The Roman Catholic mission in Japan, which had been founded by St. Francis Xavier in the southern island of Kyushu in 1549, seemed to be in a relatively flourishing position sixty-four years later, ...

Pixel art is a staple of the industry, going back to the NES era. For more than a decade, this visual style defined the ...

Patrick Holland has been a phone reviewer for CNET since 2016. He is a former theater director who occasionally makes short films. Patrick has an eye for photography and a passion for everything ...

Ginzan Onsen, a popular Japanese hot spring town known for its scenic snowy views, has begun limiting entry to day trippers during winter peak season, becoming another destination to tackle ...

In 2024, Made by Google rolled out big updates with new features to Pixel phones on six occasions. The year saw everything from routine operating system updates to entirely new apps and even a ...

Google has crafted a unique identity for its Pixel series of smartphones. New details around the Pixel 9a point to Google walking away from this hard-won position due to the latest fashion in ...

Big money, big ideas and big egos — the art world has all the necessary ingredients ... ate the banana for the cameras. In January, a Japanese author admitted that her award-winning book ...

The Japanese theming of Fortnite Chapter 6 brought an evocative redesign to the game's map. Many of the region's most iconic properties such as Godzilla and mecha are making their way into ...

This neo-feudal setup is evidenced by today’s unprecedented rise of global inequality. Since the 1980s, income inequality, for example, has increased sharply across the world. This trend has ...

Simose Art Museum in Hiroshima, Japan, has been recognised as the world’s most beautiful museum at the 2024 Prix Versailles awards. The prestigious architecture prize highlights the “finest ...