Chemistry professor Maitland Jones Jr. was fired from his position at New York University after students filed a petition complaining about the difficulty of his course. An NYU spokesperson said…

A bargain hunter who went to an estate sale in Maine to find a stand mixer, a bookshelf or vintage clothing walked away with a 700-year-old treasure. Instead of a…

Wrestling legend-turned-politician Antonio Inoki, who famously took on Muhammad Ali in a much-ballyhooed bout, died of heart failure on Oct.1. He was 79. The clash with Ali in 1976 was…

The traditional rock garden of a temple in this ancient Japanese capital is being lit up with some 800 candles, creating a fantastic scene for visitors. The event “Bonto no…

The Akita Municipal Government has announced it will hold a lottery for the opportunity to buy one of 10 used manhole covers with a festival lantern design. The covers, which…

On September 3, 2022, Janus a two-headed tortoise turned 25 years-old. He celebrated his birthday at the museum of Geneva, Switzerland where he lives. There was an event at the…

A crying sumo contest for babies has returned to a shrine in central Japan after a more than two-year break because of the pandemic. The annual affair at Gokoku Shrine…

An exceptionally bright meteor has been observed in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, and elsewhere. Fujii Daichi, a curator at the Hiratsuka City Museum in Kanagawa said cameras installed at his…

American dictionary Merriam-Webster announced 370 new words added as of September 2022 which included topical words such as “subvariant”, “metaverse”, and “supply chain”.One Japanese word that made the cut was…

On September 30th, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed The Freedom To Walk Act which will make it legal to jaywalk when safe to do so. Starting January 1st, 2023, Californians…