Beachy Head's lighthouse will have to be relocated further inland, its owner has said, just over

On two recent occasions, a foreign tourist walked into Shoji Matsumoto’s barbershop, through a front door that grates loudly when opened more than halfway, wanting a haircut. One was Italian, the other British.... Some officials, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, have raised concerns about overtourism.... In March, there were more than three million international arrivals, a monthly record, and a more than 10 percent jump compared with March 2019. Nearly two thirds of international visit

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Inside a hushed bookstore in central Taipei one recent night, Ju Lee-wen stood beneath a large black banner that said “ Revolution Now!... She went to Causeway Bay Books, an irreverent shop stocked with volumes critical of the Chinese Communist Party, to show her support for democracy in Hong Kong and Taiwan.“ We have to fight to protect our freedom and our future, ” Ms.... Ju said. Causeway Bay Books, which occupies a cramped room on the 10th floor of a drab office building,

France's oldest, still active lighthouse, has been given UNESCO World Heritage status. Cordouan

TOKYO-Japan Inc has been hit by two major corporate governance scandals in as many months, with

office a year early with no obvious successor.In the longer term, Japan’s next leader faces the

IZUMO, Shimane--Shinto priests at west Japan's Izumo Taisha Shrine, where numerous gods from across

A lighthouse foghorn as loud as a chainsaw has been keeping residents in this seaside part of the

leadership election cemented his position as Japan's prime minister for the next three years.... None

The poll also showed that 65 percent of the respondents believed the United States would come to Taiwan's aid militarily should China invade, while 28.5 percent felt it would not.... In the survey, 64.3 percent of the respondents disagreed that China would one day invade, while 28.1 percent agreed.... The figure for those who said China could invade Taiwan was more than double that of the previous survey....