If the solar system held a poetry slam, each planet would present its unique poetic style. Mercury delivers rapid-fire verses ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

“For a long time,” writes Kathleen Jamie in her afterword to The Keelie Hawk (Picador £12.99), “I’ve wanted to write a suite ...

Prince Hisahito, the son of Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, visited the Maizuru Repatriation Memorial Museum ...

A vast archive of letters sent by relatives of soldiers missing in World War One seeking the help of Spain's King Alfonso ...

videoHow the suffragette movement changed at the start of WW1 Kate Adie examines how the suffragette movement shifted focus at the outbreak of World War One. How the first women gained the right ...

The Mainichi has published our annual selection of submissions to our Haiku in English section for 2024. Congratulations to ...

Warrior, famously called "the horse the Germans couldn't kill," became a symbol of courage and loyalty during World War I.

Entering one of the oldest and largest markets in his country on the first day of the dry season, the haikuist observed how farmers dealt with conflict. C.X. Turner returned heavy-heartedly after ...

The haikuist recalled “sitting round the elders” at New Year’s and “they would tell us what half a cent could buy them… and if they really ran out of pocket money, the ice cream man ...

A poetic gesture by Danish Ambassador to the Philippines, Franz-Michael Mellbin, has gained attention after he shared a haiku ...