Food & Drink Jun 5, 2021
‘Waffles + Mochi’ teaches kids how to eat — with gusto
by Spencer Cohen
The new food-travel show from Netflix and the Obamas’ Higher Ground takes kids on a global journey to learn about ingredients and how to cook with them.
World Apr 15, 2019
Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama charmed thousands of Britons on Sunday, telling anecdotes about meeting the "wonderfully warm and funny" Queen Elizabeth II and praising London's diversity. Obama, the wife of former U.S. President Barack Obama, was in London to promote her best-selling autobiography. ...
World Apr 15, 2019
Michelle Obama charms British crowd with praise for Queen Elizabeth
Former U.S. first lady Michelle Obama charmed thousands of Britons on Sunday, telling anecdotes about meeting the "wonderfully warm and funny" Queen Elizabeth and praising London's diversity at an event in the capital. Obama, the wife of Barack Obama, who was president from 2009 to ...
World Feb 13, 2018
Obama jokes about his ears and gray hair as official portrait is unveiled
Former U.S. President Barack Obama joked about his ears and gray hair and praised his wife Michelle Obama's "hotness" at the unveiling of the couple's official portraits at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery on Monday. The Obamas tapped artists Kehinde Wiley and Amy Sherald for ...
National / Politics Sep 17, 2015
Michelle Obama invited again to Japan to discuss education of young women
Michelle Obama, the wife of U.S. President Barack Obama, is being invited back to Japan again next year by the Foreign Ministry to discuss issues related to the education of young women. "There was an invitation for Mrs. Obama to come back and talk more ...
National Apr 29, 2015
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife, Akie Abe, visited a U.S. elementary school on Tuesday that operates a Japanese immersion program, saying she hopes the students will acquire a deep interest in the culture. Abe, who was accompanied by U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, was welcomed ...
National / Politics Mar 19, 2015
Michelle Obama, Akie Abe pledge bilateral effort for girls' education
by Masaaki Kameda
Visiting U.S. first lady Michelle Obama and Akie Abe, wife of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, pledged Thursday to strengthen bilateral cooperation in helping girls around the world receive an education, especially in developing countries. Obama arrived in Tokyo on Wednesday to push U.S. efforts to ...
National Mar 17, 2015
A visit to a Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine in Kyoto and a meeting with students in Siem Reap will feature in U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's five-day tour this week to Japan and Cambodia, the White House said. The main purpose of the trip, ...
National Feb 16, 2015
U.S. first lady Michelle Obama to make first visit to Japan in March
Michelle Obama, wife of U.S. President Barack Obama, plans to make her first visit to Japan as first lady in mid-March, mostly for private purposes, sources familiar with bilateral relations said Sunday. Michelle Obama plans to take part in a Tokyo symposium to be also ...
World / Social Issues Dec 18, 2014
As national protests over the death of unarmed black men by white police officers pushed race relations to the top of the headlines, President Barack Obama revealed his own experiences of racism, including being mistaken for a waiter and a parking valet. In an interview ...
World May 11, 2014
U.S. first lady uses bully pulpit to push concerns about girls
by Tracy Mcveigh
Michelle Obama has taken the unique step of delivering her husband's weekly presidential address to express outrage at the recent kidnapping of Nigerian schoolgirls. Speaking for the first time instead of the U.S. president, before what is Mothers' Day in the U.S. on Sunday, she ...
National / Politics Apr 24, 2014
President Barack Obama's Tokyo visit may have generated the kind of media attention normally associated with a Paul McCartney concert. But one Japanese politician, at least, didn't seem too excited. Kazuyuki Hamada, an Upper House member from the New Renaissance Party, attacked Obama earlier this ...