In January 2025, the University Press of First Asia, the editorial arm of Diwa Learning Systems Inc., a publisher of textbooks and other educational resources for Philippines schools said they were currently developing textbooks for Filipino Language and Literature and found the primary source document...
Foxes, known as kitsune (狐) in Japanese, appear in many Japanese mythological stories and folktales. They are viewed as intelligent and capable of magic. They are also regarded as the messengers of Inari, one of the most worshiped Shinto gods. Inari shrines, such as the famous one at Fu...
This is the first of the Giacomo Puccini opera metamorphosis that was famous, in which "Madame Butterfly" became the modern geopolitical argument to understand the culture. In this film, through love relations that really did not make sense between a French diplomat and the Chinese opera singer...
China's world famous Terracotta Army attraction has been given a digital boost thanks to the Chinese web-based encyclopedia Baidu Baike, in partnership with the Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum Site Museum. Chinese and Israeli colleges to exchange students for agricultural studies Shanghai Jiao Tong ...
(Hidetoshi Nishijima), who discovers that his wife is cheating on him. But before he can confront her, she dies of a brain hemorrhage. Two years later, Yusuke has been hired to direct a new multilingual staging of an Anton Chekhov play he made famous in Japan, and encounters among the ...
Heaven because the wreck of the Yamashiro lies in pristine condition, still proud of her 213 m/699 feet length, her twelve heavy 14 inch guns and her famous 44 m/144 feet high superstructure nicknamed Pagoda. Hell because the current is never less than 7 knots, the visibility on the botto...
The publication of the poem “Strong in the Rain” by Kenji Miyazawa (1896–1933), a famous author of children’s books, made a symbolic appeal to the Japanese who were struggling through the difficulties. The magazine depicted children as the protagonists to build an ideal New Japan through...
the greatest king of the Dynasty,Aśoka(Ashoka;AsokainPāli), commemorated himself with monumental rock cut inscriptions, and especially on a series of pillars, erected around India. The most famous of the pillars is atSārnāth,सार्नाथ(orसारनाथ), where the...
delightful slapstick and satirical humor. The actors (typically no more than three) dramatize their every movement, bringing a larger-than-life excitement to the art form. Much like in Western theater, there are many famous kyogen plays that are performed much more often than any new, orig...
Okonomiyaki, a sort of vegetable pancake grilled right at yourteppantable or counter grill, is a delicious, popular and inexpensive Kansai area dish. But Hiroshima is famous for its mountainous version and this is the place to grab an icy mug of beer and dig in. Try to sit at the ...