In the past, water shield products from Shizhu were not directly traded to Japan. Instead, they went through a trading ...

1942 -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is born. He took power after his father Kim Il-sung, founder of the communist country, died in 1994.

A woman in Japan has been arrested for allegedly squashing a bun at a convenience store and leaving without buying the packet ...

The most famous attraction is Takachiho Gorge – a deep chasm carved out by several explosions from the nearby Mount Aso, ...

A 19th-century wooden signboard that once adorned the now-lost Seonwonjeon Hall at Gyeongbok Palace in central Seoul has ...

A Lunar New Year (Tet) celebration was held in Higashi-Hiroshima city in Japan’s Hiroshima prefecture on February 2 or the ...

The Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, which opened in 1999, houses about 5,000 paintings and artifacts from 23 countries and regions. Among them is a rare contemporary Chinese work of art whose value soared ...

These real cities in Japan served as the major inspiration for some of the Yakuza franchise's most iconic locations.

Moscow has secretly strained its relationship with Beijing after imposing tariffs on Asian car exports to Russia.

a style in the Chinese writing system. In Japan, the oldest known letters confirmed to date were jotted down on clay vessels excavated in Fukuoka and Mie prefectures, dating to the second and ...

She spent two years studying baking in Paris and began making bento around 2016 during her seven-year stay in India. She returned to Japan in 2020 and lives in Fukuoka.

A flock of winter migratory birds called tsukushigamo (common shelducks) have been visiting the Wajiro tidal flats in the city of Fukuoka ... home to China and other countries, and fly over ...