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  1. Detail of a Taiwanese 500 dollar bill.

    In Taiwan, baseball is the beautiful game - and cultural glue

    Taiwan is serious about its favourite game - baseball

    Taiwan AFP/Peter Harmsen
  2. 7th Inning Stretch

    Baseball

    I went to my first Japanese baseball game on September 12. I saw the Hanshien Tigers play the Nag...

    Japan Frank Lev
  3. Fans release balloons at a baseball game in Osaka.

    Take Me Out To The Ball Game- Osaka Style

    Japan is a country that is passionate about baseball.

    Japan MaryLou Driedger
  4. American Pastime

    Film Review: American Pastime

    Life throws Lyle Nomura a curve ball when he lands in a WWII Japanese internment camp instead of ...

    Japan Celeste Heiter

  5. Sumo

    I went to see Sumo the other day. It took a lot of determination getting there but it was worth i...

    Japan Frank Lev
  6. On the Night Joey Ramone Died

    Rock and Roll Will Never Die

    Rock and roll is a country all of its own. It has territories everywhere in the world, each with ...

    Thailand Janet Brown
  7. Along with the graceful silk ao dai, the non has become a sort of informal Vietnamese national symbol recognized worldwide.

    The Non: National Headgear and Symbol of Vietnam

    In my travels I've noticed that every country has its own national headgear. The United States ha...

    Vietnam Steven K. Bailey

  8. Basic Training for Tourists

    Where else in the world can a tourist be a soldier for a day or two, shoot off an M-16, jump from...

    Thailand Jim Algie
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    Arts and Handicrafts of Vietnam

    Wandering through outdoor markets and shopping arcades has always been one of my favorite pastime...

    Vietnam Steven K. Bailey
  10. Although baseball has gained enormous popularity since its introduction to Japan, sumo wrestling still remains its national sport. Sumo fans turn out in droves to enjoy the six tournaments called basho held throughout the year. Here, a crowd waits for the sumo basho to begin.

    Photo of the Day Archive for July 2006

    Photo of the Day Archive for July 2006

    Japan Albert Wen
  11. The Tokyo district of Rygoku is home of one of Japan's most famous Sumo wrestling facilities. Sumo wrestlers train very strenuously for their six annual basho tournaments, and must consume up to 10,000 calories a day to achieve and maintain their enormous stature. When they're not in training however, they can be seen strolling the city sidewalks wearing blue and white cotton robes called yukata.

    Photo of the Day Archive for December 2003

    Photo of the Day Archive for December 2003

    Japan Albert Wen
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    Black Ship Stew

    URAGA, Japan, July 8, 2003 - Two giant foreign container ships and specks of yachts. Nothing in t...

    Japan AFP/Shigemi Sato
  13. A Tibetan horseman in Tsara township, 70 km from Tibet's capital Lhasa.

    Tibet's Horse Racing Festival

    * * * TSARA TOWNSHIP, Tibet, Aug 8, 2005 - The muffled thud of hooves on thick grass provided an ...

    China AFP/Peter Harmsen
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    Marriage Hunting in Japan

    It's sweeping Japan: "konkatsu" or "marriage-hunting". A word play on "job hunting", it suggests ...

    Japan AFP/Harumi Ozawa
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    Dalat

    I made one bad move and one good move upon arriving in Dalat. My Sinh Tours bus dropped us-a motl...

    Vietnam Steven K. Bailey
  16. Habal-Habal, Fun, Fast and Fright

    Habal-Habal, Fun, Fast and Fright

    Mindanao has the one of the most comprehensive and best road network in the Philippines, many tow...

    Philippines Ronald de Jong
  17. A giant ferris wheel, in Korakuen Amusement Park. Tokyo, Japan.

    A Random Walk Through Technokyo

    If all that glitters were gold, Tokyo would be doubly rich. Every turn you take in this dynamic c...

    Japan Graham Simmons
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    Elephant polo festival in Nepal

    This World Cup of elephant polo is held every year at a grass airstrip on the edge of Nepal's Chi...

    Nepal AFP/Sam Taylor
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    Vending Machine, What Should I Drink?

    Japan's vending machines sell cool bananas, read minds...Using the very latest technology, vendin...

    Japan AFP/Miwa Suzuki

  20. Pico Polo

    In the late 1980s, author Pico Iyer embarked on an Asian journey with the purpose of discovering ...

    China / India / Indonesia Kenneth Champeon

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