In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.
When it comes to gender equality, Japan has never failed to disappoint.
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, ...
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa is back with a bang, becoming the first Asian player to score a hat trick in the English Premier League.
EVENTS Study, work abroad fair Ryugaku Journal Inc., a company that provides study abroad information services and sales of study abroad related publications, will hold study abroad and working holiday fairs on Saturday and Sunday. A range of people, from students to businesspeople, study ...
Announcements Daiwa House venture Daiwa House Industry Co. has announced it will start its D-HEMS (Daiwa House’s Home Energy Management System) business in Singapore in its first Smart House venture into an overseas market. This system will be used in the Echelon high-rise condominium ...
Exhibitions Canadian Embassy art The Embassy of Canada to Japan will hold an exhibition of recent works by Canadian ceramic artist France Goneau, from Jan. 17 to March 27 at its Prince Takamado Gallery in Tokyo. Based in Montreal, Goneau creates sculptures of porcelain ...
