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OFFBEAT

WORLD
Aug 17, 2014
Police called to investigate chicken crossing road
Ask police in Portland, Oregon, why the chicken crossed the road, and they have no idea.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 11, 2014
U.S. pioneer living high life on retired jetliner
Deep in the woods and rolling hills outside Portland, Oregon, where orchards dot the landscape, a Boeing 727 sits at the top of a steep dirt driveway encircled by towering pines. For Bruce Campbell, it is home.

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?