One Man’s Sex Doll Museum Pushing Limits In Japan’s Subculture Scene
YASHIO - Japan holds a reputation for having some of the world's most eccentric and offbeat subcultures, and one man is pushing the boundaries...
Welcome Torito de Pucará Ambassador of the Peruvian Highlands
Siam Piwat and the Embassy of Peru in Thailand Present "Torito de Pucará: Ambassador of the Peruvian Highlands" Art Exhibition June 28 - July...
Italian Painting Looted By Nazi Germany In 1940 Found In Japan
TOKYO - A valuable painting looted from a Polish aristocrat in 1940 by Nazi Germany has been discovered in Japan and returned to Poland,...
Notre Dame’s Fire-ravaged Roof Rebuilt Using Medieval Techniques
France (AP) — If time travel was possible, medieval carpenters would surely be amazed to see how woodworking techniques they pioneered in building Notre...
‘Sam Smith’ Returning to Bangkok After 5 Years
BANGKOK — Promoter Live Nation Tero on Friday announced ticket prices for the Sam Smith concert in Bangkok later this year.
Rare Artwork Found Showing Elephant Rescue in 1923 Kanto Quake Chaos
TOKYO - Three pictures depicting an Indian elephant being led to safety through a chaotic scene following the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake have been discovered...
“Barefoot Gen” Manga Removal From Hiroshima Program Sparks Backlash
HIROSHIMA (Kyodo) - The education board of Hiroshima has decided to withdraw the famous "Hadashi no Gen" (Barefoot Gen) comic depicting the atomic bombing...
Hanfu-led “China-chic” Trend Builds on Cultural Confidence
BEIJING, Feb. 27 (by Xinhua writer Hong Zehua) -- Dressed in long robes, a crowd of young people wanders around pavilions and royal gardens,...
“Galaxy Express 999” Manga Artist Leiji Matsumoto Dies at 85
TOKYO (Kyodo) - Leiji Matsumoto, a famed Japanese cartoonist known for his works "Galaxy Express 999" and "Space Battleship Yamato," has died of acute...
Minnesota Buddhist Temple Opens up Sacred Dance Troupe
HAMPTON, Minn. (AP) — The Buddhist community anchored by an ornate temple complex here in the Minnesota farmland is trying a new way to...
