Despite the DPP’s emphasis on Taiwan’s Pacific heritage, the majority of Taiwanese are unable to relate to countries beyond ...

Five Korean War veterans, including General Richard E. Cavazos, will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously on Jan. 3.

The thing to remember is the Mukai family never left. At least not voluntarily. In the 1920s, Tokisaburo Mukai and his picture bride Hifuko Wada set up shop at a general store on the corner of Mednick ...

Taking the project name “irei” from the Japanese phrase “to console the spirits of the dead,” the project was inspired by stone Buddhist monuments that the detainees built while incarcerated in ...

Years ago, I wrote a story about how Orlando was a bagel desert. In it, there were several contenders upping the city’s game, ...

The Americas, Australasia, Asia, Europe and Africa have already been marking the arrival of the new year with fireworks and festivities.

The UK rang in the New Year with celebrations and fireworks despite weather warnings across the country. Watch how ...

New Orleans police said Wednesday they are dealing with a mass casualty incident, including an unknown number of fatalities, ...

Hawaii mourned the loss in 2024 of people who influenced island life in ways that changed the course of Hawaii history, ...

The Pacific island nation of Kiribati was the first country to ring in 2025, its 133,500 citizens celebrating the new year at ...

Harry Chandler was a Navy corpsman in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941, when Japan attacked the Pearl Harbor Navy base. He spent the ...

Traveler and author Pico Iyer explains what makes Japan so unique and why he’s made it his home. Social and medical ...