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 ...
Although she was born in 1977 (in Atlanta, Georgia), Brittany Murphy is a show-business veteran who grew up fast. Murphy, an only child who was raised in New Jersey and California, started acting in regional theater at the age of 9, going into TV ...
Keanu Reeves is a creature from outer space. More precisely, he is playing Klaatu, a superior being from beyond the stars who takes the form of a human male visiting a planet that, despite millions of years of evolution, remains too fond of violence ...
<< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 As for having another child at a relatively late age, she feels: “Generally speaking, a mature mother is a mother more sure of herself. And possibly a mother better able to appreciate her child. I always had a . ...
<< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 When asked if he thinks he could make a living strictly from music, Black responds, “I should try it. I should try it like for a year or so, as an experiment. But I have all these other commitments. ...
<< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 Understandably, another subject Bale would not address is the recent (and at the time of the interview, ongoing) scandal or mystery surrounding the assault charges filed by his mother and sister in July at the time of the London ...
Model turned actor and TV producer Ashton Kutcher is the first to admit he’s a very lucky man. In the mid-1990s he auditioned for several U.S. TV series before joining “That ’70s Show,” which in 1998 launched his career as a nationally known face. ...
‘This is some screwy way for an adult to be spending his career, right?” laughs Brendan Fraser. The actor stars in two big summer movies released in Japan in August. And each film puts Fraser in a role that is far from unfamiliar. Though ...
<< CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Again, the question gives him pause, perhaps embarrassing him. “Carrie became a very successful writer,” he states. As for Hamill, “I don’t know. I think we all had some charisma in that picture. I think it was beautifully cast, ...
She’s one of the most admired actresses in Hollywood, both for her talent and versatility. But despite the hits on her resume — “Chicago” and the two “Bridget Jones” movies among others — and a 2004 Academy Award for “Cold Mountain,” Renee Zellweger is ...
It is rare for a male movie star, especially one in his prime, to take time off from making feature films. Ask Clint Eastwood or Burt Reynolds, who have barely had time to pause for breath in their five-decade-long careers. One Hollywood superstar who ...
