The Smithian

...part horror movie, part buddy comedy, part superhero origin story, this twist on the classic body-snatcher formula—adapted from a popular manga...

...Japanese artist Yusuke Asai has covered a primary school classroom in Maharashtra in an intricate and hypnotizing mural made with mud.

The Chinatown-International District of Seattle, or the "I.D.," is a diverse community of Chinese, Filipino, Japanese and Vietnamese residents and merchants. Immigrating Chinese laborers began to settle in Seattle in the 1860s, and other cultures followed, creating the interesting neighborhood that remains to this day.

After the 1941 Pearl Harbor attacks...Fred Korematsu challenged President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066 that authorized the U.S. military to forcibly remove more than 120,000 people, mostly of Japanese descent, from their homes and into incarceration camps throughout the country. Two-thirds of these people were American citizens. Mr. Korematsu went into hiding in the Oakland area, becoming a fugitive, and was arrested and convicted of violating the federal order. His case went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

On Jan. 30, the White House issued a statement honoring the legacy of Fred Korematsu.

...a combined effort of dancers from the mega stars Kosuiren and the Hyottokoren with added assistance from the Minami-Koshigaya Tensuiren.