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People traveling on the Sanriku Railway Network can now use special KitKat candy wrappers as train tickets. It's part of a campaign to revive tourism after the tsunami in 2011.

The new legislation redefines rape as nonconsensual sex, removing a requirement showing the victim fought back. The change comes after four years of protests decrying sexual violence in Japan.

It's National Poetry Month and listeners have been submitting Twitter poems with the hashtag #NPRpoetry. Graphic designer Kat Wedmore wrote about her connection with the show Jeopardy!

Kat Epple, Emmy and Peabody Award-winning composer and flutist, will perform at the Marco Island Historical Society for its 25th Anniversary celebration…

How does a movie freighted with baggage over its casting of a white actress as an Asian character get marketed?

This season, we're tracking down the origins of favorite holiday traditions. Tuesday it was all about jelly donuts. Wednesday — eggnog. But, what exactly is eggnog?

Actress Tippi Hedren talks with her daughter, actress Melanie Griffith, and her granddaughter, actress Dakota Johnson, about how being a woman in Hollywood has — and hasn't — changed over the years.

History, intrigue and a misprint combine so that a single stamp from 1918 recently sold for big bucks.

It's decision day for millions of federal employees who find themselves at a "fork in the road." And, the Trump administration's plans to shut down USAID could have devastating consequences worldwide.

Apple announced several new AI features and a partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI at its Worldwide Developers Conference. How the plastic industry ingrained the material into our lives — and what activists are trying to do about it.