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After the 2011 tsunami triggered a nuclear disaster in Fukushima, there were widespread fears about radiation leaking into the environment. Now a group of volunteers—who are mostly mothers—is tackling the issue head-on.

Yuka the woolly mammoth died a long time ago, but scientists gave her cells a short second life in mouse egg cells.

Apparently, that's what they're doing in Japan.

A group member reflects on their violent reputation and uncertain future as they face a public relations crisis in Japan.

Seiri-chan visits female characters once a month to take their blood and "menstrual punch" bad guys.

The tree is estimated to be worth $127,700, and the owners are worried that it won't be taken care of.

A local marriage tradition in the island of Timor helped these women escape becoming comfort women during Japanese occupation.

Surfing used to be a dirty pastime in the People's Republic, until Olympic dreams changed everything

Mmmm… sour cream and onion fried noodles.

Takashi Murakami, master of the post-anime "superflat" aesthetic, has brought his older work into dialogue with some ambitious new projects, transforming the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow—and several other museums—into wild visual playpens.

Twenty years ago, Gustavo Mizushima, whose family moved from Japan to Bolivia in the aftermath of World War II, discovered giant clams on his fish farm. No one knows how they got there, but the mollusks are now in high demand.

The Japanese hashtag #僧衣でできるもん, “I can do it in monk’s robes,” is more than just a Twitter thing.