Month: July 2025

Forty minutes east of Montpellier on France’s Mediterranean coast sits a midcentury complex once disparaged as “architectural pollution” by L’Architecture d’Aujourd’hui. The seminal work of architect Jean Balladur, La Grande…

Today in the SoraKitchen, we’re not just making umeboshi, we’re making umeboshi inside our office. SoraNews24’s HQ in downtown Tokyo’s Shinjuku neighborhood is made up of two rooms. There’s the…

It was a messy season at Madison Square Garden, but July 1 proved that the Rangers remain a free agency destination.

In a flurry of free-agency moves on July 1, it was the deal that was — in McKenzie's own words — "one for none" that stole the show.

There's still some quality to be found after the first day of NHL free agency with solid depth pieces on offer.

Sure, there's the taxes. But there's also elite team-building and a culture that players adore. GM Bill Zito: "They stayed to win, period."

“Yokozuna-class” burger is for those with very big appetites. Burger King Japan likes to get creative with its burger designs and theming. Within the past year, for example, we’ve seen…

Survey results show big gap in how younger and older respondents interpreted this seemingly simple phrase. Japanese is often described as a “high-context” language, meaning that things are regularly left…

Despite a rising cap, NHL teams didn't splash the kind of cash we're used to seeing on July 1.

Despite a rising cap, NHL teams didn't splash the kind of cash we're used to seeing on July 1.