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Nations are being forced to choose between siding with China or the U.S. as President Donald Trump’s trade war locks the world’s two largest economies on a collision course. Trump says Columbus ...

HELLO KITTY STANDS on the balcony like Eva Perón, framed by two great stone pillars and a blue-green ... making them ideal mascots. And the tiger stripes (torajima in Japanese) — black lines ...

That’s despite Expo advertisements scattered throughout Japan’s train stations and a late-blooming national love for the event’s mascot, a red and blue, globular ring-shaped creature named ...

To make good, Michi agrees to move to a neglected town in rural Japan, where he must revive a flagging mascot agency — and restore the community — before an anti-yakuza curse kills him.

Pascal, seen at a Star Wars fan event in Japan with Sigourney Weaver ... The actor paired his leather play with a bright blue turtleneck and a tartan suit coat. Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic ...

Lamar, CO – The Lamar School District RE-2 Board of Education has unanimously supported a one-year plan to unify all district campuses under the “Thunder” mascot by Fall 2026. The initiative, titled ...

Many visitors carried Myaku-Myaku mascots or wore clothes matching its colors — red, blue and white — to get in the mood. The Expo comes only four years after Japan struggled to host the no ...

Earlier, Nitish unveiled the official logo of the Khelo India Youth Games, while the mascot was unveiled by Union minister for youth affairs and sports, Mansukh Mandaviya. The occasion also saw ...

Rosewood Hotels & Resorts just opened its first resort in Japan—on Okinawa's Miyako Island—and Travel + Leisure was the first in.