This year's cherry blossom forecast calls for an earlier bloom in the North due to above-average temperatures in the spring.

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Japan has always been a hot spot, come winter, spring or summer. Tours to the country, though aplenty, mostly cover the ...

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Submerged in Abu Qir Bay near Alexandria, Thonis-Heracleion was a major Egyptian port city linking Mediterranean trade with ...

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The status of Taiwan remains one of the most contested topics in modern geopolitics and one of the most misrepresented.

Thomas Bass shows how insistence that nuclear power is a safe answer to energy needs is contradicted by the reality of the ...

The snowy capital of the island of Hokkaido offers a quieter alternative to Japan’s congested “Golden Route” of Tokyo, Osaka ...

The expressway is four lanes for almost its entire length and rises to an altitude of 1,015 metres above sea level.

Nagano Prefecture was the most inquired-about relocation destination in fiscal 2024, reclaiming the top spot for the first time in two years, according to an internal affairs ministry survey. The ...

Honda aims to achieve a solid-state battery breakthrough that could revolutionize the EV industry. Here's how.