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Taipei, May 17, 2019 - Taiwan became the first place in Asia to legalize same-sex marriage on Friday, as thousands of demonstrators outside parliament...

Tokyo, April 24, 2019 - Japanese Emperor Akihito’s abdication on April 30 will end the three-decade Heisei era that began on Jan. 8, 1989,...

Luang Prabang, April 18, 2019 -- Wearing gold-embroidered silk outfits, faces thick with make-up, a line-up of seven Laotian beauty queens greet a sea...

Paris, April 15, 2019 - Notre-Dame Cathedral went up in flames on Monday in a roaring blaze that devastated the Parisian landmark, a searing...

Washington DC, April 10, 2019 - Using a global network of telescopes to see “the unseeable,” an international scientific team on Wednesday announced a...

Taipei, April 4, 2019 — From a modern summer villa with an outdoor pool to a fully equipped film studio or a casino, paper...

Tokyo, March 26, 2019 - In Japan, every emperor’s era has its own name - appearing in places such as coins, official paperwork and...

Bengaluru, March 13, 2019 - What are a few hours playing video games and a handful of tweets worth? $1 million if you are...

OSAKA/TOKYO, March 12, 2019 - Osaka, long Japan’s “second city,” is winning the race against Tokyo to draw foreign tourists, but after a boom,...

OGA, Japan, March 5, 2019 - As a child, Tatsuo Sato was terrified when the Namahage demons roared into his northern Japanese house every...