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- The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large group of peoples in Taiwan, Maritime Southeast Asia, parts...257 KB (23,841 words) - 16:04, 24 May 2024
- Suzuki Motor Corporation (Japanese: スズキ株式会社, Hepburn: Suzuki Kabushiki gaisha) is a Japanese multinational mobility manufacturer headquartered in Hamamatsu...253 KB (28,234 words) - 13:20, 27 May 2024
- Origami (折り紙, Japanese pronunciation: [oɾiɡami] or [oɾiꜜɡami], from ori meaning "folding", and kami meaning "paper" (kami changes to gami due to rendaku))...48 KB (5,882 words) - 20:30, 11 April 2024
- Haenyeo (Korean: 해녀; lit. sea women) are female divers in the South Korean province of Jeju, whose livelihood consists of harvesting a variety of mollusks...20 KB (2,186 words) - 01:19, 15 May 2024
- The Tank Man (also known as the Unknown Protester or Unknown Rebel) is the nickname given to an unidentified individual, presumed to be a Chinese man,...36 KB (3,654 words) - 16:18, 27 May 2024
- Soichiro Honda (本田 宗一郎, Honda Sōichirō, 17 November 1906 – 5 August 1991) was a Japanese engineer and industrialist. In 1948, he established Honda Motor...14 KB (1,535 words) - 18:01, 9 May 2024
- The National Bureau of Statistics (Chinese: 国家统计局) is a deputy-cabinet level agency directly under the State Council of China. Established in August 1952...7 KB (536 words) - 00:05, 24 June 2023
- The history of the missions of the Jesuits in China is part of the history of relations between China and the Western world. The missionary efforts and...37 KB (4,291 words) - 04:05, 13 April 2024
- Laogai (Chinese: 劳改), short for laodong gaizao (劳动改造), which means reform through labor, is a criminal justice system involving the use of penal labor...37 KB (4,372 words) - 04:48, 29 May 2024
- The Treaty of Portsmouth is a treaty that formally ended the 1904–1905 Russo-Japanese War. It was signed on September 5, 1905, after negotiations from...19 KB (2,103 words) - 10:53, 9 May 2024
- Fukuryu (Japanese: 伏龍, Hepburn: Fukuryū) (also known as suicide divers and kamikaze frogmen) were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units prepared...6 KB (750 words) - 12:19, 11 March 2024
- The 2008 Chinese milk scandal was a significant food safety incident in China. The scandal involved Sanlu Group's milk and infant formula along with other...176 KB (17,479 words) - 02:38, 22 April 2024
- A fortune cookie is a crisp and sugary cookie wafer made from flour, sugar, vanilla, and sesame seed oil with a piece of paper inside, a "fortune", an...18 KB (1,847 words) - 18:01, 29 May 2024
- Iron Chef (料理の鉄人, Ryōri no Tetsujin, literally "Ironmen of Cooking") is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which...72 KB (9,505 words) - 02:01, 30 April 2024
- Mono no aware (物の哀れ), lit. 'the pathos of things', and also translated as 'an empathy toward things', or 'a sensitivity to ephemera', is a Japanese idiom...11 KB (1,089 words) - 06:18, 11 April 2024
- Chinese censorship abroad refers to extraterritorial censorship by the government of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Communist Party; CCP), i.e...203 KB (14,598 words) - 02:35, 9 May 2024
- The Yellow Peril (also the Yellow Terror, the Yellow Menace and the Yellow Specter) is a racist color metaphor that depicts the peoples of East and Southeast...143 KB (17,266 words) - 20:53, 30 May 2024
- During and following the Korean War, the United States military used regulated prostitution services in South Korean military camptowns. Despite prostitution...77 KB (8,242 words) - 20:22, 20 May 2024
- Mongolia is divided into 21 provinces or aimags (Mongolian: аймаг) and one provincial municipality. Each aimag is subdivided into several districts. The...6 KB (217 words) - 00:54, 18 January 2024
- The Chinese 8A4 class ROUV is a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROUV) used to perform various underwater tasks, ranging from oil platform service...14 KB (1,482 words) - 16:47, 16 May 2024