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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...

The Asud (Mongolian Cyrillic: Асуд, IPA: /ˈasʊt/) were a military group of Alani origin. The Mongol clan Asud is the plural of As, the Arabic name for...

In late January 2016, a cold wave struck much of East Asia, parts of mainland Southeast Asia and parts of northern South Asia, bringing record cold temperatures...

Hideki Ishima (石間 秀機, Ishima Hideki, born March 21, 1944 in Sapporo, Hokkaido) is a Japanese musician, known primarily for his work with Flower Travellin'...

Zhang Ji (simplified Chinese: 张籍; traditional Chinese: 張籍; pinyin: Zhāng Jí; Wade–Giles: Chang Chi2; c. 766 – c. 830), courtesy name Wenchang (文昌), was...

Ōfuna Kannon Temple (大船観音寺, Ōfuna Kannonji) is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The statue stands at 25 meters/82 feet tall and...

Iwao Yamazaki (山崎巌, Yamazaki Iwao, 16 September 1894 – 26 June 1968) was a lawyer, politician and cabinet minister in the early Shōwa period of Japan....

Kyōgoku Takakazu (京極 高数) (died 12 July 1441) was a Japanese noble member of the Kyōgoku Clan (Japanese: 京極氏 (Kyōgoku-shi)) of Japan who served the shōgun...

Pu Zhongjie (Chinese: 蒲忠杰; born January 16, 1963) is a Chinese businessman and entrepreneur. He founded the pharmaceutical company Lepu Group Co. Ltd....