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 year. ...
Sleeping in. Breakfast in bed. Sunny brunches. Strolls in the park. Laid-back afternoon tea. Cocktails at sunset. Decadent late nights. Saturday — the word brings to mind a flurry of images associated with the first day of the weekend and the chances are, they ...
According to most business media, now is the time to act if you are thinking about buying a home. Though the Liberal Democratic Party has yet to confirm that it will go ahead with the consumption tax increases the Democratic Party of Japan passed ...
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 ...
N ow that the wider world has finally recognized the extent to which human activities are altering the Earth’s climate, maybe we can also begin to grasp the fact that our oceans, too, are in dire straits. Oceans cover more than 70 percent of ...
In 2007, climate change finally became a reality in the wider public’s consciousness. So what about this year? With a U.S. presidential election slated for November, it’s a good bet that 2008 will mark the first time our planet’s health plays a prominent role ...
With Christmas behind us and New Year’s less than a week away, this month’s column combines a bit of yearend desk clearing with some suggestions for belated stocking stuffers. But fair warning: These gifts are not eco-treats or recyclable necessities; they are downloadable PDFs ...
As soon as the rumors began that former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N. Intergovern- mental Panel on Climate Change were being considered for a Nobel Peace Prize it was easy to predict at least one thing: Win or not, the commentators, ...
Visit Calcutta, even briefly, and you soon learn the rules of the road — or rather that there aren’t many, if any. You will also meet some of the planet’s most resourceful people, from street children to scientists who are masters of making very ...
How can an economic superpower founded on progress and innovation be so averse to change that would cut the greenhouse-gas emissions that are spurring global warming and climate change? While the Japanese government now has a team of researchers working on scenarios for a ...
As an environmental columnist, one question that repeatedly comes to mind is, “How much denial is humanly possible?” Inevitably, the answer turns out to be the same, time after time: “Boundless amounts.” Humans routinely overcome the complexities of war, disease and famine, and yet ...
Ah, tetrapods! They stand firm and upright year after year, from sunrise to sunrise, silent sentinels unmoved by summer’s raging typhoons or winter’s crashing ice floes. Not sure what to think of tetrapods? Not even sure what they are? Well, fear not, you’re probably ...
Mariners say the oceans reveal their secrets only grudgingly. Shelly Parulis would say the same of the U.S. Navy. No matter. Parulis is undaunted in her quest to find out what that branch of the American armed forces knows — and what it is ...
Having experienced firsthand the waste, power abuse and nepotism that malign the United Nations from within, I am not usually a fan of its conferences. I am, however, a big fan of organic produce and composting, so my interest was piqued earlier this month ...
