Transport authorities launched a full-fledged investigation Sunday into the derailment of a bullet train on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Saturday afternoon.
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 ...
In 40 years of reporting I cannot remember a more hostile media campaign against a manager than the one we are seeing with Chelsea’s Andre Villas-Boas. To say Chelsea is a club in crisis is like saying Greece is short of a few bucks. ...
Dennis Bergkamp claimed in the buildup to Arsenal’s Champions League tie against AC Milan that it was predictable, lacked characters and a winning mentality. On the evidence of the 4-0 thumping by the Italians at San Siro, Arsenal’s heaviest loss in European competition since ...
The post of England manager is often called the impossible job which is probably why it nearly always ends in tears. Fabio Capello became the latest victim when he resigned on Wednesday, leaving England with no coach and no captain four months before Euro ...
Sometime in the next three weeks the Football Association’s power brokers will meet to decide whether John Terry should continue to captain England. Terry’s court case concerning an alleged racially aggravated public order offense involving Queens Park Rangers’ Anton Ferdinand has been adjourned to ...
The celebrations among the players, management and fans underlined the joy of reaching the League Cup final even though it is the lowest-rated piece of domestic silverware. No, not Cardiff City of the Championship but Liverpool. In the not too distant past the League ...
We may never know how good Ravel Morrison could have been, but we already know how bad he is. Morrison, 18, has played three games for Manchester United, yet the winger is so highly rated at Old Trafford that they believe he could be ...
There are moments in football that remain in the memory. Your team or country has won a major honor, perhaps a goal by a home-produced striker or maybe a debutant’s hat trick. Thierry Henry has given his adopted country enough memories to fill a ...
Wayne Rooney looked like someone who had not been training properly during a shocking cameo display in Manchester United’s 3-0 defeat at Newcastle three days ago. Perhaps that isn’t too surprising. Last weekend Rooney was dropped by Sir Alex Ferguson after a dinner he ...
