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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
Publishing giant Kodansha Ltd.’s recent decision to close down its subsidiary, Kodansha International Ltd., by the end of April reflects the firm’s change in its business strategy from shipping its English-language books made in Japan to publishing and distributing them in its largest market, ...
Kodansha International Ltd., a leading English-language publisher of translated books on Japan, is closing down by the end of April, sources said Thursday. Contacted by The Japan Times, company President Koji Hirota confirmed that the company was folding but declined to give details, saying ...
With the opposition camp trying to veto all budget-related bills in the divided Diet, the fate of legislation proposed by the Democratic Party of Japan-led government to enhance the tax-exempt status of nonprofit organizations is hanging in the air. Both the ruling and opposition ...
Tomohiro Kato was mentally ill and lacked the ability to control his actions when he murdered seven people and wounded 10 others on the streets of the Akihabara electronic district in 2008, defense attorneys told the Tokyo District Court on Wednesday, hoping to keep ...
Three former aides of Democratic Party of Japan heavyweight Ichiro Ozawa pleaded not guilty Monday to falsifying the records of his political fund management body Rikuzankai in 2004, 2005 and 2007. The Tokyo District Court trial of the three former secretaries, which is scheduled ...
Former Democratic Party of Japan President Ichiro Ozawa has been indicted and will stand trial over his role in a political funding scandal. Following is a recap of the case’s salient points and the process that led to his mandatory indictment: What is the ...
With the Internet pressing down on traditional media and interest in news from Japan apparently in decline, many foreign journalists say reporting with a Tokyo dateline is increasingly becoming a challenge. In this environment, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan is also facing difficulties, ...
Prosecutors demanded Tuesday that Tomohiro Kato be sent to the gallows for the 2008 massacre of seven people and wounding of 10 others in Tokyo’s popular Akihabara electronics district. In their closing argument, the prosecutors told the Tokyo District Court that Kato, 28, is ...
The 1,000 applicants who booked appointments with the British Embassy for this year’s working holiday visas will need to book again next week because the system started taking applications a day earlier than scheduled. In the interest of fairness, the online application system for ...
The top provider of official development assistance in the 1990s, Japan has since been shrinking its foreign aid budget as the economy stagnates. But Sadako Ogata, president of the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the implementing arm of Japan’s ODA, says developing countries continue to ...
As the new year approaches, many people are looking forward to gathering with their families to eat special New Year’s dishes. Some also will be tuning in to watch the Hakone Ekiden, the two-day long-distance collegiate relay race held from Jan. 2. The 218-km ...
Political observers say one of the reasons Ichiro Ozawa lost the Democratic Party of Japan’s presidential election Sept. 14 was the negative image of his alleged involvement in false financial reporting by his political fund-management body, Rikuzankai. Prosecutors dropped the case due to lack ...