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The influential prime minister worked to revive the economy with his trademark "Abenomics" and rebuild Japan's role on the global stage. His assassination stunned a nation where gun violence is rare.

By exploring binaries such as imagination versus reality and surface versus depth — with their often blurred boundaries — Ali Smith's latest challenges readers to embrace the indeterminate.

Coal is king in India. Some say there's little alternative. So how can this country, the world's third-largest polluter, provide energy and lift millions from poverty while trying to become "greener"?

With work that takes years to mature, Oregon artist Richard Reames relishes his "long, slow conversations" with his trees.

The image of the Japanese samurai is one of a bold and fearless warrior. And, it goes without saying, a Japanese one. But there are exceptions to all…

Betsy Johnson, the unaffiliated candidate for governor, is lagging in the polls behind Democrat Tina Kotek and Republican Christine Drazan. But she's not letting it stop her. “Sitting around watching Oregon in a death spiral, I have one last fight in me, and this is it,” Johnson said. “And I’m not going to surrender a place I love without one hell of a fight.”

Academics based in China must apply for permission to attend online exchanges, even on topics that once were considered nonpolitical.

It is said the best medicine for what ails democracy is more democracy. But what does more democracy mean? If it just means more of the kind of politics we have now then it hardly offers a remedy.

The combination of heavy snow in the mountains followed by warm rains sporadically brings serious flooding to Southern Oregon and Northern California…

Each week, the guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: BTS, Good Luck To You, Leo Grande, and more.