The most recent pontiff inspired several documentaries about his life and travels, but there are fictionalized stories to enjoy as well Good reads for the month of April You can save this article ...

The Haiku Stairs were built in 1942 by the US Navy after Pearl Harbor. Two men, Bill Adams and Louis Otto, took just 21 days to stake out the path by pounding iron spikes into the cliff face. The Navy ...

Actress Doris Ogala has recounted her near-death experience, saying that she died and visited heaven before being sent back to earth. In a post on Instagram on Thursday, she said she was told to ...

It is called Easy and will be out on July 25 via Born Losers Records. The band has also released their first single from the album called “Heaven Year”. Bleary Eyed will be touring North America this ...

Japanese badminton player Chiharu Shida has issued a public plea to her Chinese fans, asking them to respect her privacy and stop stalking her. The 27-year-old has developed a large following in ...

Since its premiere, one question has kept popping up: is Lazarus an English anime or a Japanese one? And if you want to watch it with subtitles or in English dub, where should you go? At its core, ...

Paolo Bicchieri is the associate editor for the Northern California and Pacific Northwest region writing about restaurant and bar trends, coffee and cafes, and pop-ups. In July 2025 the first ...

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 ...

A Japanese space startup is buying US-made rocket engines for use with its small, reusable launch vehicles in a bid to bridge the gap between the country’s large-scale satellite production and ...

The push to hold bilateral trade talks comes as Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba convened a full-cabinet meeting on Tuesday morning to discuss the tariffs. Later, his administration selected ...

Japanese manufacturers are accelerating efforts to mitigate the economic impact of a massive earthquake forecast to occur in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast. Last week, the ...