Maureen Montagne has gained a following among pageant fans after winning the Miss Globe crown in 2021. Because of this, many ...

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Hoshoryu, real name Sugarragchaa Byambasuren, became the 74th yokozuna after winning a major tournament last week. The sinkhole in Yashio city has now grown to the size of a swimming pool ...

Erik Sopracasa and Tom Sys' 'A Queen's Runway' chronicles last year's Miss Universe Philippines pageant. Filipino pageant fans who are looking for a behind-the-scenes peek at what goes on during the ...

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Miss Universe CEO Anne Jakrajutatip shocked the pageant community when she praised Miss Universe winner Victoria Kjær Theilvig's blond hair and blue eyes, calling them "the best." "We have blond ...

TOKYO -- Japan welcomed a record 36.87 million tourists in 2024, up 47.1% from the previous year thanks to the weak yen, according to data released Wednesday by the Japan National Tourism ...

TOKYO : Japan is likely to miss achieving its goal of running a primary budget surplus by the next fiscal year, according to three sources with knowledge of fresh fiscal estimates, as the minority ...

A record number of visitors came to Japan in 2024, thanks to surging post-pandemic global tourism and a decline in the yen that’s making the island nation an attractive and affordable destination.

For example, we do now know that habitable environments are very common in the universe. It is reasonable to generalize from here to a truly gargantuan number of habitable environments across the ...