2+ hour, 2+ min ago  (283+ words) Eight crested ibises on Sunday were released into the wild in a north-central Japanese town, decades after the birds went extinct in the country. Eight of the endangered birds took off from each of their wooden cages at a ceremony…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (560+ words) Four mounted cowboys jostle for position near the bull pen gate. When the bull bolts out into the ring, a mad scramble begins as the riders vie to grab its tail and knock it to the ground. Bull tailing, or…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (387+ words) Taipei Times - All Front Page Taiwan News Business Editorial & Opinion Sports World News Features Bilingual Pages Participants of the "Speediest Dinosaur" subevent at this year's Kaohsiung Fubon Marathon line up on the tracks at Kaohsiung National Stadium in preparation for…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (237+ words) A special exhibition on Irish literature opened today in Tainan, examining the development of Irish writing from the late 19th century to the present and its resonance with Taiwan's own colonial history. At a news event at the National Museum of…...

8+ mon, 2+ week ago  (374+ words) A large-scale international art project that includes paintings from eight Taiwanese artists is on display at the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts (WAM), inviting visitors to ponder the nature of peace. "Lee Mingwei: Our Peaceable Kingdom" is curated by Taiwanese…...

11+ mon, 4+ day ago  (532+ words) The Ministry of Environment yesterday held a seminar in Taipei for experts from Taiwan and Japan to exchange their experiences on the designs and development of public toilets. Japan Toilet Association chairman Kohei Yamamoto said that he was impressed with…...