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The forgotten story of Japan’s first English teacher in the 1950s
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 ...
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The Swan Maidens Folktale and the Call to Freedom
Today, we explore the hauntingly beautiful legend of the Swan Maidens. This tale of shapeshifting women, love, captivity, and ...
Fans bid teary farewell to four giant pandas at a zoo in Japan before their return to China
Thousands of fans in Japan have bid an emotional farewell to four giant pandas. The pandas, a mother and her three daughters, ...
Ancient squids dominated the ocean 100 million years ago, fossil discovery technique reveals
Squids first appeared about 100 million years ago and quickly rose to become dominant predators in the ancient oceans, ...
Why so astronauts take soft toys to space? Shubhanshu Shukla carries swan 'Joy'. A look at their companions from past missions
During a live broadcast from space, Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla introduced “Joy,” a soft swan toy floating beside him ...