Tamasaburo Bando, Japan's leading specialist of "onnagata" -- the theatrical portrayal of a female kabuki character by a male actor -- was on Tuesday honoured by the French government. Bando, named a ...

A Japanese teacher of students with disabilities was shocked to find on a visit to Vietnam that children there were suffering from aftereffects of polio, measles and other disorders easily prevented ...

Let's not get carried away here. The French also revere Jerry Lewis as a living national treasure, and he's as funny as a toothache.