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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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 ...
A Scottish cardinal Sunday acknowledged having engaged in unspecified sexual misbehavior, apologized for his actions, and promised to stay out of the church’s public life in a statement that comes at an awkward time for the Vatican. Cardinal Keith O’Brien had been Britain’s highest-ranking ...
A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who’s now 2½ years old and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection. ...
The International Olympic Committee’s Evaluation Commission began its four-day inspection tour of Tokyo on Monday, with metropolitan officials expressing confidence about the capital’s ability to host the 2020 Summer Games. At a morning ceremony in Tokyo, Gov. Naoki Inose said: “We’d like to foster ...
The military intervened Sunday in clashes between thousands of protesters and police in a restive Egyptian canal city, the latest in a cycle of violence that killed two security members and two civilians, and which continues to rock Egypt two years after the uprising ...
Moktar Belmoktar, the terrorist who orchestrated the attack on a natural gas plant in Algeria that left 36 foreigners dead, including 10 Japanese, is killed in northern Mali.
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa becomes the first Asian to score a hat trick in the Premier League.
Japan's atomic power plants are unlikely to be restarted by the end of the year because of the time it will take to complete safety checks under new the regulatory framework, a survey shows.
Japan's whaling fleet has left the Antarctic Ocean whale sanctuary and appears to be heading home following its smallest catch on record, the Sea Shepherd environmental group says.
Michael Thompson felt like he was playing in a U.S. Open whenever he saw his golf ball in the rough or the scores on the leaderboard at the Honda Classic. No one was going anywhere Saturday at PGA National. In cool, blustery conditions on ...
Ichiro Suzuki was unhurt in a car crash Saturday after the Yankees’ game against the Detroit Tigers at the team’s spring training complex in Tampa, Florida, according to New York media reports. “He is fine,” Yankees general manager Brian Cashman told the New York ...
Eight people died amid heavy snowfall in Hokkaido over the weekend, including a woman and her three children trapped in their car, police reported. Kazuyo Miyashita, 40, her son, Daiki, 11, and her two daughters, Misa, 17, and Sayo, 14, have died of carbon ...
Training flights for tilt-rotor Osprey aircraft over Japan’s main islands this week will be conducted on existing routes used by U.S. military planes while abiding by domestic aviation regulations, a U.S. Marine Corps officer said Sunday. The American military will ensure that controversial low-altitude ...
A Japanese businessman was shot to death during a robbery early Sunday on a street in Phnom Penh, local police reported. Kosei Kitakura, 43, was attacked by two unidentified men on a motorbike who fired at him as he tried to fight them off, ...
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 ...
On the eve of Japan’s World Baseball Classic opener against Brazil, Masahiro Tanaka said that one stellar outing would change people’s perception. But it didn’t work out that way. The impression he gave on Saturday night was not what he wanted. After a couple ...
Standing at the free-throw line, Chiba Jets big man Joe Werner appeared relaxed and confident during Sunday’s game against the host Tokyo Cinq Reves. After all, it’s a familiar place for him to be. Werner has attempted 209 free throws in the season’s first ...
Sara Takanashi won the large hill of the Miyasama International on Sunday. The 16-year-old Takanashi, who also won the normal hill on Friday, managed 136 meters on her first jump and 101 meters on her second. The Sochi Olympic gold medal hopeful totaled 213.6 ...
Coming off one of the best performances of his career, Joakim Noah did all he could to match it. He came up short, but not by much. Noah finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds, Carlos Boozer scored 20 and the Chicago Bulls beat ...
Kenya’s Vincent Kipruto emerged victorious in a shoulder-to-shoulder battle against Tariku Jufar of Ethiopia in the last 200 meters to win the Lake Biwa Marathon on Sunday. Kipruto, running alone with Jufar after Japan-based Kenyan James Mwangi slowed down in the last 2 km, ...
