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 ...
Japan's controversial new economic policy emerged as one of the hot topics at this year's Davos forum, with talk of currency wars and strong rebuttals from Japanese officials.
T he world’s political and business elite headed home Sunday from this year’s Davos forum with warnings that while the worst of the financial crisis seems over there is still much to be done. International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said in the closing ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Saturday signaled his determination to overcome Japan’s persistent deflation in a prerecorded video message shown at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We will promptly put into action measures that can pull Japan out of its long years ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has explained his government’s drastic monetary measures to German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who voiced concern about the unorthodox policy earlier in the week, government officials said. Abe’s remarks during the 20-minute phone call Friday were aimed at reassuring Berlin after ...
The bravery of shot Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai has inspired children around the world to fight for a better education, key figures in a U.N. campaign said Friday. Hosting a discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, U.N. special education envoy and former ...
As he came face to face with world leaders for the first time since unveiling plans for an EU referendum, British Prime Minister David Cameron insisted Thursday he is not turning his back on Europe. The global elite who are gathered at the World ...
German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticizes Japan's monetary easing and weakening of the yen, voicing concern over possible exchange-rate manipulation.
Every year in late January, global leaders in business, politics, academia and other fields get together in Switzerland to discuss the various challenges faced by the world. This annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, dubbed Davos after the Swiss resort at which it ...
At a time when official Japan-China dialogue has come to a standstill over conflicting territorial claims, the Tokyo Foundation hosted an important Track 2 meeting of foreign policy experts from Japan, China, and the U.S. Held at the Tokyo Foundation on Jan. 14 and ...
While the media have highlighted Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s large-scale government spending on public works, and high expectations for his so-called Abenomics drove share prices up and weakened the yen, the important question is; what industries does Abe’s administration want to promote as driving ...
As people across the globe toasted the New Year this month, Japan’s sake brewers had another reason to celebrate. The industry saw modest increases in sake sales, offering a glimmer of hope to producers who have watched consumption decline since the late 1970s. According ...
William H. Saito, who moved to Tokyo from California eight years ago, has had some splendid achievements in his 41 years of life so far. The computer prodigy launched his first software company at age 14, engaged in the programming business with Japan’s major ...
