3+ hour, 37+ min ago  (151+ words) Hikonyan, Japan's beloved samurai helmet-wearing cat mascot from Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, turned 20 on Monday, with a speci Read full story here OTSU, Japan - Hikonyan, Japan's beloved samurai helmet-wearing cat mascot from Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, turned 20 on Monday, with…...

13+ hour, 8+ min ago  (296+ words) A memorial ceremony was held in Kumamoto Prefecture on Sunday for the victims of powerful earthquakes that hit the prefecture 10 years ago. At the ceremony, held by the town of Mashiki in Kumamoto, 184 participants, including bereaved families, observed a minute…...

21+ hour, 22+ min ago  (217+ words) BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The USS Kidd Veterans Museum commemorated the 81st anniversary of the Japanese kamikaze attack on the ship in 1945. The attack off the coast of Okinawa killed 38 crew members and injured 55 more. Organizers say the event commemorating the…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1175+ words) Although thousands of castles were erected over the centuries as various daimyo vied for dominance, most have long vanished, victims of combat, revenge, lightning, fire, neglect, edicts ordering their destruction, and bombings during World War II. Of the hundred or so…...

12+ hour, 6+ min ago  (1798+ words) Scholar and author Sheng-Wei Wang discusses how studying an ancient Chinese world map led her to conclude China explored and mapped the world before the European Age of Discovery and how the legacy of colonialism and a Eurocentric record of…...

15+ hour ago  (172+ words) With all the recent talk of wiping out the entire civilization of Iran. It's a good time to remember that it wouldn't be the first time a whole civilization was wiped out. Here are 12 examples, along with descriptions of attempts…...

16+ hour, 16+ min ago  (533+ words) Umer Jamshaid Published April 12, 2026 | 10: 50 PM ISLAMABAD, (Urdu Point / Pakistan Point News - 12th Apr, 2026) The Russian Embassy in Pakistan organized a wreath-laying ceremony at the monument to Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Fatima Jinnah Park of Islamabad. The ceremony was attended by…...

11+ hour, 54+ min ago  (169+ words) From the Berlin Conference to the Iran war, Washington is clinging to a dead model of power while the rest of the world pays the price. In the winter of 18841885 " America Is Still Stuck in 1884 From the Berlin Conference to…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (252+ words) Feng was an aircraft designer and aviator considered to be the father of Chinese aviation. He died in a plane crash during an air show in Guangzhou in 1912. The airport's statement went on to compare. .. Guangzhou airport unveils replica of…...

18+ hour ago  (799+ words) For decades, the fierce desert wind has been the only thing moving with any speed at the former Minidoka, Idaho, internment camp, other than an occasional car passing the site where more than 13, 000 Japanese Americans were held behind barbed wire…...