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 ...
Japan Under-23 manager Takashi Sekizuka allowed himself a moment to savor qualification for the London Olympic men’s soccer tournament on Wednesday night, but the 51-year-old insists the real work begins now. Japan beat Bahrain 2-0 at National Stadium to clinch a fifth consecutive appearance ...
FC Tokyo made a winning return to the J. League first division with a 1-0 victory over Omiya Ardija as the new season got under way on Saturday. Tokyo won the second division at the first time of asking last year following a shock ...
The following is the second of a two-part preview for the upcoming J. League season. Team-by-team previews of the nine highest-ranked teams competing in the first division are listed. KASHIWA REYSOL Last season: champion After last season’s outstanding championship-winning achievement, all eyes will be ...
The following is the first of a two-part preview for the upcoming J. League season. Team-by-team previews of the nine lowest-ranked teams competing in the first division are listed. SHIMIZU S-PULSE Last season: 10th S-Pulse lurched wildly from one extreme to the other last ...
Kashima Antlers head into the new J. League campaign at something of a crossroads after a disappointing sixth-place finish last season, but incoming manager Jorginho sees no need to start a revolution. Antlers won three successive championships from 2007 to 2009 under previous manager ...
Kashiwa Reysol pulled off the unprecedented feat of winning the J. League only a year after claiming the second-division title last season, but FC Tokyo manager Ranko Popovic is hoping history will repeat itself with his newly promoted team. Tokyo bounced back from relegation ...
The coming J. League season will be a voyage into the unknown for Machida Zelvia, but the newly promoted second-division side couldn’t wish for a more experienced hand on the tiller than manager Osvaldo Ardiles. Machida lost 2-0 to Ehime FC on Sunday to ...
Not much has changed for Nagoya Grampus ahead of the new J. League campaign, but after a troubled winter away from soccer, manager Dragan Stojkovic is thankful to return to a stable environment. Grampus finished as runnerup behind surprise champions Kashiwa Reysol last season ...
J. League champion Kashiwa Reysol handed newly promoted FC Tokyo a reality check ahead of the new season with a 2-1 win in the Xerox Super Cup on Saturday. Tokyo went into the curtain-raising match at National Stadium full of confidence after winning its ...
Kashiwa Reysol manager Nelsinho is determined to carry last season’s J. League title-winning form into Saturday’s Xerox Super Cup match against FC Tokyo, but the Brazilian has warned not to expect too much from his ring-rusty side. Kashiwa, last season’s surprise champion, takes on ...
