NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi temple in this southwestern Japan city was purified ...

Once the surrounding soil and debris are cleared, we will conduct a full investigation into the cause of the accident with a team of experts," the spokesperson said. Sinkhole accidents are rare in ...

“Blue Giant,” a jazz-themed manga series ... The film focuses on Dai as he comes to Tokyo and leaves Japan to become the world’s greatest sax player. Together with transcendental pianist ...

Loic Meillard led teammate Marco Odermatt to a Swiss one-two in the men's giant slalom at the World Cup finals at Sun Valley, Idaho, on Wednesday. Meillard, who won the world championship titles in ...

The movie “Godzilla Minus One” was released last year and became a smash hit in both Japan and the United States. The work featured a Shinden, a prototype fighter plane of the Imperial ...

“I thought number one, the way they competed for most of the game felt more like us," Hornets head coach Charles Lee said. "I thought on both ends of the court, defensively especially, the ...

The Charlotte Hornets have missed the playoffs once again. Here are three changes they must make to make the postseason in 2025-26. The Charlotte Hornets were officially eliminated from playoff ...

Giant Clone of Seaweed in the Baltic Sea Mar ... 1,400 Species Found in Guts of Asian Hornets Mar. 4, 2025 — A study of Asian hornets has found about 1,400 different species in their ...

And we're not talking about just any koi. One of them, a rare Yamabuki shipped straight from Japan, tipped the scales at a whopping 35 pounds and measured an incredible 39 inches long. Koi fish ...

Spring has officially arrived, and Japan’s iconic cherry blossoms, or sakura, are beginning to bloom across the country! As of March 27, 2025, the cherry blossom season is about to kick off in many ...