Hatsushima is not a particularly busy station, relative to Japanese rail commuting as a whole. It serves a town (Arida) of about 25,000, known for mandarin oranges and scabbardfish, that is ...

With his black uniform jacket slung rakishly over his shoulders and his feet propped up on a Japanese school desk as he held court with his crew, Jason Wu was taking great satisfaction in being a ...

A porcelain racehorse is expected to fetch £1,000 at auction. The horse and jockey, believed to be a unique piece of Beswick, will be sold at Charterhouse's three-day auction in Sherborne later ...

China has executed a man who was sentenced to death for a fatal knife attack on a Japanese school bus last year in the city of Suzhou in eastern China. The Chinese man in his 50s attacked the ...

The total value of an artist’s artworks sold at auction over a specific period. This metric reflects the artist’s overall market activity and demand in monetary terms. The middle value of all realized ...

TOKYO, April 17 (Reuters) - When a severe rice shortage sent prices skyrocketing in Japan last year, Tokyo restaurant owner Arata Hirano did what had once seemed unthinkable: he switched to an ...

Vaughn P. Drake Jr., who at 106 was believed to be the oldest surviving veteran of the 1941 Japanese surprise attack on Hawaii, died Monday in Lexington, Ky. Drake was a 23-year-old Army engineer ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a range of historical artefacts, including an ancient chariot wheel and a 3,500-year-old Bronze Age cremation urn. At the site of the Old Petty Championship Golf ...

Natto is a traditional Japanese dish made from fermented soybeans. It’s characterized by a slimy, sticky, and stringy texture and has many nutritional benefits. It may promote stronger bones and ...

Lobna Yakout's son Zayn was taken by her abusive ex-husband while she was living in Egypt. Details of the victims have not yet been released, but two children were reported among the dead. Another ...

Most of us start our good morning with a nice cup of tea. Even billionaires start their morning with either a coffee or a cup of tea. However, some of us either start our cup of chai on a tapri or our ...

As they figure out what's next, Faith and her aunt feel relieved knowing crews saved a precious item inside, Grandpa's urn. "They brought it out when we were walking back to the car, my mom’s ...