|
|
|
Sunday 22nd November, 03:58 AM JST SINGAPORE — Anime fans from all over Southeast Asia gathered here Saturday for the region’s biggest anime festival. Thousands thronged the two-day Anime Festival Asia, most of whom had been...
TheBostonChannel.com - News — Sun Nov 22 12:00:00 UTC 2009 Residents of Boston’s Fenway neighborhood celebrated the news Saturday that a once-popular strip of businesses that was gutted by a fire in January may be on the...
Two years ago, Japanese blog queen Shoko Nakagawa created the oddball character Sukashi Kashipanman, a parody of costumed Japanese superheroes. After flourishing as a small anime/game/manga franchise in Japan, Shokotan's...
FUKUOKA (Kyodo) Asashoryu floored Kotoshogiku to stay on course for his 25th Emperor's Cup at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Friday. The Mongolian firebrand (6-0) retained his share of the lead with fellow yokozuna Hakuho...
The Democratic Party of Japan's oldest lawmaker recently had a few bitter words for his old friend, DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa. Speaking in Fukuoka earlier this month, Kozo Watabe... Read more . . .
Enjoy the Best Winter Holiday Activities for Young People The BM offers children's events for the 2009 winter holiday related to its current exhibitions, Professor Munakata's British Museum Adventure, and Moctezuma Aztec Ruler....
Mitsubishi delivers on promise: One i-MiEV to City of Vancouver, two to BC Hydro VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Editors Note: A photo for this release will be available via Marketwire on the picture wire of The...
Back in February 2009, on a sightseeing trip with my mother-in-law, I stopped at Castle Junction in Kane‘ohe, Hawai‘i, to photograph the Kane‘ohe Ranch Building, which is on the National Register of Historic Places. Nearby was...
Beauty on paper: Takashina Takakane, "Miracles of the Kasuga Shrine," scrolls 1, 5 and 19 (detail), Kamakura Period, dated 1309, three from a set of 20 handscrolls. SANNOMARU SHOZOKAN (THE MUSEUM OF...
FUKUOKA--The bodies of seven Japanese killed in a blaze at an indoor shooting range in Pusan last weekend arrived at Fukuoka airport on Thursday evening, accompanied by bereaved family members. The bodies were to be returned to...
