AP A car bomb exploded outside a mosque Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding another 141 in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi — the third mass-casualty attack on the minority sect in the country this ...
It's a dangerous, unpredictable world. Twice in January Chinese warships in the East China Sea challenged Japan's Maritime Self Defense Forces patrols in a manner deemed threatening. And on Feb. 12 came North Korea's nuclear test.
Here's an open secret: Japanese men have a bad international reputation on the romance front.
SELLING WOMEN: Prostitution, Markets and the Household in Early Modern Japan, by Amy Stanley. University of California Press, 2012, 282 pp., $49.95 (hardcover) In the vast cultural landscape, Japan fascinates the mainstream with manga and anime, the martial arts, Zen and kimono. Of course, ...
Kenta Maeda shook off worries about his form with five shutout innings as Japan beat China 5-2 in first-round Pool A of the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Fukuoka Dome. Japan improved to 2-0 following a tough win over Brazil in Saturday evening’s ...
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The Meteorological Agency on Wednesday issued tsunami advisories to Japan’s Pacific coastal area from Hokkaido to Kyushu and Okinawa Prefecture following a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that shook the Solomon Islands earlier in the day. The agency said that a wave of 10 centimeters hit ...
Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee and two others have been arrested on suspicion of selling photo collections containing images of male genitalia in Tokyo, an act police say constitutes illegal distribution of obscene documents. Kee, 41, a Japan-based photographer known for his published works featuring ...
On a morning in January, female volunteers went to Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park to feed and attend to the needs of the homeless. The women, who belong to the Japan branch of the Tzu Chi Foundation, a Taiwanese humanitarian group established in 1966 by Buddhist ...
Offensive linemen Alex Boone and Mike Iupati stood in one corner of a near-empty San Francisco locker room and pondered just how close they had come to winning the Super Bowl. It quickly began to sink in, beneath the Superdome on Sunday night as ...
Plagued by administrative disorganization, the Reconstruction Agency is revamping itself to accelerate recovery from the March 2011 disasters, ahead of the first anniversary of its launch Sunday. Designed to oversee the rebuilding of areas devastated by the massive earthquake, tsunami and nuclear accident, the ...
The toughest part of Tyson Chandler’s night was the postgame interview. The California native and San Francisco 49ers fan, who had just tied a franchise record with his third straight 20-rebound game, was forced to face the media wearing a Ravens Super Bowl champion ...
Chinese warships directed their fire-control radar on a Japanese destroyer and a helicopter last month in the East China Sea, the Defense Ministry says.
The Meteorological Agency said Tuesday it corrected a supercomputer malfunction that may have compromised the accuracy of its weather forecasts. The agency said normal operations resumed around 9 a.m., about 12 hours after a problem developed with the supercomputer’s cooling unit, which prevented it ...
New Kansai International Airport Co. plans to hire financial advisers as early as in April for the sale of an airport concession in Osaka, aiming to raise as much as ¥1.2 trillion, sources said. The state-owned airport operator expects to start a global auction ...
Thousands of homes in parts of Yokohama and the Tokyo suburb of Machida were hit by a power outage just past midnight Monday, affecting up to around 57,000 households at one point, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said. Tepco said it is investigating what caused ...
The Houston Rockets are going to make the playoffs, and without trading for James Harden there basically was no chance they would. The Oklahoma City Thunder still are among the top five contenders for the NBA championship, but not likely as strong a contender ...
Fujitsu Ltd. may sell its main semiconductor plant in Kuwana, Mie Prefecture, sources said Tuesday. The major electronics maker is mulling the sale of the plant to a firm it plans to set up with a Taiwanese company and Panasonic Corp., they said. The ...
The Foreign Ministry is looking at ways to reinforce intelligence-gathering in Africa following last month’s Algerian hostage crisis that resulted in the deaths of 10 Japanese nationals, ministry sources said Monday. Japanese companies are calling for better safety assurances for their employees abroad, even ...
“Les Miserables” has grossed a record ¥4.2 billion in Japan since it hit movie theaters in December, the most ever for a musical, according to distributor Toho-Towa Co. The record had been held by the 2005 film “The Phantom of the Opera” based on ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing a major challenge ahead of his summit with U.S. President Barack Obama later this month, as calls have mounted within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party for Japan not to participate in U.S.-led free-trade talks. Abe, who heads the ...
The Environment Ministry wants the industry ministry to have Tokyo Electric Power Co. postpone its planned tender to choose suppliers of electricity generated by coal-fired thermal plants, sources said. The Environment Ministry is apparently concerned about the effects on global warming as coal-fired thermal ...
With workloads at offices growing as a result of job cuts amid the weak economy, food service companies are seeking to capitalize on an increasing need among workers to use time and money efficiently. Yasuhiro Yamamoto, a 46-year-old who runs a management consulting business, ...
American’s new design American Airlines unveiled its new design and logo last month, the latest step forward in the company’s ongoing journey toward building a more modern travel experience for its customers. The new logo and exterior design for its planes made its debut ...
Who turned out the lights remains unclear a day after the 34-minute blackout at the Super Bowl.
Manchester United announced Tuesday the club will play a friendly against J. League side Yokohama F. Marinos this summer, on its first tour through Japan in six years. Featuring Japanese international Shinji Kagawa, Alex Ferguson’s side will face Marinos at Nissan Stadium on July ...
New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter plans to wait until teammate Alex Rodriguez addresses his latest off-the-field controversy before commenting on the matter. The Miami New Times reported last week that Rodriguez bought human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing substances during 2009-12 from Biogenesis ...
Sumitomo Corp. said Tuesday it has bought all the shares in British water utility Sutton & East Surrey Water PLC as part of its global drive to boost its water business. The trading house aims to build upon its experience in the water business ...
The 64th annual Sapporo Snow Festival began Tuesday, featuring 216 snow sculptures at three sites, including Odori Park, the main venue. About 2 million people visit the festival each year, according to organizers. The event runs through Monday. Major attractions this year include sculptures ...
Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday raised its profit forecast after the yen weakened more than any other currency, raising the value of Japanese cars sold overseas. The carmaker raised its group operating profit projection for the business year ending in March by ¥100 billion ...
California reached a settlement with former football coach Jeff Tedford on Monday that will pay him up to $5.55 million for the final three seasons of his contract. Under terms of his contract, Tedford had been guaranteed $2.3 million a year for the final ...
Paul Gascoigne has been admitted to a treatment center in the United States just 24 hours after his agent revealed the troubled former England star was losing his battle with alcoholism. Gascoigne, who has struggled with alcohol problems for many years and was sectioned ...
The Japanese panel investigating the Dec. 16 mishap involving an All Nippon Airways 787 Dreamliner said Tuesday signs of an uncontrolled chemical reaction at high temperature, known as a “thermal runaway,” were found in the jet’s main battery. Signs of such a chemical reaction ...
The government on Tuesday set up a public relations unit dedicated to promoting Japan’s side in the various territorial disputes involving the nation in an apparent effort to show the public that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is taking a strong stance on the matter. ...
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto plans to support two ordinance proposals that would establish an independent investigation team and give the mayor’s office more authority to look into incidents of school bullying and corporal punishment. The proposals, which will be discussed by the municipal assembly ...
Tetsuya Sakurai, one of a select few who has paid $6,000 for an intensive — and stressful — training course to become a sushi chef in Tokyo, keeps his suffering from the stresses of learning bottled up. “Sometimes I cry, but only when I’m ...
One fortuitous and timely bounce turned a game around for the Anaheim Ducks and resulted in the first regulation loss of the season for the San Jose Sharks.
The Democratic Party of Japan will not automatically reject former Finance Ministry officials as candidates for the next Bank of Japan governor, DPJ lawmakers said Tuesday, signalling a shift from the party’s previous position. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party ...
Maho Hadano, a 23-year-old student of the Graduate School of International Development at Nagoya University, is busy offering asylum seekers advice on everything from how to fill in application forms and where to receive medical treatment to finding a place to live. She is ...
Bank of Japan Gov. Masaaki Shirakawa says he will step down as head of the central bank on March 19, before his term expires April 8.
Commercial whaling makes no economic sense given its money-losing operational structure and the declining consumption of whale meat, an animal rights group charged Tuesday in Tokyo. “Whaling is an economic loser in the 21st century,” Patrick Ramage, whale program director of the International Fund ...
In the U.S., tax hikes have been the subject of partisan warfare that brought the country to the very edge of a “fiscal cliff.” In Southern Europe, spending cuts have led to mass protests and labor strikes. Maybe both could learn from the Dutch, ...
