AJ columnist Rogelio Medina with a piece of artwork by the late Pres. Cory Aquino. Photos compiled by Rogelio Medina I AM ...

Life in Tokyo, whether business or pleasure, revolves around trains and rail stations. Experts say that's no accident.

Katsuo-ji offers visitors two different types of Darumas: the Kachi-Daruma, the classic doll known as “the winning Daruma” ...

Japan’s parliament, the Diet, voted this week to make public high school free for all children. Tuition fees had been ...

“We don’t understand why we should fight again. It feels like the government is hiding something from us. Whatever happens, we will say no to another war.” Since the war between the TDF ...

Don Bosco Technical Vocational Education and Training Center is set to open its first building by 2025, reinforcing Cresendo’s goal to be a hub for enterprise, education, environment and enrichment.

Gardener's World star Monty Don has the most incredible home, as you'd expect, in the tranquil and picturesque Herefordshire. When he first found the historic Tudor hall house in 1991 with a two ...

Neither Mr. Miyasaka nor his parishioners say they believe that they have actually been abandoned by a god — Japan has become far too secular for that. They don’t even know which god was ...

Tucked away in the mountain range of the Saga Prefecture, on the western island of Kyushu, Ureshino is home to some of Japan’s most coveted onsens, run by more than 30 hotels and ryokans ...

Maltese priest Fabio Attard was elected as the new rector major of the Salesian congregation during its general chapter in Turin, Italy, becoming the 11th successor of St. John Bosco. The new ...

He is the 11th successor of the order's founder, Don Bosco. His election came at a meeting of 220 provincials and delegates at the Mother House of Valdocco in Turin. As Rector Major he will lead a ...

Nozaki, a businessman in real estate and money-lending, referred to himself as the “Don Juan of Kishu” for his many sexual escapades. There were no injection marks on Nozaki’s body ...