Two swords once carried by samurai have been found during excavations in Ichijodani, one of medieval Japan’s largest cities. On the outskirts of Fukui, a city of a quarter of a million people in ...

The film was long and getting longer by the day. Worse still, the director was bent on shooting outdoors, on a mountainous peninsula west of Tokyo, and the rain, during the interminably long ...

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Here's a guide to protect your home from freezing temperatures and keep your pipes from bursting. It’s essential to check your local weather forecast daily to stay alert for freeze warnings. When a ...

Mississippi is expecting freezing temperatures with lows in the teens and 20s. The World Health Organization recommends a minimum indoor temperature of 68 degrees for vulnerable individuals. To ...

“Lone Samurai,” a Japanese-language movie written and directed by California-raised filmmaker Josh C. Waller, begins with on-screen text and a Japanese voice-over reading about the 13th-century ...