Yonaguni is a serene Japanese island featured in a Bad Bunny song — and at the front of a US-China war. See photos.
Less than 100 miles from Taipei, Japan's westernmost island, Yonaguni, has rapidly militarized amid growing tensions between ...
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Japanese American Exclusion Memorial closing in on $4.5 million visitor center addition
The Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial honors the 227 Japanese Americans forcibly removed from their homes and sent to internment camps for three years following the bombing of ...
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Justice Delayed: Japanese Man Acquitted After 47 Years on Death Row Gets $1.45 Million Payout
A Japanese man who spent almost five decades on death row before he was acquitted of a murder charge has received a modest payout for his troubles — $1.45 million, or about $85 for each day he spent ...
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Japanese artist Murakami expands his work to Cubs-Dodgers Tokyo Series
Now the famed contemporary Japanese artist has teamed with Major League Baseball for an exclusive merchandise collaboration to celebrate next month’s Tokyo Series. The Takashi Murakami x MLB ...
‘Paint Japan blue’: How the Dodgers’ vision of Japanese prominence became reality
Shohei Ohtani, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Roki Sasaki are all Dodgers. And a Japanese fan base has coalesced around its interest ...
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Q&A: Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner on melancholy and her new album
“All of my ghosts are real, all of my ghosts are my home,” Michelle Zauner of Japanese Breakfast sings ... four weeks you can access your Brandon Sun online and full access to all content ...
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Chef returns to South Florida with American+Asian bbq spot in Fort Lauderdale’s Riverwalk
Four years after selling his acclaimed hotspot KYU in Miami to take a sabbatical in North Carolina, he’s in Fort Lauderdale with a new Asian-inspired, wood-fired eatery: Ukiah Japanese Smokehouse.
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What is the Unification Church and why did a Japanese court order it dissolved?
The church was founded in Seoul in 1954, a year after the end of the Korean War, by the late Rev. Sun Myung Moon ... Experts say Japanese followers are asked to pay for sins committed by their ...
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Penn State wrestling to add a world champion? Get to know Masanosuke Ono
Japanese star Masanosuke Ono has enrolled in the university and is now officially listed in the student directory. Ono, 21, has recently been training with the Nittany Lion Wrestling Club and Penn ...
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Chinese students flock to Japanese art colleges for permanent residency
She was studying Japanese at a language school in Tokyo when the COVID-19 pandemic erupted. Compelled to return to China, she was frustrated, but also determined to come back to Japan after the ...
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Baseball in Japan looks about the same, but the food and the vibe are different
TOKYO (AP) — Welcome to the view from the stands in the middle of the jammed sellout at the Tokyo Dome on Tuesday as the Dodgers and Cubs opened MLB's regular season. Baseball in Japan — the ...
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‘History repeating itself:’ Japanese Americans, immigrants condemn Trump’s use of 18th century law
“Never again,” Japanese Americans and immigrant rights activists proclaimed in L.A.’s Little Tokyo this week. The community is among many denouncing the Trump administration’s latest ...