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Prince Harry to promote Invictus Games in D.C. area

WASHINGTON — Britain’s Prince Harry will visit the D.C. area on Wednesday. He will attend an event to support an international wounded warriors competition, the Invictus Games, that will take place in the ESPN Sports Complex in Orlando in May next year.

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Kensington Palace says Prince Harry will join First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden to meet recovering service members at Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County.

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Prince Harry is also scheduled to attend a reception at the British Ambassador’s home in D.C. The Prince’s U.S. trip is part of busy season of international travel. He will also visit South Africa and Lesotho before the end of the year.

Things to do in the DC area: ‘Yokai Parade,’ National Book Festival … and more!

In the United States, there are tales of cryptids like Bigfoot or the Mothman. Japanese folklore tells stories of yokai: supernatural monsters that range from shape-shifters to tricksters to comical creatures that have influenced popular culture. A new traveling exhibition celebrates yokai at the Japan Information & Culture Center of the Embassy of Japan Organized by The Japan Foundation, "Yokai Parade: Supernatural Monsters from Japan," is arranged in four chapters, exploring picture scrolls, woodblock prints, games, sculptures and other mediums. A video also details the history and influence of yokai. "We see from at the beginning of the exhibition, yokai were something truly to be feared," Gabrielle Headly, the center's exhibition coordinator, said. "But then you also see how they have very cartoon-like illustrative properties, or how they're very friendly."
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