Marjorie Merriweather Post, heiress to the Post cereal fortune, was known as America's wealthiest woman when she purchased ...

it is the oldest cruciform-style Russian Orthodox cathedral in North America, and contains one of Alaska's greatest collection of Russian artefacts, religious icons and artworks – including some ...

Ms. Gubaidulina (pronounced goo-by-DOO-lee-na) ranged widely in her instrumentation, adding elements such as the 13-stringed Japanese koto ... imagery of Russian Orthodox icons first stirred ...

Born from the trauma of World War II, this bow-wearing cartoon icon became a powerful tool for diplomacy, reinvention, and ...

Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

Japan’s largest yakuza crime syndicate has pledged to end its longstanding war with a rival faction and refrain from causing “trouble,” authorities said, as the mafia-like groups contend ...

In 1934, an American team featuring the best baseball players in the world – Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx and more – went on a barnstorming tour around Japan. More than half a million ...

In our society, it sometimes seems that Easter has been reduced to a celebration of chocolate bunnies, fake grass and eggs.

Enzo Fernandez's header handed Chelsea a 1-0 win over Tottenham, extending Spurs' winless Premier league run to four. Ange ...

And yet a similar pattern is emerging. Verstappen won the Japanese Grand Prix through his own brilliance, no arguments there. His “magical” final lap in qualifying on Saturday – so good even ...