October 8, 2020 Culture Watch, Faith
As the daughter of businessman Sphinx Tsikirayi and diplomat Eve Tsikirayi, native Zimbabwean Sophie M. Lancaster has traveled the world, including living for years in Australia and Japan while growing up. But ...
Read More » August 9, 2020 Columns, News
With this being the 75th anniversary of the use of the first atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, on August 6 and 9, 1945, events we note as bringing an end to ...
Read More » March 21, 2020 Columns
What happens when good men do nothing? Edmund Burke said: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” In the 1930’s, the likes of ...
Read More » February 24, 2020 Health and Wellness, Sports
Time Magazine is reporting that the 2020 Summer Olympics, scheduled for July 24 in Japan, could be moved or cancelled. The news comes as Japan deals with a the spread of the ...
Read More » February 19, 2020 News, World
March will mark nine years since the horrific earthquake and ensuing tsunami that struck Japan. The country is steel feeling the effects of the disaster. The Great East Japan Earthquake of 2011 ...
Read More » February 17, 2020 Culture Watch, News, Sports
A biologically male marathon runner who identifies as a woman is set to compete in the USA Olympic trials later this month. Megan Youngren “is set to make history on Feb. 29 ...
Read More » January 9, 2020 Faith, Family, News
Esther Sevilla Guy and Daniel E. Guy carefully laid out a five-year plan to reach their goal of ministering to the unreached in Japan. They did not expect that a demoralizing medical ...
Read More » November 28, 2019 Culture Watch, News, Sports
The question of biological males competing in women’s sports over the last couple of years has made headlines in regard to fairness. Now, several transgender people have set their sights on a new ...
Read More » October 8, 2019 News, Politics & Policy
Lost in the news this week comes a major victory in the trade war with Communist China. The United States and Japan signed on Oct. 7 a trade agreement that would open up markets to ...
Read More » August 27, 2019 Media Watch, News
President Donald Trump has secured a major concession from leaders of the Group of Seven after they issued a declaration on Aug. 26 committing to fair trade. It has been Trump’s central effort ...
Read More » August 26, 2019 News, News Briefs
News briefs for today. Trump judge rules in favor of Christian videographers A Christian couple who refused to video a same-sex wedding have won their court case, possibly setting another precedent for ...
Read More » August 7, 2019 News, Strange News
A fisherman some 20 miles away from Hiroshima, Japan, described it as a tremendous thunder, but few within two miles from where the bomb hit reported even hearing the blast. A Jesuit ...
Read More » May 16, 2019 News, Tech & Science
Japan has started testing its fastest-ever bullet train—capable of reaching 249 mph (400 kph)—as it continues to develop the revolutionary mode of travel. The ALFA-X version of the Shinkansen train began three years’ ...
Read More » May 8, 2019 Columns, News
There is a great deal about the history of World War II that has missed our history books. Like how the Soviet Union waited until the day before VJ Day to declare ...
Read More » February 16, 2019 News, World
Ahead of his second meeting with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, the leader of Japan is nominating President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize for his work to open up a ...
Read More » January 9, 2019 Finances, Lifestyles, News
The typical U.S. city has around 1,500 people per square mile. But what’s life like in Tokyo, Japan, where 12 million people reside at a rate of about 14,339 per square mile? ...
Read More » December 7, 2018 Columns, Faith
I was born December 5, 1941, two days before the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the United States into the Second World War. Many years later I could hardly believe ...
Read More » November 28, 2018 Culture Watch, Kansas News, News
A complaint by a California resident has led to the recall of over 700 Kansas license plates. The state announced it is recalling all plates that contain the random letters “JAP” after ...
Read More » July 9, 2018 Sports
Kaito Yuki is skipping school in Japan and is instead headed to the Kansas City Royals. The team signed Yuki, a 16-year-old pitcher, out of junior high to a minor league contract ...
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