No Drinking! No Fighting! The Laws of Early Edo Japan to Keep the Peace

An early Edo period document stipulating the Hosokawa clan code of conduct for vassals dispatched on a national project to rebuild Sunpu Castle has been discovered by Kumamoto University researchers. The 13 articles from the head of the Hosokawa clan in the Kokura domain (area), Tadaoki Hosokawa at the time, delegate full authority to the vassals to ...

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A letter from the lord of the Hosokawa clan.

Chinese Company Administers Unproven Coronavirus Vaccine to Students

China National Biotec Group Co. (CNBG), a part of the state-run pharmaceutical company Sinopharm, reportedly administered an experimental coronavirus vaccine to students planning to go abroad. More than 481,613 people are said to have received the vaccine. Testing experimental coronavirus vaccine on citizens Sinopharm was offering the vaccine to students in two cities — Wuhan ...

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A woman receiving a vaccination.

‘Finding Manny,’ A Holocaust Documentary Worth Watching

The Holocaust is one of the biggest genocides of the 20th century that has left a huge impact on world history. Many movies have been made that seek to capture the horror of the event. Finding Manny is an hour-long documentary directed by Kacey Cox that gives a glimpse into the life of Holocaust survivor ...

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Manny Drukier.

Which Particulate Air Pollution Poses the Greatest Health Risk?

Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI, together with colleagues from several other European institutions, have investigated whether particulate matter from certain sources can be especially harmful to human health. They found evidence that the amount of particulate matter alone is not the greatest health risk. Rather, it could be the so-called oxidative potential that ...

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Kaspar Dällenbach carefully analyzing the composition of fine dust samples.

China Is Preparing Digital Dossiers on Foreigners

Matt Pottinger, the Deputy National Security Adviser to President Donald Trump, recently revealed that Beijing is building a database of millions of foreigners through a digital surveillance campaign by setting up digital dossiers. The communist regime plans to use the database to intimidate, influence, and blackmail foreign nationals to do their bidding. Digital dossiers Pottinger ...

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World map overlaid with one's and zero's and the image of a padlock.