Originally published in Japanese in 1962, this tale appears here in English for the first time, on the centenary of the ...

At the end of World War II, the Japanese Unit 731 planned a biological attack on the USA. Tokyo had the technological capabilities to carry out such a strike, but the operation was cancelled at the ...

ON GOOGLE STREET VIEW it is possible to “drive” around parts of towns that have been occupied by Russia in Ukraine since its invasion in February 2022. To do so is to drive back in time.

Mosques were once a rare sight in Japan, but no longer. The latest, Masjid Istiqlal Osaka, opened in Osaka’s Nishinari Ward last year. It is housed in a former factory building.

The leader of the Green Party has said the passage of the Occupied Territories Bill will be a big test of the next government's ability to take difficult decisions. Roderic O’Gorman dismissed ...

During this weeklong holiday in the cold, dark dead of winter, pagans would lift their spirits by drinking to excess and giving one another gifts, such as pottery figurines, edible treats like ...

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A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has struck.

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