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Chilling Japanese ghost tales with contemporary twists to help you beat the summer heat

Books Aug 8, 2020

Chilling Japanese ghost tales with contemporary twists to help you beat the summer heat

by Kris Kosaka

Here’s a look at modern takes on Japanese ghost stories that will give you chills and thrills during Japan’s spookiest time of year.

Looking for solace in Japanese mythology during a pandemic

National / History Apr 11, 2020

Looking for solace in Japanese mythology during a pandemic

by Alex Martin

Amid growing anxiety over an invisible pathogen that has so far claimed tens of thousands of lives worldwide, some Japanese are turning to faith and mythology for solace.

World / Social Issues Mar 11, 2020

Belief in witchcraft hampers drive to end female genital mutilation in Guinea, campaigners say

Belief in witchcraft is hampering efforts to eradicate female genital mutilation (FGM) in Guinea, where almost all girls are cut, campaigners said on Tuesday. Aminata Bah, who underwent FGM at the age of 5, said many people in the West African country believe traditional circumcisers ...

DNA hints the Loch Ness 'monster' might be giant eel

World / Science & Health Sep 6, 2019

DNA hints the Loch Ness 'monster' might be giant eel

Scotland's fabled Loch Ness monster could possibly be a giant eel, scientists said on Thursday after an intensive analysis of traces of DNA in the Loch's icy waters. The results ruled out the presence of large animals such as dinosaurs, they said. But there was a ...

What we get wrong about UFOs

Commentary / World Jun 29, 2019

What we get wrong about UFOs

by Faye Flam

Beware of interpretations posing as facts. And when explanations are incomplete, don't fall for the fallacy of "god of the gaps."

New York witches aim hex at Supreme Court's Brett Kavanaugh despite death threats

World / Politics Oct 20, 2018

New York witches aim hex at Supreme Court's Brett Kavanaugh despite death threats

Melissa Madara was not surprised to receive death threats on Friday as her Brooklyn witchcraft store prepared to host a public hexing of newly confirmed U.S. Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh this weekend. The planned casting of an anti-Kavanaugh spell, one of the more striking ...

Spooky Japanese tales will scare the summer's heat out of you

Language | BILINGUAL Aug 6, 2018

Spooky Japanese tales will scare the summer's heat out of you

by Kaori Shoji

Until recently, summer nights involved turning off the AC and doing things like kurumaza ni natte kaidanbanashi (sitting in a circle and telling ghost stories).

Spooked no more? Hong Kong's 'haunted apartment' prices levitate with white-hot market

Asia Pacific Jun 28, 2018

Spooked no more? Hong Kong's 'haunted apartment' prices levitate with white-hot market

by Venus Wu

Ng Goon-lau pointed at a window inside a dark, tiny bedroom. The window was small and easily sealed, Ng explained, a perfect place for carbon-monoxide poisoning. A man once burned charcoal to kill himself there. Another tenant, a policewoman, also hanged herself in the same ...

'Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan': Traditionally spooky felines

Books / Reviews Oct 28, 2017

'Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan': Traditionally spooky felines

by Dana Macalanda

Cats. Modern Japan loves them in all shapes and sizes. But they weren't always so cuddly. Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan, by Zack Davisson.120 pages CHIN MUSIC PRESS, Nonfiction. From translator and folklore scholar Zack Davisson, "Kaibyo: The Supernatural Cats of Japan" is a spooky read ...

Vietnam's spirit mediums revive ritual once forbidden by ruling Communist Party

Asia Pacific May 26, 2017

Vietnam's spirit mediums revive ritual once forbidden by ruling Communist Party

Dressed in the bright silk garments of a woman and dancing with candles between his fingers, Nguyen Duy Nam leads a temple of worshippers in a ceremony honoring mystical goddesses of forest, water and heaven. Nam, 24, is one of a growing number of spirit ...

Asia Pacific Oct 9, 2016

U.S. spooky clown phenomenon spreads to Australia and New Zealand

Sightings of creepy clowns that have spooked the United States appear to have sparked copycat acts in Australia and New Zealand, with police issuing stern warnings for would-be clowns. Numerous sightings of clowns appeared on social media in the early hours of Sunday in several ...

World / Crime & Legal Dec 18, 2015

Canadian man kills Brit in psychedelic ceremony in Peru's Amazon

A Canadian killed a Briton after the two men took a hallucinogenic plant brew known as ayahuasca together at a spiritual retreat in the Peruvian Amazon, authorities said Thursday. Witnesses told police the Canadian man, 29-year-old Joshua Andrew Freeman Stevens, killed the British man, Unais ...

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