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 ...
Several players have returned to the J. League from frustrating overseas experiences this winter, but until Japanese soccer begins to appreciate the diversity of the European game, more are likely to come unstuck in the future. National team defender Masahiko Inoha ended a six-month ...
It would take a Herculean effort for Kashiwa Reysol to match their 2011 achievements over the coming season, but the reigning J. League champions see no reason why they cannot raise the bar and go even higher. Reysol won their first league title last ...
An 11th-place finish last season suggests Kawasaki Frontale’s days as a J. League championship contender are over, but playmaker Kengo Nakamura is refusing to go quietly as the club prepares for another tilt at a first-ever title. Frontale went into last year’s campaign having ...
Last year was one to forget for both Urawa Reds and Tomoaki Makino, but the national team defender believes 2012 will be a different story after joining the fallen Saitama giants on a season-long loan. Urawa, Japan’s best-supported team and J. League champions in ...
Ryoichi Maeda will be disappointed that his proposed move to West Ham United broke down last weekend, but the growing overseas interest in Japanese strikers is nevertheless an encouraging sign for the national team. Jubilo Iwata forward Maeda failed to win a deal with ...
There was never any doubt that Homare Sawa would be named Women’s World Player of the Year on Monday, but the significance of the award to the Japanese game still cannot be overstated. Sawa ended the five-year reign of Brazil’s Marta and also saw ...
FC Tokyo and Kyoto Sanga’s all-J2 Emperor’s Cup final on Sunday was a high-profile showcase for the J. League second division, but away from the spotlight there is plenty to suggest the lower tier is in rude health. No team from J2 had ever ...
Barcelona midfielder Cesc Fabregas has warned rivals that the newly crowned world champions have the desire and commitment to stay on top for many more years to come. Barcelona crushed Brazilian side Santos 4-0 on Sunday night to win the Club World Cup for ...
Santos manager Muricy Ramalho has vowed to stand up to Barcelona and fight fire with fire in the Club World Cup final on Sunday night. South American champions Santos head into the match at Nissan Stadium looking to do what few have been able ...
Barcelona set up a Club World Cup final showdown with Santos after picking a way through the massed ranks of Al Sadd’s defense to claim a 4-0 win on Thursday night. An almost full-strength Barcelona lineup at Nissan Stadium left the Asian champions from ...
