When my sister and I were growing up in Nagoya, Japan, our mother would sometimes bring us to Tsuruma Park after school to let us run free. The playground, fringed by dark trees that cast shade on the ...

Nina Li Coomes is a Japanese and American writer living in Chicago. When my sister and I were growing up in Nagoya, Japan, our mother would sometimes bring us to Tsuruma Park after school to let us ...

SINGAPORE, Oct. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Yakult Singapore, well-loved for its premium probiotic cultured drinks, has introduced Y1000, its most concentrated probiotic drink to date. Containing over ...

An analysis by language learning website Preply found that Massachusetts was the fifth hardest name for Americans to say correctly. It was also the fifth hardest state name to spell. The study found ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The Yakult Swallows announced Sunday that Shingo Takatsu is stepping down as manager of the Central League club at the end of the season. The team has struggled this season, Takatsu's ...

Credit: The Image Party / Shutterstock.com. Yakult Honsha has set up a European R&D unit in the Netherlands as a “global hub for food innovation”. The new centre sits within the company’s corporate ...

Credit: The Image Party / Shutterstock.com. Fermented milk drinks maker Yakult Honsha has set up a European R&D unit in the Netherlands as a “global hub for food innovation”. The new centre sits ...

President Donald Trump struggled to pronounce “acetaminophen” — a drug commonly known as Tylenol — as he announced an unproven link between the drug and autism. The internet couldn’t stop laughing ...

Arizona has its fair share of place names that outsiders, and sometimes even locals, struggle to pronounce. If you’ve ever pronounced Prescott as “Press-scott” instead of “Press-kitt” or called the ...

If you're new to Georgia, or even a lifelong resident, you've probably stumbled over a few town names that look simple on paper but sound completely different when spoken aloud. From silent syllables ...

Decades into his Academy Award-winning career, Denzel Washington is setting the record straight on how to pronounce his name. During a Sept. 2 appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!," "The Equalizer" actor ...

The study found that Quonochontaug is the most difficult place name to pronounce in Rhode Island. According to Preply, the hardest state name for Americans to pronounce is Arkansas. According to the ...