Category: Human Interest (Page 11)
Sayaka Kobayashi is better known as Birigyaru (The Gal Who Finishes Last). She’s the titular subject of a 2013 bestselling nonfiction n…
At 2 meters 15 centimeters tall, Rumeysa Gelgi has always stood out. In mid-October, Guinness World Records officially said she was the world’s tallest living wom…
In a scene worthy of a comedy sketch, a Turkish man joined a search party for a missing person, not realizing the individual being pursued was him.
Beyhan Mutl…
Journalists Maria Ressa of the Philippines and Dmitry Muratov of Russia won the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 8 for fighting for freedom of expression in countri…
The countries of the world are quite different! Each nation has its own values, attitudes and customs. One famous story that illustrates these differences is the “sinking
Continued from Part 1…
Though she never had the opportunity to study English abroad, she did go on an exchange program to Nantes, France, during high school. When she…
Michiyo Kagami is an English-speaking daikagura performer who also gives lectures on the traditional performing art.
“So much of daikagura is rooted in traditi…
Three Japanese were named in Time magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people of 2021. For one of them, it was her third time on the annual list.
The Ti…
A Michigan man made a striking discovery under his house when he went to demolish his back stairs: about 160 bowling balls.
David Olson, 33, s…
You never know when the best friend you could ever hope to have will suddenly appear in your life and change it forever. That was what happened to Ohio Sheriff Dan McClelland when…
