Japanese mark the end of winter with bean-throwing ritual to ward off evil spirits
Hundreds of people gathered Sunday at a Buddhist temple in downtown Tokyo, eagerly stretching their hands to catch the dried ...
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Irish man held over suspicious death of Japanese woman in Hungary
An Irish man has been detained in Hungary on suspicion of murdering his 43-year-old Japanese ex-wife, the mother of their two children, police said Tuesday. The charred body of the victim ...
Japan Today8d
'Setsubun' bean-throwing festival events held across Japan
At Naritasan Shinshoji temple in Chiba Prefecture, stars of NHK's Taiga drama "Berabou," kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers threw ... every year and is determined by the 12 Chinese zodiac symbols. Each ...
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Tsunami advisory lifted after strong earthquake hits Japanese coast
The U.S. Geological Survey put the quake’s preliminary magnitude at 6.8. The Japan Meteorological Agency said it had an intensity of lower 5 on the Japanese scale of 0 to 7. The quake began at ...
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Readers Share Their Near-Death Experiences
After the death of Peter Fenwick, a neuropsychiatrist who studied near-death experiences, readers shared stories of their own. Credit...Rachel Levit Ruiz Supported by By Michael S. Rosenwald In ...
The New York Times29d
She Published a Blockbuster Book. Was It a Blessing or a Curse?
In Nnedi Okorafor’s new novel, “Death of the Author,” a once-struggling writer grapples with power, privilege, agency and art after her book becomes a life-changing hit. By Zakiya Dalila ...
The Atlantic22d
TikTok’s Near-Death Experience
Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. It was like a party at the end of the world. Before TikTok’s owner, ByteDance, pulled ...
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Tributes paid after death of Aga Khan, the Ismaili Muslims leader: ‘A symbol of peace’
The Aga Khan, leader of the Ismaili Muslims, head of a major development aid foundation and the owner of mystery horse Shergar, died yesterday in Lisbon at the age of 88, his foundation announced ...
People29d
How Did Jim Morrison Die? Inside The Doors Frontman's Sudden Death at Age 27 — and Why Some Believe It Was a Cover-Up
Jim Morrison’s sudden death at age 27 is still shrouded in mystery Getty Jim Morrison’s sudden death at age 27 remains shrouded in mystery. The singer-songwriter and lead vocalist for the rock ...
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'I got death threats when men thought I put feminist gesture in video game'
Almost immediately, she was flooded with thousands of abusive messages, including death and rape threats. Young male gamers had taken issue with a single frame in the trailer, in which the female ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs28d
Beware of symbols used by Hamas - comment
After a performance of the Nutcracker was recently performed in Belgrade, several members of the cast demonstrated by showing the audience symbols used by the Hamas terrorist organization ...