Beijing has long perfected the art of budgetary camouflage. Significant sums are routinely hidden off the official balance ...

Spring also brings vibrant festivals, from the dazzling Takayama Matsuri to Kyoto’s geisha-led Miyako Odori. Whether you’re ...

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Inspiring Vacations' top destinations for 2025 include the central Asian "Five Stans," Morocco, Patagonia and Japan.

Watch out for that bat behind you,” warned Luca Messina, a civil engineer who moonlights as a speleo-archaeologist with ...

Its popularity in the West has helped to cement Japan’s global cultural influence, as Japanese cuisine gained a reputation ...

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NORTH Ayrshire Provost Anthea Dickson paid a visit to the Dalgarven Mill Museum of Country Life and Costume. She attended to view the latest exhibition, 'Treasures of the Orient', which features ...

For tens of thousands of years, across all the long eons from the birth of the first man to the coming of the Emperor, ...

Operation Barney was conceptualized by Vice Admiral Lockwood to avenge the loss of Wahoo and her intrepid crew.

The Omoro Sōshi, a collection of some 1,500 songs written in the 16th and 17th centuries, is the oldest extant text in Ryukyuan literature and a veritable treasure trove of indigenous culture.

Hot Toys debuts a Japan-exclusive 1/6 Galen Erso figure from Star Wars: Rogue One. Features Mads Mikkelsen's likeness, ...