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English Version Have you heard of hwa-byung, sometimes translated as “fire illness” or “anger illness”? In Japanese it is often read as hibyo or fabyon. It

English Version Kanagawa Prefecture has no shortage of places linked to ghost stories, but one of Kamakura’s most infamous haunted sites is the Harakiri Ya

English Version Not so long ago, radio and newspapers were among the main sources of information. Today, far fewer people listen to the radio on a daily ba

English Version In Japan, clapping is usually a gesture of joy, celebration, or blessing. You bring your palms together to applaud someone, offer congratul

English Version In Part 1, we covered the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, in which subjects were deceived for 40 years. It was an extremely malicious case, and it

English Version A mystery circle, more commonly known in English as a crop circle, is a phenomenon in which crops in a field are flattened into a circular

English Version Part of what makes a horror movie frightening is that uneasy question: is this fiction, or could it be real? The cursed videotape in The Ri

English Version In this series, Occult Online has covered the repression of Tibetans and Uyghurs under Chinese rule. The Chinese government does not acknow

English Version In recent years, Japan has seen a rise in syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection. When syphilis develops, it can cause red rashes and l

English Version In Japan, many people have heard the word yaku-doshi, often translated as an unlucky year or a year of misfortune. But what does it actuall