When 15-year-old Shurina is cast as a kamikaze pilot in her school play, she embarks on an unexpected journey through history and loss. As she travels across Japan, she visits World War II memorials and hangs paper cranes in memory of schoolgirls forced to end their lives during the war. In Okinawa, as her final … Read more
After a break of a decade, a passion play is to be performed again in Germany’s minority Sorbian language in the district of Crostwitz in the eastern state of Saxony, an event that has occurred every 10 years since 1995, with the first performance going back to 1936. Five performances of the play are planned for … Read more
An unexploded bomb from World War II disrupted railway traffic to and from Paris’ busy Gare du Nord train station, officials said Friday. The bomb was found “near the tracks” during overnight maintenance work in the suburb of Saint Denis, about 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) from the station, France’s SNCF national rail company said in a statement. The Paris … Read more
Paris CNN — Trains to and from Paris were heavily disrupted following the discovery of an unexploded World War II bomb early on Friday near the world’s third-busiest train station. Almost 500 trains were canceled and the disruption affected around 600,000 people at the Gare du Nord, the transport minister said. The bomb, described by … Read more
TOKYO — An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights, Japanese officials said. No one was hurt, and there were no aircraft nearby when the bomb exploded at Miyazaki Airport … Read more