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19/09/2026

Lotte World Adventure Busan has launched its fall festival, transforming the theme park with MapleStory characters, performances and interactive attractions through November 22.
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Lotte World Adventure Busan has launched its fall festival, transforming the theme park with MapleStory characters, performances and interactive attractions through November 22.

19/09/2026

The Gimhae Gayageum Festival will return to Sureungwon Park on October 3 and 4, bringing traditional Korean music together with media art, jazz and contemporary crossover performances.

The festival opens at 7 p.m. on October 3 with the Gimhae City Gayageum Orchestra, Korea’s only municipal gayageum ensemble.

18/09/2026

Shimokitazawa is a thrifter’s paradise!

The neighborhood, also known as “Shimokita,” is home to hundreds of vintage clothing, book and music shops, as well as dozens of restaurants and cafés to keep your energy up as you shop.

18/09/2026

Get ready for some fall fun coming soon to Camp Foster!

Grab a b**r, pretzels and brats to celebrate the classic season Bavarian style. There will also be entertainment and Funland to add excitement and fun to the festival.

18/09/2026

Looking to get out and about? Here’s what’s happening around Busan in South Korea this weekend.

Looking to get out and about? Here’s what’s happening around Busan in South Korea this weekend.

18/09/2026

U.S. bases in the Kanto Plain remain in TCCOR Storm Watch. Joint Typhoon Warning Center’s latest forecast track continues to take Dujuan just east of the Tokyo area early Monday morning.

Fleet Activities Yokosuka remains in TCCOR Storm Watch. Joint Typhoon Warning Center’s latest forecast track continues to take Dujuan just east of the Tokyo area early Monday morning.

18/09/2026

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18/09/2026

A couple of DODEA-Pacific Division II football teams are forced to play nine-man format each week, simply because they don’t have enough players on their rosters to field 11-man teams. Department of War Education Activity (DOWEA)

Two schools in DODEA-Pacific Division II have only enough kids to play nine-man format, so others have to adjust when they play them.

18/09/2026

Visit a manga & anime event in Kyoto this weekend!

Visit the ancient capital of Kyoto during mid-to-late September to experience this two-day show celebrating everything anime and manga.

18/09/2026

A Japanese F-15 Eagle made a precautionary landing at an Air Force base on Okinawa late Wednesday after a hydraulic malfunction, the third incident involving the fighter on Okinawa in a month.

Japanese F-15 fighter makes precautionary landing at Kadena Air Base after hydraulic malfunction, the third incident involving the fighter in a month.