We first became acquainted with the story of the 1,000 paper cranes when we saw a “flock” of the origami birds at the home of a good friend. An ancient legend says that if a sick person folds 1,000 ...

PRESQUE ISLE, Mich. (AP) - There is one thing Dawn Rose learned from a project where she made 1,000 origami paper cranes in one year. “The one thing I took home is, if it’s something you truly want to ...

Origami cranes are an international symbol of hope and peace, and that symbol is on full display at Recovery Café Longmont. At the café, paper cranes dangle from the ceiling and hang next to pillars, ...

My path to creating 1,000 origami cranes began in an unlikely place: a Japanese mystery novel. I read “A Death in Tokyo,” by Keigo Higashino, at the end of August. In this police procedural, a ...

Three Hough neighborhood women have organized a paper-crane event at Pop Culture, in downtown Vancouver, on March 27 to raise awareness and money for the Japan earthquake tragedy. “In Japanese ...

FORT WORTH, Texas - A sophomore from Paschal High School is trying to get the attention of pop star Taylor Swift. The student is hoping Swift will come to a Fort Worth hospital to sing for the kids ...

It’s a Japanese tradition that is said to bring longevity and happiness. And by almost any measure, Saeko Oyama is living proof that it works. Oyama, 76, is an expert in the ancient art of origami and ...

Japanese legend says 1,000 folded paper cranes strung together will lead to a wish granted by a crane, a holy creature. Rinko Yuki, 16, of the Thousand Paper Cranes, a multi-national student group of ...

Girl Scout Troop 80211 of Readington made two origami paper crane mobiles which were hung in the chemotherapy treatment area of Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center. All six girl scouts worked 50 hours ...

FORT WORTH, Texas - A sophomore from Paschal High School is trying to get the attention of pop star Taylor Swift. The student is hoping Swift will come to a Fort Worth hospital to sing for the kids ...