RETRIEVING a lost soccerball is standard fare for many teenagers, but one Japanese schoolboy is getting his ball back all the way from Alaska, where it drifted following last year’s tsunami. Misaki Murakami, 16, lost his house and all its contents when the massive waves of last March crushed hisContinue Reading
It seems all too simple, a parakeet goes missing, but is reunited with its owner after telling police where he lives. Piko, the 2-year-old parakeet, was found Sunday at a hotel in Japan. After spending two days at a police station, Piko started repeating his address to authorities. Police trackedContinue Reading
Jiroemon Kimura, the world’s oldest living man, celebrated his 115th birthday on Thursday and shared his secret to a long life. “I’m delighted beyond words,” Kimura told The Telegraph. Kimura, who lives in Kyoto, Japan, isn’t just the world’s oldest living man, but the third oldest man ever in history and oneContinue Reading