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Japanese WWII fighter lifted from sea | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
12+ hour, 35+ min ago (44+ words) Japanese WWII fighter lifted from sea'nhk. or. jp Japanese WWII fighter lifted from sea A Japanese World War II fighter plane, the 'Shidenkai,' has been lifted from the sea after 81 years near Akune, in Kagoshima Prefecture, to become a symbol…...
BREAKING: WWII heroes commemorated in Araw ng Kagitingan rites in Bataan
2+ hour, 30+ min ago (69+ words) The Manila Times BREAKING: WWII heroes commemorated in Araw ng Kagitingan rites in Bataan Filipino and American soldiers who defended Bataan in the Second World War were commemorated at Mount Samat National Shrine. President Marcos praised the heroism of those…...
87-year-old grandmother recalls hiding from the Japaneseduring WW II
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (750+ words) DON MARCELINO, DAVAO OCCIDENTAL (Minda News/9 April) " Eighty seven-year old Precille "Precing" Delos Reyes Medillo still remembers hiding from the Japanese when the invaders came to within three kilometers from their home in Barangay Lais, Malita when war broke out…...
Rare Japanese WWII fighter raised from sea after 81 years | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
4+ hour, 4+ min ago (667+ words) By FUJIO MIYATA/ Staff Writer April 9, 2026 at 17: 41 JST The wreckage of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Shiden Kai fighter aircraft is brought to the surface in Akune, Kagoshima Prefecture, on April 9. (Provided by the association for preserving Hokusatsu's war heritage for…...
Along the Beijing Central Axis: Where history lives on
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (40+ words) news. cgtn. com Along the Beijing Central Axis: Where history lives on The heart of Beijing. 700 years of history. UNESCO World Heritage Site. The soul of Beijing lives on this line....
North Korea's hidden past: 5, 000-year-old salt production site unearthed
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (278+ words) Archaeologists in North Korea have uncovered some of the earliest known salt production facilities in the region, shedding light on how ancient communities managed one of humanity's most essential resources more than 5, 000 years ago. The discovery was reported by state…...
Ashley Chin Is The Anthropologist Dissecting Singapore's Ghost Stories
1+ hour, 10+ min ago (1095+ words) By'Carlos Keng,'9 Apr 2026 Knowledge influencers " creators whose content is more about facts than, erm, fluff " are getting their much overdue turn in the spotlight and few are as intriguing as Ashley Chin, a recent Cambridge anthropology graduate. She first went…...
VOX POPULI: Frank accounts of firebombing survivors a rebuke of war | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis
6+ hour, 12+ min ago (487+ words) April 9, 2026 at 15: 33 JST At the Edo-Tokyo Museum's library, visitors can watch video testimonies of Katsumoto Saotome and other survivors' wartime experiences. (Tetsuro Takehana) Author Katsumoto Saotome (1932-2022) recalls the night of the Tokyo firebombing of March 1945 in a testimonial video. "I…...
Japanese World War Two fighter 'Shidenkai' salvaged from sea after 81 years | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
14+ hour, 35+ min ago (198+ words) A Japanese fighter aircraft used during World War Two by the now-defunct Imperial Navy has been salvaged after lying underwater for 81 years. The Shidenkai fighter crash-landed on the sea off Akune City in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, after exchanging fire…...
Two Lectures: "Hermenegildo Cruz, the Filipino Workers and the Ruling Classes," and "Being of Two Places," by Veronica Alporha and Haruka Kei Waseda " Center for Philippine Studies
9+ hour, 11+ min ago (268+ words) University of Hawai'i at M'noa Veronica Alporha, Ph D Candidate at the UH Department of History, recipient of the Belinda A. Aquino International Philippine Studies Endowment, will present her talk on "Hermenegildo Cruz, the Filipino Workers, and the Ruling Class." The…...