The true history of architectural aberrations
Katsuhiko Akasegawa called the dead-end urban structures he came across ‘thomasson’ after a successful U.S. baseball player who moved to Japan and got nowhere
Powerful earthquakes leave at least 55 dead, destroy buildings along Japan’s western coast
Japanese media reports said tens of thousands of homes were destroyed. Officials warned Tuesday that more quakes could lie ahead
North Korea launches ballistic missiles toward sea in protest of US-South Korea military drills
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says the two missiles were launched from North Korea’s capital region and were a ‘grave provocation’
North Korea fires two missiles in tests condemned by neighbors
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Pyongyang has recently escalated nuclear threats and threatened an ‘unprecedentedly’strong response to annual US-South Korea military drills
World shares retreat after last week’s gains on Wall Street
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A report Friday showed that US inflation is continuing to cool, raising hopes for a smaller increase that’s less painful than last year’s aggressive hikes
Japan firm opens whale meat vending machines to push sales
Conservationists say they are worried the move could be a step toward expanded whaling
10 presidents of Peru, more than 20 years of instability
With the exception of a couple of interim presidents who held office briefly, the rest of the country’s modern leaders have suffered tragic fates, including jail terms, exile, or death by suicide
Tokyo opens first poop museum to explore a taboo topic among Japanese youth
The new institution, which adheres to the ‘kawaii’ esthetic, mixes the cute and cheesy with the grotesque. Social media influencers are its target demographic
The ‘gods’ of Japanese cuisine: ‘We have to stop wishing for so many things, and we have to do it now’
Hiroyoshi and Tomiko Ishida, 80 and 81 years old, are a legendary couple in the world food scene. They run Mibu in Tokyo, a haven of technical skills and respect for nature for chefs from all over the planet, a place somewhere between a restaurant, a club and a Zen sanctuary