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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, resolved to end nearly two decades of deflation and revive the economy, explains his economic and fiscal policies to his fellow G-8 chiefs, turning "Abenomics" into an international commitment in the process.
About 45 minutes from Tokyo’s skyscrapers, resting in the hinterlands of Tachikawa there is a land of mist and dragons. It’s a place where rolling hills tumble toward an Aztec pyramid, and children bounce on clouds. The place is called Showa Kinen Koen, and ...
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
Across the colorful show floor at last week’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, there were games on display where players could become all manner of things, like a throat-slashing 18th-century pirate, zombie killer, a guardian of the last city on Earth, music-making sorcerer, ruthless Roman general, ...
Tuukka Rask watched most of the action at the other end of the ice. And when the Blackhawks did make a late charge, he was ready. The Bruins goalie stopped 28 shots for his third career playoff shutout, helping Boston beat Chicago 2-0 on ...
Gunmen killed a Pakistani politician from Imran Khan’s party in the southern port city of Karachi on the eve of a partial rerun of May 11 polls that were marked by more than 150 killings. Zohra Hussain, 59, vice president of the women’s wing ...
The Philippines on Saturday rejected Taiwan’s allegations that its coast guard had intentionally murdered a Taiwanese fisherman whose death has triggered a major diplomatic spat. Hong Shi-cheng, a 65-year-old fisherman, was shot dead by the Philippine Coast Guard, who said his vessel intruded into ...
T-shirts bearing images of U.S. President Barack Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar’s prodemocracy leader, hang side by side in the shops just off busy Kabar Aye Pagoda Road in Yangon. It’s a reminder of the history made in November when Obama became ...
The scandal shaking up South Korea’s main spy agency is not cloak-and-dagger stuff, but the kind of low-grade trickery anyone with an Internet connection could pull off. And the target was not Seoul’s opaque rival to the north, but the country’s own people. Internet ...
The family of deceased dictator Ferdinand Marcos enjoyed easy wins in Philippine elections, official data showed Tuesday, with his unrepentant wife leading the clan’s political charge. Imelda Marcos captured more than 88 percent of the votes cast Monday to win a second-consecutive term in ...
South Korean President Park Geun Hye personally apologized Monday for an “unsavory” incident during her U.S. summit visit that led to the dismissal of her chief spokesman. Yoon Chang Jung was sacked over allegations that he had sexually harassed a female intern — a ...
Former Pakistani leader Nawaz Sharif on Sunday appealed for cross-party support to help rebuild the nuclear-armed but economically crippled nation after winning historic elections that defied Taliban violence. Partial, unofficial results from Saturday’s election represented a stunning comeback for the 63-year-old tycoon, who was ...
The strong Australian dollar gave an “unprecedented whack” to tax revenue the government needed to return the nation’s budget to surplus, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday. Spending on disability payments and a program to improve schools are the “big-ticket items” in the budget to ...
Bomb blasts tore through two campaign events Tuesday in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 18 people, authorities said, as attacks ahead of Saturday’s national election continued against liberal politicians. About 100 people have been killed since April in violence against candidates and party supporters, ...
North Korea said Sunday that it would not invite any leading U.S. figure to seek the release of a jailed American and that he would not become a “bargaining chip” in any political negotiations. “Some media of the U.S. said that the DPRK (North ...
Malaysia’s bitter political rivals launched a last-ditch campaign sprint Saturday on the eve of the first elections in the country’s history in which the long-ruling regime faces possible defeat. Prime Minister Najib Razak and opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim barnstormed through their home regions, where ...
When Malaysian voters cast ballots in Sunday’s general election, it will be the first time in the country’s history that they do so without knowing the eventual winner. The ruling coalition headed by the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) is among the world’s longest-serving ...