World Apr 24, 2022
Fighting raged in other parts of the Ukraine on Sunday, dashing any hope for an Easter cease-fire.
World Apr 18, 2022
Explosions rock Ukraine as bodies line streets of Mariupol
by Oleksandr Kozhukhar and Alessandra Prentice
After failing to overcome Ukrainian resistance in the north, Russia has refocused its ground offensive on the Donbas region, while launching long-distance strikes at targets elsewhere.
World Apr 4, 2021
Pope, in Easter message, slams weapons spending in time of pandemic
Pope Francis urged countries in his Easter message on Sunday to quicken distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, particularly to the world's poor, and called armed conflict and military spending during a pandemic "scandalous." Coronavirus has meant this has been the second year in a row that ...
Asia Pacific Apr 4, 2021
Despite killings, protesters are coming out every day to reject the return of military rule after a decade of tentative steps toward democracy.
Language | MORNING ENGLISH Apr 9, 2018
Compared to other imported festivals, Easter in Japan has never really taken off. But why?
Lifestyle Mar 31, 2018
Will Japan ever join the great Easter egg hunt?
by Tim Hornyak
A year ago, J-pop star Kyary Pamyu Pamyu released a song with lyrics and a promotional video that were as saccharine as a chocolate bunny. The song was titled "Easta" — a play on Easter and "a good start" in Japanese — and the ...
Food & Drink | KONBINI WATCH Apr 8, 2017
Steamed cake that looks like an egg: Form over flavor
by Patrick St. Michel
The simplest way to transform a ho-hum sweet into something that jumps out at customers is to make it look like a different foodstuff altogether. I've lost count of how many bland creampuff-like treats I've eaten during my lifetime simply because a machine shaped ...
National / Media | BIG IN JAPAN Apr 1, 2017
Easter in Japan shows signs of life as businesses tap the final festival frontier
by Mark Schreiber
Easter is one of the few major calendar events in the West that goes largely unnoticed here — until now, anyway.
World Mar 26, 2016
Hunting for chocolate eggs is popular Easter event, but in New Zealand it was bunnies in the firing line at an annual rabbit-shooting event in one district where they are regarded as pests. Ten thousand rabbits were shot by more than 300 hunters in 27 ...
Food & Drink | DESSERT WATCH Apr 3, 2015
Kobeya Kitchen hops into Easter
by Patrick St. Michel
The Kobeya Kitchen chain of bakeries found mostly around major train stations is celebrating Easter with a limited-edition treat in the form of a dessert shaped like a rabbit (¥238). It isn't the most photogenic bunny you've ever seen, but as a sweet snack it ...
Our Lives | JAPAN LITE Mar 16, 2013
The Sandman and other gift-bearing creatures
by Amy Chavez
Easter is upon us, and you know what that means: chocolate rabbits! Each year on Easter Sunday, a magical rabbit (actually a hare) comes out of the forest and brings baskets full of eggs, candies, toys and chocolate rabbits. The Easter Bunny, as he ...
National / Media | Japan Pulse Mar 21, 2012
Hunting a golden Easter egg in Japan