Politics & Diplomacy
Hashimoto to retract sex suggestion for U.S. military
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto aims to retract his remark that U.S. servicemen in Okinawa should use the local adult entertainment industry to avoid committing sex crimes.
Offbeat Mar 29, 2013
After extinction threat, Cambodia's finger dance resurgent
Wrists bent and fingers curled, the immaculately dressed dancers perform a series of gestures that, according to ancient custom, carry the wishes of the Khmer kings to the heavens. Sporting golden head-dresses, the dancers slowly stretch back their wrists and — standing on one ...
National Mar 24, 2013
Japanese tourist killed in Cambodian roller coaster derailment
A female Japanese tourist died Friday night in a roller coaster derailment at an amusement park in Cambodia, a local government official said Saturday. Bun Tharith, deputy governor of Siem Reap Province, identified the victim as 21-year-old Saki Takita from Aomori Prefecture. She had ...
Crime & Legal Mar 4, 2013
Japanese businessman shot to death in Cambodia during street robbery
A Japanese businessman was shot to death during a robbery early Sunday on a street in Phnom Penh, local police reported. Kosei Kitakura, 43, was attacked by two unidentified men on a motorbike who fired at him as he tried to fight them off, ...