While the word "lantern" may evoke images of red lanterns drifting skyward, like those in Taiwan's Shifen, the lanterns found at the Taoyuan festival more closely resemble the massive floats of Nebuta ...

"Udon" noodles were at the center of Kagawa Prefecture's float, while Nagoya, capital of Aichi Prefecture, opted to feature Nagoya Castle along with its iconic ... On one particular cloudy February ...

Tokyo’s newest venue is the $350m Ariake Arena, which opened in February 2020 ... the Kobe Arena (10,000), and the IG Arena in Nagoya (17,000) – replacing the current Aichi Arena inside Nagoya Castle.

NAGOYA--Nagoya Castle's most famous icon, a pair of golden statues displayed high on its roof of a mythical "shachihoko" half fish and half tiger creature, is to be removed temporarily so ...

Sales of existing homes rose in February, as some buyers — particularly those with higher incomes — are keeping the upper end of the market alive and well. Home sales broadly rose 4.2% in ...

Sales edged up a seasonally adjusted 0.2% in February from the prior month, the Commerce Department reported Monday. That was less than the 0.6% gain expected by economists polled by The Wall ...

Sales of previously owned homes in February rose 4.2% from January to 4.26 million units on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Industry ...

Brad, builders broke ground on more housing projects in February. Housing starts rose more than 11% to a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 1.5 million units. And that beat economist expectations ...

The guided-missile destroyer the USS Milius conducts a Taiwan Strait transit operation in April 2023. U.S. Navy via Reuters The PRC threatened Taiwan and its partners with live-fire military drills.

NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 12: Customers shop at a supermarket on March 12, 2025 in New York City. U.S. ... More consumer price index rose 2.8% in February from 12 months earlier. (Photo by Liao Pan ...

WASHINGTON, March 27 (Reuters) - Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes rebounded marginally in February amid a decline in mortgage rates but rising economic uncertainty could limit momentum.

WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing production increased more than expected in February, boosted by a surge in motor vehicle output, but tariffs are casting a shadow on the nascent ...