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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
Mr. Hirohisa had made it clear when I called him from the nearest mainland city to the island — Nagato in western Honshu's Yamaguchi Prefecture — that there would be no supper provided that night; nor would he be able to pick me up from the station as expected.
Eat your veggies for dessert in buffet The InterContinental Yokohama Grand is collaborating with Toryu, a finalist in the buffet ...
Punk aesthetic at Virgin Virgin Atlantic has announced that the latest designer to be turning her hand to their uniforms ...
The bright-pink ninja-emblazoned train isn’t exactly the epitome of stealth as it cuts through the forested hills and rice paddies of Mie Prefecture. Neither are visitors’ pint-size offspring who race excitedly up the paths of Ueno Park in the city of Iga shrieking their ...
Holiday brunch with a view in Tokyo The MIXX Bar & Lounge on the 36th floor of the ANA InterContinental Tokyo has been offering holiday brunch buffets since January. The MIXX Sky View Buffet Brunch features live cooking, a carving station and a sushi ...
Legend has it that while roaming the wooded hills around his village one day, Yagyu Munetoshi encountered a tengu — a mythical creature, part human and part bird, adept at swordplay. Munetoshi was renowned for his fencing skills and relished the opportunity to duel ...
Stay in Hakone, get a free tour by taxi The Odakyu Hotel Hatsuhana in Hakone Okuyumoto, Kanagawa Prefecture, is celebrating its 20th anniversary and offering a special accommodation plan with a free three-hour sightseeing tour by taxi, through Sept. 30. As the weather warms ...
KLM’s Miffy campaign KLM Royal Dutch Airlines launched a direct flight from Amsterdam to Fukuoka on April 3. In celebration, the airline is holding a Facebook campaign called “Miffy traveling Europe with KLM” through May 31. In this historic service, KLM has become the ...
They span an area the size of western Europe, but the Cook Islands may seem like the ends of the Earth when viewed from Japan — an 11-hour flight away south to New Zealand, followed by a four-hour “local hop” to the capital, Avarua, ...
The three drunken U.S. Marines who stumbled into my motorbike headlamps were clearly combat-trained, as their agility in shifting from advanced inebriation to performing a nimble leap onto the sidewalk suggested seriously attuned reflexes.
A woman from western Japan, who calls herself “Amy,” couldn’t find paradise in Thailand, Cuba, Brazil or French Polynesia, so with the last of her $300 savings she bought a one-way ticket from Tahiti to Rarotonga. Then, claiming to be penniless, she walked from ...
InterContinental Tokyo Bay renewal The InterContinental Tokyo Bay Hotel in the waterfront area of the capital has renovated its executive levels, from the 18th to 24th floors, and opened these new rooms in April to offer more exclusive services to its customers. The rooms ...
May and June are the months in which to visit Okinawa if your aim is to witness the spectacle of fiercely contested races between crews paddling dragon boats or the Ryukyu Islands' small traditional fishing boats called sabani.
Luxury French courses for spring The Hotel New Otani Tokyo’s luxurious French restaurant, La Tour d’Argent, will offer special springtime courses from April 24 to May 28. The courses feature spring foods on the theme of the goddess of flowers, Flora (Flore in French), ...
Cathay Facebook quiz Cathay Pacific Airways is holding a special promotion on its official Japanese Facebook page (www.facebook.com/cathaypacificJP) through April 26. On the page, quizzes about the airline are offered, and for each quiz, three respondents out of all those who answer correctly will ...