The 2, 100-mile border separating India and China passes through some of the world’s most inhospitable terrain.... The earth is sandy, strewn with rocks and pebbles; not a blade of grass grows anywhere; there are no visible signs of animal life.... In winter, temperatures can drop to –40 degrees....

HIROSHIMA( Kyodo)--A Japanese high court ruled Wednesday that 84 people in Hiroshima Prefecture are eligible to receive state health care benefits even though they were exposed to radioactive" black rain" following the 1945 U.S. atomic bombing outside an area currently recognized by the government.... For the recognition of the plaintiffs as atomic bomb victims," it is sufficient to prove that the possibility of damage to their health due to atomic bomb radiation cannot be ruled out," said Pres

OSAKA, Japan — Onstage, Niyo Katsura wore a delicate pink kimono.... Katsura proclaimed, “ Do you see me now, old men?... ” Over the nearly three-century existence of rakugo, the slapstick cousin of Japanese stage arts like kabuki and noh, most of its performers have been men who portray multiple characters of both genders....