Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser reacts to the AmeriCorps ruling that restores grant money and helps retain service ...

Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and his family have visited Okinawa to pray for the war dead ahead of the 80th anniversary marking ...

A gory set of manuals, one dating to the 17th century, advised Japanese warriors in the secret ways of seppuku.

On the rural islands of Nagasaki a handful of believers practice a version of Christianity that has direct links to a time of ...

Popularized in anime like "Death Note" and "Bleach," shinigami are said to be beings that lure the living to their deaths — ...

Samurai fashion is in, so are samurai tattoos. New York tattoo artist Sumok Kim, who works at Chronic Ink, has seen a surge ...

Animals in mythology often carry deep symbolic meanings and appear as powerful figures across cultures. Snakes are widely ...

Since ancient times, poppies have been used for a variety of purposes and given a variety of symbolic meanings. Red and white ...

Ancient Greek inscriptions appear on some of the most prominent buildings in the world, whether on a historical building or ...

imprisoned and silenced dissenters during Spain's 1936-1939 civil war and the dictatorship that followed until his death in 1975. "There are more than 6,000 of these symbols still standing," said ...