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Oscar McKevitt Flack On Tuesday 21st October, the world witnessed the return of Margaret Thatcher (well, sort of). Japan’s newly elected Prime Minister and self-proclaimed ‘Iron Lady’, Takaichi Sanae, won a clear majority with 237 votes in the Lower House and 125 votes in the Upper House of Japan’s...

Emma Burnett In the UK, our Christmas traditions are so ingrained that it is easy to forget that other countries have completely different approaches to the festive season. Emma Burnett explores different Christmas traditions around the globe.  Germany Famous for their festive markets, Germans know how to make a...

Isabelle Raikes takes a deeper look as at the issued cause as a result of putting the Games back a year....

In 1996 a 29-year-old Japanese male was reported dead as a result of a stroke, in the shipping department of Japan’s largest newspaper company. Cause of death? Karoshi. Translated as literally “overwork death”, this gentleman’s demise sadly was, and is still is not, uncommon for workers amongst his age...

Japan is an island rich in culture, history and nature. Animé, sushi, technology, cherry blossom trees, Samurai and temples are just some aspects that have filtered through to a Western imagination of the country. The East Asian island hosts something for everyone, and in the last few years this...

Gracing the stage of the Glee Club on Thursday 1st November, Stone Foundation are a Midlands-based seven-piece band with a whole lot of soul. The band will be performing in Nottingham as part of their November UK tour, off the back of their most recent album Everybody, Anyone, which...

Whatever one’s opinion on the paranormal, everyone loves a spooky ghost story, especially in the run up to Halloween. So here’s a list of top five most haunted places around the globe for you to visit. Pluckley Village, Kent, England A village with as small of a population as...