Halloween is no longer for Westerners only. It’s now a billion-dollar industry in Japan, where Tokyo’s enthusiastic revelers turn their subway system into a rolling pagan party. As the Daily Mail ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Not that we condone fast food or anything — because we don’t, it is unhealthy for us and the environment — but we can’t say we weren’t fascinated by what this Japanese Subway sandwich shop is doing.

Gone but not forgotten: Takahashi, the wife of a subway worker killed in the March 20, 1995 sarin gas attack, laying flowers on the stand set up at Kasumigaseki subway station in Tokyo. — AP THE ...