Midori Kato is the last original member of the cast of “Sazae-san,” a cartoon series that premiered in 1969 and never quite joined the modern world. Lena Schilling, the youngest lawmaker in ...

Starting in November 2010, 97 communities were flooded or isolated by the 2010-2011 floods, with 33 people losing their lives. By the 'end' of the tragedy, 2.5 million people were impacted and the ...