Metasequoia trees lining a 2.4-kilometer avenue in Makino Town in Shiga Prefecture’s Takashima City have been in full color since late November. The trees were planted in 1981 to protect the ...

On December 14, Angélique Angarni-Filopon, from the French Caribbean island of Martinique, was crowned the new Miss France, following a well-established ritual. Does this scene ring a bell?