At the Niihama Taiko Matsuri in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, teams of around 150 people carry taikodai: three-tonne parade floats housing a huge taiko drum. In a spectacular display of strength, the ...

An assistant foreign language teacher was stunned when a colleague pushed a student by the arm, violently grabbed another student’s shoulders and angrily shouted at them. The American man, who ...