Byodo-in Temple in Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture was founded by Fujiwara no Yorimichi in 1052. The temple’s pond, Aji-ike, was built to resemble the Western Paradise, and the Phoenix Hall,…
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is standing by Shawn Carter, known as Jay-Z, amid allegations the rapper and businessman assaulted a 13-year-old in 2000 with Sean “Diddy” Combs. Jay-Z has denied what he called “heinous”…
The U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday (December 12) that a federal court in St. Louis, Missouri, indicted 14 citizens of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on Wednesday, charging…
According to the United Nations News website on December 12, UN Secretary-General Guterres called on the Israeli army to withdraw from the buffer zone in the Golan Heights for the…
U.S. Secretary of State Blinken announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, but did not disclose details. Reuters quoted a source familiar with the matter as saying that the…
On the morning of December 11, local time, Wu Dongyun, director of the Criminal Investigation Division of Senior Public Officials of South Korea, said when being asked about the “emergency…
On December 11, local time, the United Nations called for more than $4 billion in aid to the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in 2025 to meet the living…
What to do with the remains? As I age, I can hear the footsteps of death. It is certain that I will be burned to ashes after death. So, after…
IsraelPolish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Tuesday that peace talks over the war in Ukraine could begin in the “winter,” a timeline that coincides with Poland’s January 1 presidency of…
When is the solar term “Beginning of Spring”? The Beginning of Spring falls on February 3, 4, or 5 in the Chinese calendar every year. The Beginning of Spring in…
