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Q On 10 July, my wife and I were stranded at Jersey airport. Our flight to Gatwick due out at 8.50pm was cancelled at about 8pm due to an “air-traffic control system issue” at Gatwick. We arrang…
James Jarvis has been on a bit of a roll over the last few years, finding ways to reimagine and evolve his signature illustration and character style across a multitude of mediums and genres. In Pari…
KYODO NEWS - 9 hours ago - 22:45 | Arts, All, Japan A man resembling the suspect in last week's deadly arson attack that claimed 34 lives at a Kyoto Animation Co. studio was seen …
KYODO NEWS - 8 hours ago - 23:43 | All, Japan Bowing and at times teary, the president of Japanese entertainment powerhouse Yoshimoto Kogyo Co. said Monday he wants to withdraw punishm…
KYODO NEWS - 10 hours ago - 22:08 | All, Japan The government will give compensation to 22 people who underwent forced sterilization under a now-defunct eugenics law but do not ha…
KYODO NEWS - 19 hours ago - 13:01 | All, World, Lifestyle, Japan Princess Mako, a niece of Emperor Naruhito, touched down at Tokyo's Haneda airport Monday morning, returning from …
KYODO NEWS - 13 hours ago - 18:58 | Sports, News, All The Tokyo 2020 organizing committee and International Surfing Association got a hint of what to expect when surfing makes its Olym…
Planning your trip, but not sure of the best time to visit Tokyo? There are pros and cons to each season. Winter Outside of the Christmas–New Year corridor, winter is off-season for To…
by Roger McDonald In his combative and much-meditated-upon essay, “On the Advantage and Disadvantage of History for Life”, Friedrich Nietzsche identified a number of ways that the dead…
On popular demand, I’m reviving a reoccurring theme of mine: teaching economic history through the lens of popular culture. Today: bonds, yields and 18th century English financial planning. In w…
