PALERMO, Italy — Here is a quick quiz for the opera aficionado. The biggest opera house in Italy is in Milan, Venice or Palermo? Yes, Milan’s La Scala may have more seats, and La Fenice in la Venezia ...

Kaoru Nakajima (right, in 2016) has been described as an eccentric billionaire who dabbles in music and writing A Japanese tycoon has taken over many of the swankiest spots in the Sicilian city of ...

Sicilians are furious that an eccentric Japanese billionaire has hired out several cultural institutions in Palermo for a four-day birthday extravaganza. Kaoru Nakajima managed to hire out several of ...

A Japanese tycoon has taken over many of the swankiest spots in the Sicilian city of Palermo for a decadent, days-long birthday party - reported to have cost hundreds of thousands of euros.