however tourism has dropped considerably due to the pandemic A seaside town in Japan has raised eyebrows after it used funding from an emergency Covid-19 relief grant to build a giant statue of a ...

From their jail in the Philippines, the men managed to recruit accomplices in Japan to carry out the robberies. One of them is said to be the mastermind, who calls himself "Luffy" after a popular ...

Long-standing tensions between Japan and South Korea have reached a symbolic peak over a Buddhist statue stolen from Kannonji ...

One of the four detained individuals in the Philippines used the name “Luffy” and gave instructions through a mobile phone to robbers in Japan, police said. A 90-year-old woman in Komae ...

Now, the statue poses a safety problem. Japan's building code requires structures that are 60 meters or higher to be fitted with aviation obstruction lights. It has been some time since the Kaga ...

The “Luffy” gang, as it is known, was headed by four men in the Philippines, who have since been extradited to Japan. According to the indictment, Nagata and three other men, dressed as delivery men, ...

A pro-Donald Trump march took place in the Japanese city of Osaka at the weekend. Participants in the event wore MAGA caps and carried a giant mikoshi – a portable statue or shrine often part of ...

For the reenactment, two Nanatan members rode a makeshift raft into the Dotonbori River to play the parts of Luffy and his merry crew while a third stood on a bridge as Robin. Following the iconic ...

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See the exclusive group of basketball players honored with statues at NBA arenas. From NBA.com Staff Kobe Bryant is the 7th Lakers icon commemorated with a statue. Less than 20 players in NBA ...

This year's selection is as thrilling as Luffy activating Gear Five and more ... This isn't your grandma's feudal Japan, ...