Ranald MacDonald, the son of a Chinook chief and a Scottish settler, staged a shipwreck near Rishiri Island to gain entry into Japan — then a closed country under isolationist policies. Despite being ...

Today, we explore the hauntingly beautiful legend of the Swan Maidens. This tale of shapeshifting women, love, captivity, and ...

Thousands of fans in Japan have bid an emotional farewell to four giant pandas. The pandas, a mother and her three daughters, ...

Squids first appeared about 100 million years ago and quickly rose to become dominant predators in the ancient oceans, ...

Yokai are supernatural creatures or phenomenon from Japanese folklore. The term "Yokai" is often translated as "ghost," ...