graphic novel in English of comparable depth and scope is Art Spiegelman’s Maus. Originally published in 1988-89, Showa is the first installment in a 4-volume set that will be issued in the US over ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese oil refiners Idemitsu Kosan and Showa Shell Sekiyu said on Tuesday they had agreed to merge on April 1 next year, after Idemitsu's founding family dropped its long-standing ...

TOKYO, April 18 (Reuters) - Japan's top buyer of Iranian crude Showa Shell Sekiyu KK has renewed its annual oil purchase deal with Iran but cut the volume in line with other Japanese refiners to ...

Japan’s Antarctic research vessel Shirase carved its way through sea ice and reached a fast ice berthing point about 1,700 meters off the country’s Showa Station at 12:44 p.m. on Saturday. The waters ...

Japanese metals firm Showa Aluminum, part of New York fund, adds aluminum-related Mitsubishi Materials assets to its portfolio. New York-based Apollo Group is now involved in recycling more than 4.43 ...

Showa American Story is an action-RPG set in Japan-controlled 1980s America after a zombie apocalypse in which you shoot zombies while upgrading your character and the RV she lives in. I don't know if ...

Hagoita (battledores) are traditional Japanese wooden paddles used to play hanetsuki (hitting a feathered shuttlecock), a game similar to badminton. Both the game and the paddles have existed since at ...

Off Showa Station, Antarctica, Dec. 29 (Jiji Press)--Japan's Antarctic research vessel Shirase carved its way through sea ice and reached a fast ice berthing point about 1,700 meters off Japan's Showa ...