3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (357+ words) Business Upturn Watch: Vansaj claims Scout is lying about his income says 50-60 lakh Bigg Boss 20 is already buzzing with drama outside the house. Popular gamer and content creator ScoutOP (Tanmay Singh) stunned host Salman Khan by revealing he earns around…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (343+ words) South Park wasted little time turning its latest Emmy win into another joke about Donald Trump. The animated comedy won Outstanding Animated Program at the 2026 Creative Arts Emmys for its episode “Sermon on the Mount,” which featured some of the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (339+ words) Business Upturn Japanese traditional music instruments: shamisen, taiko, koto and shakuhachi The koto arrived in Japan from China more than a thousand years ago, while the shamisen took a completely different route, passing through Okinawa in the 16th century before becoming…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (331+ words) Business Upturn Eisa explained: how Okinawa's Bon dance became a modern cultural symbol Outside Okinawa, Eisa is now performed at cultural festivals as far away as Osaka and Tokyo, and among Okinawan diaspora communities in Hawaii and South America, a…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (220+ words) Business Upturn Kabuki vs Noh theatre: the biggest differences in Japanese performance culture Noh predates Kabuki by roughly two centuries, developing under samurai and aristocratic patronage in the 14th century, while Kabuki emerged in the early 1600s as entertainment for ordinary townspeople…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (363+ words) Business Upturn Owara Kaze no Bon music and dance: what makes the festival unique? A bowed string instrument called the kokyu appears in very few Japanese festivals still performed today, yet it sits at the centre of Owara Kaze no…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (705+ words) Business Upturn South African athlete Oscar Pistorius to be released on parole after nearly 9 years in prison Department of Corrections officials have said that Pistorius' release time on Friday will not be announced in advance and he will not be…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1090+ words) For an ordinary person, the flag might mean almost nothing. For Joe, it could be the most important piece of information she has received since being kidnapped. The appearance of the Lone Star Flag strongly suggests that Joe is still…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (655+ words) The Office did not begin with the kind of salaries associated with sitcom giants such as Friends or The Big Bang Theory. When the NBC comedy premiered in 2005, several of its future stars were earning only around $20,000 per episode. By…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (324+ words) Business Upturn How anime merchandise became a major part of Japan's tourism economy Akihabara, the Tokyo district once known primarily for electronics retailers, has largely rebranded itself around anime and gaming merchandise, with multi-story stores dedicated to figures, trading cards,…...