China: Typhoon Bavi Rips Metal Roof Off Residential Building in Shanghai

Typhoon Bavi tore the metal roof off a residential building in Chongming District, Shanghai on July 12, 2026, with footage showing the structure shaking violently before being ripped apart and blown to the ground by powerful gusts.

University of Edinburgh returns Ainu skulls

University of Edinburgh returns Ainu skulls

Executive Director Masaru Okawa (L) and other representatives from the Ainu Association of Hokkaido, a group representing the Ainu indigenous people in the northern Japan region, receive the remains of three Ainu from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland on April 30, 2025. The skulls were kept by the university for about 110 years for research purposes.

Brain tissues found in exhumed Yayoi-era human skulls

Brain tissues found in exhumed Yayoi-era human skulls

TOTTORI, Japan - Photo shows two of three skulls of 2nd-century AD people in which brain tissues have been found. The skulls were unearthed at the Aoya-Kamijichi ruins in the town of Aoya in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, last May, the prefecture's education and culture foundation and Takao Inoue, professor of anatomy at Tottori University's School of Medicine, said April 16. It is believed to be the first discovery of its kind in Japan.

Brain tissues found in exhumed Yayoi-era human skulls

Brain tissues found in exhumed Yayoi-era human skulls

TOTTORI, Japan - Photo shows two of three skulls of 2nd-century AD people in which brain tissues have been found. The skulls were unearthed at the Aoya-Kamijichi ruins in the town of Aoya in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, last May, the prefecture's education and culture foundation and Takao Inoue, professor of anatomy at Tottori University's School of Medicine, said April 16. It is believed to be the first discovery of its kind in Japan.