The seller spent close to $2 million and several years renovating Hume Cloister, a historic property in Berkeley, Calif.

Egypt says the sovereignty of a famous monastery is assured. Egypt’s foreign minister on Wednesday told his Greek counterpart ...

We begin exploring the gap between the calm we seek and the chaos surrounding us. This morning, I woke up and instinctively ...

One of the most hyped walking techniques is 10,000 steps a day. A Japanese walking technique is now making waves in the fitness industry. So, which one is better? Walking 10,000 steps a day or 30 ...

On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, a popular local Japanese streamer Ai Mogami was killed in Takadanobaba, a district in Shinjuku (Image via X/@notfound0637) On Tuesday, March 11, 2025, popular Japanese ...

FILE - Monks carry baskets of supplies to the Simonopetra, or Simonos Petra Monastery, home of the all-male autonomous community of Agion Oros, or Holy Mountain, on the peninsula of Mount Athos in ...

A rectangle and the word “Klosterkullen,” which translates to “monastery hill,” was drawn in an area that today is an empty field in Derome, according to a May 13 news release from the ...

Premonitions and prophetic dreams: Japanese manga, The Future I Saw, went out of print. It is now causing panic and anxiety. The author dreamt of tragedies and penned them down. Japan might be hit ...

What might sound like the plot of an apocalyptic movie is now having real-world consequences for Japan’s tourism industry. A mix of esoteric predictions, social media warnings, and a Japanese ...

(Bloomberg) -- A slump in Japanese bonds worsened Tuesday after the weakest demand at a government debt auction in more than a decade highlighted worries over the central bank’s retreat from the ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Yields on the longest-dated Japanese government bonds surged to record highs on Tuesday after a dismal debt ...