Beneath the cherry blossoms of Hiroshima, memories of devastation linger — but so does hope. This exclusive extract from Six Minutes to Winter, Mark Lynas’s urgent new book on the threat of nuclear ...

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The Concert Band last toured Japan in 2010 under the late Fred Nyline, its longtime director, and this year’s trip builds on ...

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A Portage la Prairie high schooler is trading prairie horizons for Japanese cityscapes next school year. Oliver Bures, a ...

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When you look up things to do in Beppu, you’ll quickly notice that “visit the seven hells of Beppu” usually gets listed as a ...

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I love this gorgeous woodblock print from Hasui Kawase, View of Azalea Garden from Mt. Fuji. Hasui was a significant ...

On October 31, 2024, remarkable images captured a snowless summit of Mount Fuji, diverging from its typical early October ...

FUJI-YOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture—Restrictions on private vehicles on the roads to Mount Fuji during the climbing season may soon be expanded to include large tour buses and taxis. Authorities ...

“I hope to continue taking step after step and to climb Mount Fuji if possible.” He said that if he can conquer Mount Fuji in the summer, he will take another shot at South America’s tallest ...