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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Lutz Becker was born in Berlin, he says, “during the anno diabolo, 1941. Mine was the generation that was sent into a dark pit.” Meeting this survivor of the Third Reich, now in his 70s and living in Bayswater, London, it’s hard to suppress ...
The U.S. military is determined to position small, quick reaction forces closer to global crises after the rapid assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya last September kept its forces from responding in time to save four Americans. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and ...
A French art expert believes he has solved the mystery of the model in a famed 19th-century painting as a result of an art lover’s €1,400 antique shop purchase, which could turn out to be worth €40 million ($54 million). “The Origin of the ...
A U.S.-trained human rights lawyer has been released early from a Vietnamese prison even as the communist government intensifies its crackdown on activists and bloggers it sees as challenging one-party rule. Le Cong Dinh was freed Wednesday for his “good abidance by prison rules,” ...
European Union leaders prepared the first-ever cuts in the bloc’s budget Friday, bowing to British Prime Minister David Cameron’s insistence on thrift. After an all-night bargaining session interspersed with catnaps on couches at EU headquarters in Brussels, the leaders reassembled at 6:30 a.m. to ...
The stripping and torture Wednesday of a woman accused of witchcraft who was then burned alive in front of hundreds of horrified witnesses in a Papua New Guinea town was just the latest sorcery-related killing on the island nation. In rural Papua New Guinea, ...
Migrants, whose pay typically provides for their entire families back home, complain that Russian contractors are cheating them and withholding their wages.
Nominated to head the CIA, John Brennan told a protest-disrupted Senate confirmation hearing Thursday the United States employs drone strikes only as a deterrent against imminent terrorist threats, not as punishment for previous attacks, firmly defending the controversial attacks, which have targeted Americans as ...
The United States is considering re-designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism in the event Pyongyang conducts another nuclear test.
Islamic states urge Syria’s regime and its foes to hold “serious” talks to end the bloodshed.
The powerful Soviet Union may still exist after all — at least on paper: Former Belarusian President Stanislav Shushkevich says the historic 1991 document that proclaimed the death of the communist empire is missing from the archives. Shushkevich discovered that the document was gone ...
Some 100,000 people in the former British colony live in what’s known as inadequate housing.
Strong aftershocks hamper efforts to reach tsunami-hit villages in the Solomon Islands, as the death toll after an 8-magnitude earthquake rises to nine, with many more reported missing.
A close encounter of the rocky kind is set for Feb. 16, when an asteroid the size of an office building will speed past the Earth faster than a bullet.
New research pinpoints how the torch passed from one dominant creature on Earth to another, from the brutish dinosaurs to the crafty mammals. Two studies published Thursday in the journal Science better explain the Earth-shaking consequences of a cosmic collision almost 66 million years ...
Russian explorers claimed a record Wednesday in diving to the bottom of a remote lake at the coldest time of the year, but said they could not find its most famed inhabitant, a mythical Loch Ness-style monster. The team dived to the bottom of ...
British authorities warned the public Thursday not to eat beef lasagna sold by the Findus brand and made in France after tests found it contained up to 100 percent horse meat. In the latest in a string of food scares in Britain, the Food ...
Ireland clinched a long-sought agreement Thursday with the European Central Bank to restructure the loans used to bail out its failing banks, a deal expected to reduce the national debt by €20 billion ($27 billion) in the coming decade and help the country’s expected ...
The former wife of disgraced former British Climate Change Minister Chris Huhne told her trial Thursday that he put pressure on her to admit a speeding offense on his behalf. Vicky Pryce said she refused point-blank when Huhne asked her to take the speeding ...
Yuzuru Hanyu, the 2012 national champion, wins the men's short program with an impressive performance at the Four Continents.
Sidney Crosby versus Alex Ovechkin used to be one of the most electric rivalries in hockey. Those days, at least for the moment, appear to be over. Crosby extended his points streak to six games with a goal and two assists and the Pittsburgh ...
Mike Krzyzewski said London was going to be the last time. Well, maybe not. There’s still a chance Krzyzewski will return for a third stint as U.S. Olympic men’s basketball coach, two people familiar with the situation said. Krzyzewski said he was through with ...
Felix Hernandez and the Seattle Mariners are working on a $175 million, seven-year contract that would make him the highest-paid pitcher in baseball, according to a person with knowledge of the deal’s details. The person spoke to The Associated Press Thursday on condition of ...
Sara Takanashi will look to turn back the clock and recapture her form at Zao last season to snap out of a funk in this weekend’s World Cup ski jumping. Last week in Sapporo, the 16-year-old Sochi Olympic hopeful missed the podium in back-to-back ...
Defending champion Erik Guay of Canada criticized the men’s downhill course at the world ski championships after training on Thursday, calling one of the jumps “way too big.” Guay said he hurt his back while landing after the 30-meter jump. “That’s ridiculous,” Guay said. ...
The rivalry between the Celtics and Lakers keeps rolling even if they no longer dominate the NBA. And that brought some extra satisfaction to Boston’s Paul Pierce after he led a 116-95 rout of Los Angeles with 24 points on Thursday night. “It always ...
Gregg Williams knows he’s got to prove himself every day. The former Saints defensive coordinator said he received a “great rebirth” Thursday when he was reinstated by the NFL and hired by the Tennessee Titans after serving a nearly yearlong suspension for his role ...
High-scoring forward Ricky Woods, who once set the bj-league’s single-game scoring record with 52 points while playing for the Oita HeatDevils, is on the move again. The 28-year-old New Orleans native has joined the Tokyo Cinq Reves, the expansion team announced on Friday. The ...
The Japanese Olympic Committee announced Friday that the representatives of all 31 Olympic sports federations it questioned over two days said no abuse exists within their organizations at the national level. The questioning was the first step in an investigation by the JOC into ...
Chunichi Dragons outfielder Yohei Oshima remains in the hunt for one of the spots on Japan’s 28-man World Baseball Classic roster on Friday after receiving treatment on his left elbow. The two-time Golden Glove winner and 2012 Central League stolen base champion was examined ...
Yoshito Okubo is looking forward to a new challenge after joining Kawasaki Frontale ahead of the new J. League season, but the fiery forward is not about to tone down his style just because of a change in surroundings. Okubo arrived in Kanagawa last ...
Hunter Mahan was bracing for the worst of Pebble Beach, his golf bag weighed down with rain gear and everything else to handle nasty weather. Instead, he was reminded how much he loves this place. It helps that Mahan drilled a 3-wood onto the ...
Just under three years ago I received a call from a contact who knew people in a side of life that is at best described as shady. “Fancy making a few quid?” he asked, and I knew his reply was not going to be ...
A pro-North Korea high school in Tokyo will file a damages suit against the government over its decision not to extend a tuition waiver program to such schools in Japan, its principal said. The suit will be filed shortly with the Tokyo District Court ...
Narita International Airport’s operator plans to acquire a tract of land near a planned terminal for low-cost carriers, sources said Friday. Narita International Airport Corp. aims to complete work on the terminal building in fiscal 2014, which ends in March 2015. The airport has ...
The European Commission said EU member states have decided to allow imports of Japanese beef, a move that will enable Japan’s beef producers to tap into the bloc of some 500 million consumers. Beef exports to the European Union are expected to start after ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reconvened a government policy advisory panel on security issues to review the move to reinterpret the war-renouncing Article 9 of the Constitution so Japan can exercise collective self-defense. Noting recent global power shifts and the changing security environment in ...
At their annual gathering that wrapped up Friday, Kansai’s corporate leaders warmly welcomed the Liberal Democratic Party’s return to power, vowing to would do whatever they can to assist the new government in enacting a wide range of economic, financial, social and diplomatic initiatives. ...
In what is being touted as a local first, a new roundabout is in operation in the Towa district of Iida, Nagano Prefecture, in a bid to ease congestion and eliminate the need for traffic lights. The Towa roundabout, which went into operation Tuesday, ...
The pace of the yen’s weakening has been too swift, Finance Minister Taro Aso said, speaking a week before a meeting of global finance chiefs at which Japan’s currency policy is expected to come under the microscope. Aso’s comments to reporters in Tokyo on ...
Wiretaps last year led police to arrest 39 people in 10 criminal investigations, including into drug-trafficking, a government report said Friday. The report, adopted at a Cabinet meeting, said six of the 10 cases involved drug-trafficking or illicit imports, while the other four included ...
Drugmaker Eisai Co. said Friday that its subsidiary in Taiwan has agreed to divest its plant on the island to Taiwanese pharmaceutical firm Bora Corp. The divestment by Eisai Taiwan Inc. of its plant in Tainan, which has served as a production base for ...
Smog in China has reached alarming levels as its rapid industrialization spews ever-more toxic particles into the air. Over the past month or so, the problem has become particularly acute, raising health concerns in neighboring parts of Asia, including Japan. Following are questions and ...
Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima criticized the U.S. military Friday after a water bottle dropped out of a tilt-rotor MV-22 Osprey that took off from U.S. Marine Corps Air Station Futenma on Tuesday. “It’s an outrageous incident,” Nakaima told a regular news conference. “I want ...
The U.S. government should reassess its safety approval of Boeing Co.’s 787 lithium-ion batteries, the top U.S. accident investigator said Thursday, casting doubt on whether the Dreamliner’s troubles can be remedied quickly. Switching to a different type of battery would add weight to the ...
Like-minded lawmakers across party lines have kicked off discussions toward amending the Bank of Japan Law to effectively lessen the central bank’s independence and hold it more accountable for its monetary policy. “The 1998 BOJ Law gave the bank too much independence and freedom, ...
The average daily balance of lending by domestic banks in January rose 1.3 percent from a year before to ¥465 trillion, climbing for the 15th straight month, the Bank of Japan reported Friday. The growth was the highest since the 1.4 percent rise posted ...
About 700 employees of Chubu Electric Power Co. participated in a drill Friday simulating complete loss of electricity at its Hamaoka nuclear plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture. The exercise assumed that an earthquake with a seismic intensity of upper 6 had generated gigantic tsunami ...
Venture firm GEC Co. has agreed with the Marshall Islands to conduct a survey for what would be the world’s first commercial power plant to make electricity using temperature differences in seawater. The Japanese company wants to start power generation using so-called ocean thermal ...
Tokyo Electric Power Co. provided false information last year to a panel commissioned by the Diet to investigate the nation’s worst nuclear plant catastrophe, according to sources. The misinformation led the now-defunct panel to cancel an on-site inspection of the building housing reactor 1 ...
North African countries have been a magnet for Western and Japanese businesses thanks to sizeable gas and oil deposits, proximity to the European market and the potential of their internal markets driven by young, growing populations. Some firms, however, are re-evaluating the benefits versus ...
The Environment Ministry said Friday it plans to create guidelines for municipalities to issue alerts in case of high concentrations of toxic smog amid growing concern that such pollution is spreading to Japan from China. Creating standards for such advisories and warnings, and forging ...
Fighter jets from the U.S. and two of its key allies, Japan and Australia, roared into Western Pacific skies Thursday in the combat phase of annual exercises that have gained importance as the region responds to the rise of China and other potential threats. ...
Japan has posted back-to-back monthly current account deficits for the first time since 1981, highlighting the challenges for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s campaign to revive the economy, the Finance Ministry said Friday. The shortfall in the widest measure of the nation’s trade came to ...
I’ll never forget my first winter in Japan when I heard that some Japanese people sleep under the kotatsu.
Patrick Newell, 47, founder of Tokyo International School, calls himself a “learning activist,” a zealot on the frontlines of learning.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday that he wasn’t informed of a Chinese navy frigate’s use of fire-control radar targeting a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer in the East China Sea on Jan. 30 until Tuesday, admitting officials were tardy in alerting him. Abe told ...
Prosecutors have released Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee, who was arrested Monday in Tokyo on suspicion of selling photo collections containing images of male genitalia, police sources said Thursday. The prosecutors also released two Japanese organizers of a photo exhibition who allegedly sold photo books ...
Fujitsu Ltd. said Thursday it will eliminate 5,000 jobs and merge its LSI chip business with that of Panasonic Corp. to boost global competitiveness. The venture will design large-scale integrated, or LSI, chips and contract out their manufacture, according to a joint statement by ...
Sony Corp. said Thursday that its net loss from April to December shrank 75 percent from the same period last year and that it remains on track to achieve a full-year profit. The firm lost ¥50.87 billion in the nine months, compared with a ...
The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will set up a permanent exhibit on the 1945 atomic bombings at the United Nations office in Vienna in August, the Hiroshima Municipal Government said Thursday. The exhibit will feature four or five items, including clothing and a ...
Catches of Japanese eel fry have been poor nationwide since the fishing season started in December, with some places recording more than four-decade lows, fishery officials said Thursday. This may lead to an unprecedented fourth straight year of poor hauls of young eel, they ...
The value of U.S. sovereign debt declined on recent rises in U.S. long-term interest rates, more than offsetting an increase in the value of euro-denominated assets due to the appreciation of the single European currency, the ministry said. The reserves mainly consist of securities ...
The European Commission said Wednesday that European Union member states have decided to allow imports of Japanese beef, a move that will enable Japan’s beef producers to tap into the bloc of some 500 million people. Beef exports to the European Union are expected ...
One of the 10 Japanese killed in the hostage crisis in Algeria last month, a top adviser of JGC Corp., tried to ask the Japanese ambassador to help talk the Algerian military into refraining from attacking the Islamist terrorists, sources close to him said ...
A Democratic Party of Japan executive surprised the administration Thursday when he said his party, the largest opposition force, will reject the government’s planned nominee to lead the Fair Trade Commission because his name was leaked in a media report. Azuma Koshiishi, who heads ...
The chief of U.S. chipmaker Micron Technology Inc. said Thursday that he is confident about the plan to rebuild bankrupt Elpida Memory Inc. Elpida will enhance its productivity and competitiveness after becoming part of the Micron group, Chief Executive Officer Mark Durcan said. Elpida’s ...
Despite a battery fire in one Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliner and smoke in another, the type of batteries used to power the plane’s electrical systems aren’t necessarily unsafe — manufacturers just need to build in reliable safeguards, the top U.S. aviation safety investigator said ...
The representative for 15 female judoka on the national team who have alleged physical and verbal abuse revealed Wednesday the victims are considering making their names public. The complaint lodged by the athletes, some of whom competed at last year’s London Olympics, has led ...
Core private-sector machinery orders increased for the third straight month in December, the government said Thursday, strengthening optimism that the economy could bounce back with an upturn in corporate profits and prompting more companies to boost investment. The orders, which exclude those for ships ...
More than a decade ago, Ikumi Yoshimatsu chose the famous Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream” speech to recite at her junior high school in Kyushu and the powerful words stayed with her. “I studied about Martin Luther King, Jr. and I ...
Some 270 local government employees, including public school teachers, have resigned or plan to quit months before reaching retirement age by the March 31 end of fiscal 2012, due to anticipated cuts in retirement allowances, a Jiji Press survey revealed. The poll was conducted ...
Honda Motor Co. has announced plans to spend about $644 million to build a new car plant in Thailand and expand an existing factory. Japan’s third-largest automaker said its subsidiary in Thailand will build the new assembly factory in Prachinburi Province, about 120 km ...
About 120 members of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party joined major lobby groups for a rally Thursday to oppose participation in the U.S.-led Trans-Pacific Partnership free-trade talks, stepping up pressure on the Abe administration to maintain barriers on sensitive items in the farming, fishing ...
The Metropolitan Police Department has introduced two large trucks to be used for autopsies in the event that a major disaster like a powerful earthquake hits Tokyo, officials said. The trucks, which cost ¥14 million each, will also carry tents and water purification equipment ...
Tokyo Electric Power Co. said Wednesday it plans to procure 800,000 tons of liquefied natural gas annually from the United States from 2017 as part of efforts to cut heavy fuel costs for thermal power generation. The LNG, including liquefied shale gas, will come ...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency and the Kitakyusu Municipal Government have agreed to cooperate on helping developing countries combat air and water pollution. Under an agreement signed Wednesday by JICA President Akihiko Tanaka and Mayor Kenji Kitahashi, the agency, the city and companies located ...
A play about William Adams, thought to be the first Englishman to set foot in Japan, is being staged in London to mark the start of J400, a yearlong series of events to celebrate 400 years of Anglo-Japanese relations. “Anjin: The Shogun and the ...
Mazda, the best performer on the Nikkei 225 stock average in the last three months, more than doubled its net income forecast to ¥26 billion in the year ending in March. Fuji Heavy lifted its estimate by 13 percent to ¥76 billion. They join ...
The Financial Services Agency plans to take action including a business improvement order against RBS Securities Japan Ltd. for its involvement in manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate, sources said. The FSA plans the measures since the Tokyo-based brokerage’s British parent, Royal Bank ...
It has been almost two years since much of Tohoku’s coastline was wiped out by tsunami on March 11. Gone are many of the destroyed buildings and vehicles that served as reminders of the horror and tragedy caused by the monster earthquake in the ...
Lawson Inc. said Thursday it will raise the annual earnings of its workers aged in their late 20s to 40s by 3 percent on average from fiscal 2013 in a bid to stimulate consumption. The convenience store chain’s move, which covers about 3,300 employees ...
A documentary about an elderly man who lost his home to the massive tsunami following the March 2011 earthquake and eventually succeeded in building a new one in the same neighborhood will open Feb. 16 in theaters across Japan. Directed by Kaoru Ikeya, 54, ...
Recent diplomatic squabbles between Japan and China have dampened enthusiasm around many bilateral events, but it seems nothing can dull the glow of the Nagasaki Lantern Festival, which will be held as always during the Chinese New Year. Commencing Feb. 10 and continuing for ...
This hard-core adaptation of the long-running British sci-fi comic should largely erase memories of Sylvester Stallone's abominable 1995 version.
Ritz-Carlton, Osaka renews lobby The Ritz-Carlton, Osaka has finished renovations on its lobby floor and reopened the area this month to welcome guests. The lobby has been renovated based on the concept of the Ritz-Carlton brand to show a richness and sophisticated look that ...
Keeping a diary no longer needs to be a solitary activity. The popularity of social networking services, for example, has allowed people to post their thoughts for the world to see — which could be anything from gossip to fomenting revolution. Quick to zero ...
Inside the visitors’ center at Chichibu Distillery, high in the hills of Saitama Prefecture, a hint of sawdust mingled with the aromas of vanilla, dried fruits and honey that filled the air.
A few dabs of equine DNA found in so-called "beefburgers" caused quite a kerfuffle last month, shocking unsuspecting customers of the British supermarket chain Tesco (and then other stores) into outrage.
When asked to describe his latest film in one word, director Shunichiro Miki repeated what most cinema critics worldwide had said after their own somewhat botched attempts to describe it: "Indescribable."
Ryuichi Hiroki has become the go-to director for romantic dramas that quality-wise are a cut above the local formula weepers whose starred-crossed lovers are parted by a slow, beautiful death (though Hiroki’s couples are hardly immune to life’s vicissitudes). At the same time, his ...
When she hears the phrase “a sense of home,” filmmaker Michale Boganim always endures a wave of sadness. “Home can mean a whole lot of things, but to me it has connotations of displacement and loss,” she tells The Japan Times. “I come from ...
It’s 1996. Anya (Olga Kurylenko) works as a guide on a tour bus that takes people through Pripyat, a town located just 3 km from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. The tourists, all of varying ages and nationalities, listen somewhat bored to ...
Fresh from a U.S. tour, “Zero Cost House,” the first international collaboration work between Yokohama’s Chelfitsch company and Philadelphia’s Pig Iron Theatre Company (PITC), opens at Kanagawa Arts Theatre next week with its original U.S. cast. One of the few high-profile Japanese dramatists on ...
Shaken by the assassination of a prominent leftist opposition leader that unleashed major protests, Tunisia’s prime minister announced Wednesday that he would form a new government of technocrats to guide the country to elections “as soon as possible.” The decision by Prime Minister Hamadi ...
Aid workers struggled to reach tsunami-ravaged villages in the Solomon Islands on Thursday as bodies were found in wrecked homes in the South Pacific chain. At least nine people, including a child, were killed when a powerful earthquake set off a tsunami that sent ...
A rare 148-year-old baseball card discovered at a rummage sale has been auctioned for $92,000. Saco River Auction Co. in Maine held an auction Wednesday night that included a card depicting the Brooklyn Atlantics amateur baseball club. Troy Thibodeau, manager and auctioneer at Saco ...
Drug use is widespread in Australian sports and has growing links to organized crime, according to a damning official probe Thursday that points to “clear parallels” with the Lance Armstrong case. The Australian Crime Commission inquiry identified the common use of prohibited substances, including ...
Conservation workers at the long-neglected Roman city of Pompeii began a €105 million ($142 million) makeover partly funded by the EU on Wednesday, a day after former site managers were put under investigation for corruption. The project, which is being funded to the tune ...
A portrait by Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani of his lover Jeanne Hebuterne went under the hammer in London on Wednesday for £26.9 million ($42.3 million), Christie’s auction house said. The final price for the 1919 portrait, “Jeanne Hebuterne (Wearing a Hat)” was well more ...
Children sexually assaulted in India often find themselves humiliated by the police and mistreated by doctors when they pluck up the courage to report abuse, Human Rights Watch said Thursday. In a report released amid continuing anger at the handling of sexual assault cases ...
The Nikkei 225 average retreated Thursday, weighed down by selling to lock in profits after a surge the previous day. The key market gauge closed 106.68 points lower at 11,357.07. On Wednesday, the Nikkei shot up 416.83 points to finish at its highest level ...
A stock market slide, escalated conflict between Japan and China and more “Gangnam Style” success for South Korean singer Psy will shape the Year of the Snake, according to soothsayers. Those who make predictions based on the study of feng shui are influential in ...
Washington AFP-JIJI In a reversal, President Barack Obama will hand lawmakers classified documents outlining the legal justification for drone strikes that kill U.S. citizens abroad who are conspiring with al-Qaida. An administration official disclosed the move Wednesday on the eve of a Senate hearing ...
The dollar drifted lower in Tokyo trading Thursday as traders retreated to the sidelines ahead of a policy-setting meeting of the European Central Bank and a subsequent news conference by its chief. At 5 p.m., the dollar was at ¥93.50-54, down from ¥93.81-82 at ...
Matthew Festing — also known as His Most Eminent Highness the Prince and Grand Master of the Knights of Malta — bounds into the sitting room of his magnificent Renaissance palazzo sweaty and somewhat disheveled, and asks an aide if he should take off ...
Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera warns China that it may have violated the United Nations Charter when its warships locked their fire-control radars on a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer and helicopter last month and calls for setting up a hotline between Tokyo and Beijing.
The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end run around an unaccommodating Congress. The change continues the shrinking of what used to be one of ...
A group of survivalists wants to build a giant walled fortress in the woods of Idaho, a medievalstyle city where residents would be required to own weapons and stand ready to defend the compound if society collapses. The proposal is called the Citadel and ...
The discovery of King Richard III under a parking lot in the English city of Leicester thrilled history buffs around the world. But the news meant a winter of discontent for the rival city of York, and now the two are doing battle over ...
In late October, researchers at North Carolina State University alerted Google to a security flaw that could let scam artists send phony text messages to Android phones — a practice called “smishing” that can ensnare consumers in fraud. Google’s security officials replied in minutes, ...
President Barack Obama on Wednesday nominated outdoor business executive Sally Jewell to lead the Interior Department. The department manages more than 200 million hectares in national parks and other public lands, and more than 400 million hectares offshore, overseeing energy, mining operations and recreation. ...
Pakistan is planning to build a $30 million amusement park in the town where Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy SEALs, officials said Monday. The 20-hectare riverside development on the edge of Abbottabad, where the al-Qaida leader was shot dead in May ...
Struggling Philippine farmer Liezl Balmaceda has never heard of Madonna, but the U.S. pop star’s endorsement of coconut water may help substantially improve her life. After centuries of replenishing Filipinos, the mineral-rich liquid has become a must-have health drink thanks to aggressive marketing by ...
The crowd-funded Ouya video game console is gearing up for a U.S. debut in June as it seeks to shake up a market dominated by Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo. The team behind Ouya has begun taking online pre-orders for the Android-powered devices, which plug ...
Beijing accuses Tokyo of worsening strains in bilateral relations by announcing that a Chinese warship locked its weapons-targeting radar on a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer in the East China Sea on Jan. 30.
NBA commissioner David Stern said Wednesday night that the group that has reached agreement to purchase the Sacramento Kings has formally filed to relocate the franchise to Seattle. Stern spoke in Minneapolis before the Timberwolves hosted San Antonio. He called the Seattle group, led ...
Boston Bruins coach Claude Julien mixed up his lines for the third period, and the move immediately paid off. Julien moved rising star Tyler Seguin onto a unit with David Krejci and Milan Lucic and it produced the tying and winning goals on its ...
Luiz Felipe Scolari and Ronaldinho endured disappointing returns to Brazil’s national team, with England defeating the Selecao for the first time in 23 years, 2-1 in a friendly international on Wednesday night. Wayne Rooney scored in the 26th minute at Wembley, his fourth goal ...
Sadaharu Oh, who managed Japan to victory in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006, will throw out the ceremonial first pitch before Japan kicks off its 2013 tournament, organizers announced Thursday. Oh, now the chairman of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks, who will host ...
The New York Giants continued their roster purge after missing the playoffs, cutting halfback Ahmad Bradshaw and defensive tackle Chris Canty. The Giants announced the moves on Wednesday. The release of the two starters came one day after New York let starting weakside linebacker ...
For Ray Lewis III, going to Miami has been a safe assumption since the day he was born. His father — the newly retired Baltimore Ravens star linebacker Ray Lewis — played for the Hurricanes. His mother went to Miami as well. So when ...
"The level I am at now is the best for now, but I want to push myself even more looking toward the world championships," says the two-time world champion.
Police said Wednesday night they are looking for a former Los Angeles police officer suspected in the shootings of a Cal State Fullerton basketball coach and her fiance, and they say the man is armed and dangerous. Former LAPD officer and U.S. Navy reservist ...
The Colorado Rockies and star first baseman Todd Helton are facing the harsh reality on the eve of his farewell season that the longtime face of the franchise now has a police mug shot. The five-time All-Star was arrested about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday in ...
Eight straight victories is an impressive feat in any pro sports league. Riding an eight-game winning streak, the Chiba Jets are unbeaten in 2013. Their last eight victories have not come against elite teams; in fact, those teams are a combined 21-67 through Sunday. ...
In response to allegations of physical and verbal abuse in the national women’s judo team, the Japanese Olympic Committee on Thursday began investigating abuse in its other affiliated federations, with 13 of the bodies questioned telling media they were free of abuse. For two ...
England coach Roy Hodgson has indicated that Frank Lampard’s hopes of prolonging his international career could be harmed if he moves to Major League Soccer. The 34-year-old midfielder netted the goal on Wednesday that clinched a 2-1 victory over Brazil, England’s first in 23 ...
Nobuhiro Ishida announced Thursday he will fight for the WBA middleweight championship on March 30 in Monaco. The 37-year-old Ishida, a former WBC super welterweight interim champion, will take on Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin, the WBA’s current middleweight champ. “A world title fight is the ...
Jason Terry scored only two points. Still, he made a big contribution to Boston’s latest win with a pep talk before the fourth quarter. Kevin Garnett scored a season-high 27 points with 10 rebounds, Paul Pierce had 12 points and 11 rebounds, and the ...
Two Russian fighter jets briefly intrude into Japanese airspace off Hokkaido, the first such incursion in five years.
English Premier League powerhouse Manchester United announced Thursday that it will play a summer friendly against J.League first-division side Cerezo Osaka. The game, set for July 26 at Osaka’s Nagai Stadium, should be a nostalgic one for Red Devils and Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa, ...
The fresh rubella outbreak spreading quickly nationwide poses the greatest threat to fetuses, the National Institute of Infectious Diseases says.
