An estimated 150,000 people took to the streets of Taipei on Saturday to attend the 24th Taiwan LGBT+ Pride parade. The largest annual pride event in east Asia, the march aims to promote gender equality, foster cross-community dialogue, and advocate for expanded legal protections and social inclusivity

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While Halloween is traditionally a family-oriented holiday and an occasion for children to dress up and go trick-or-treating, a unique spin on spooky season is taking off in Japan. ‘Jimi Halloween’ or ‘Mundane Halloween’ sees adult participants dress up as ordinary people in everyday life. They do highly specific tasks, embracing and celebrating unremarkable situations for the event, hosted by online magazine Daily Portal Z in Tokyo’s Shibuya district.