public opinion poll conducted by national broadcaster NHK at the end of last year found that only 3 percent of the Japanese public believed that nuclear power should be expanded, compared with 50 percent who felt that it should be reduced and 17 percent who wanted its immediate abolition.
▽Tokyo's last trains brought forward by up to 37 min. in new timetables - The Mainichi
New timetables with earlier last train services began March 13 on lines in the capital region operated by East Japan Railway Co. (JR East) and seven of nine major private firms.
The remaining two big private rail companies will implement their revised timetables within the month. For passengers, it means last trains are departing anywhere between 16 and 37 minutes earlier than before the revisions.
"I don't know anything about a scene, but what I can tell you is that there is a section of Tokyo called Ochanomizu, and in this section, if you're to walk in a one-block radius, there are countless music stores.
"They're all small, but they're all completely cramped to the brim, full of more gear than you could fit in the biggest guitar center.
▽JPG File Sells for $69 Million, as ‘NFT Mania’ Gathers Pace - The New York Times
After a flurry of more than 180 bids in the final hour, a JPG file made by Mike Winkelmann, the digital artist known as Beeple, was sold on Thursday by Christie’s in an online auction for $69.3 million with fees. The price was a new high for an artwork that exists only digitally, beating auction records for physical paintings by museum-valorized greats like J.M.W. Turner, Georges Seurat and Francisco Goya. Bidding at the two-week Beeple sale, consisting of just one lot, began at $100.
