AP 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 ...
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 ...
Talk of more deal-making sent the stock market higher Tuesday, putting the Dow Jones industrial average within close reach of its all-time high. Reports that retailers Office Depot and OfficeMax are discussing a merger came after big corporate deals for Heinz and Dell were ...
The dollar eased slightly below ¥93.40 in Tokyo on Wednesday after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has grown cautious about proposed purchases of foreign bonds. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥93.35-36, down from ¥93.46-46 at the same time Tuesday. The euro stood ...
Stocks rose Wednesday, bolstered by overnight gains in European and U.S. equities, with the Nikkei 225 average ending at a 52-month high. The Nikkei rose 95.94 points to hit 11,468.28, its best finish since Sept. 29, 2008, after briefly topping 11,500. The Topix gained ...
The dollar fell below ¥94 in Tokyo Tuesday after Finance Minister Taro Aso said the Bank of Japan will not buy foreign bonds as a monetary easing step. At 5 p.m., the dollar was at ¥93.46-46, down from ¥94.05-06 on Monday. The euro stood ...
Europe’s main stock markets mostly fell on Monday after a weekend meeting of the Group of 20 leading economies ended with Japan being spared an accusation of unfairly devaluing its currency. London’s FTSE 100 index of leading companies slid 0.16 percent to 6,318.19 points, ...
The Nikkei 225 average fell back Tuesday, pressured by profit-taking after the previous day’s surge, but investors’ continuing eagerness to buy Japanese stocks limited its loss. The Nikkei closed down 35.53 points, or 0.31 percent, at 11,372.34. But the Topix edged up 0.92 point, ...
Stocks rebounded sharply Monday as the yen fell after the Group of 20 economies failed to single out Japan for criticism over its economic policies, which have led to the yen’s recent weakness. The Nikkei 225 average closed up 234.04 points, or 2.09 percent, ...
The dollar retook ¥94 in Tokyo on Monday after a Group of 20 meeting ended in Russia without taking Japan to task over the yen’s recent weakness. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥94.05-06, up from ¥92.48-52 at the same time Friday. ...
Despite skepticism from G-20 countries, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may continue his extreme monetary easing until the Upper House election to maintain his approval rating.
The Group of 20 finance chiefs seek to avoid "competitive currency devaluation" amid the yen's decline on Prime Minister Abe's drastic monetary easing.
The dollar rose toward ¥93.50 in Tokyo trading Thursday, aided by expectations of additional monetary easing by the Bank of Japan in the future. The greenback stood at ¥93.43-48 at 5 p.m., up from ¥93.20-21 on Wednesday. The euro was at $1.3386-3388, down from ...
The Nikkei 225 average rose Thursday, helped by buybacks on the back of the yen’s weakening. The benchmark index gained 55.87 points to close at 11,307.28. On Wednesday, the Nikkei tumbled 117.71 points. The Topix, however, sagged 2.14 points to end at 954.88 after ...
