This past June, a grand mass was held at Barcelona’s Sagrada Familia to mark the centenary of Antoni Gaudí’s death and celebrate the completion of the basilica’s Tower of Jesus Christ. We spoke with Japanese sculptor Sotoo Etsurō, who has dedicated nearly a half century to Gaudí’s unfinished mast...
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Kazuo Yana resigned as Japan's agriculture minister after just 28 days in office. But voters in his home constituency, Tochigi's No. 3 district, remai
