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Former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi’s private disco featured not only aspiring showgirls performing striptease acts as sexy nuns and nurses, but one woman dressed up as President Barack Obama and a prominent Milan prosecutor whom the billionaire media mogul has accused of persecuting him, ...
Tonkatsu is comfort food, gourmand grub — not a gourmet delicacy. So what are those hearty, unpretentious deep-fried breaded pork cutlets doing in an elegant little bar-style restaurant above one of Ginza’s temples to high-end consumption? Katsuzen has come a long way from its ...
Life in Japan just seems tailor-made for certain foreign residents, who slip into the fabric of this society as smoothly as a hand slides into a glove. American Curtis Patterson, a professional koto player and music teacher, is a case in point. Not only ...
It is a tricky deal being an authorized biographer. Charles Moore’s big advantage over those who have previously tackled Margaret Thatcher is that he has been provided with material denied to them. Of the arrangement that he was offered by his subject, he writes: ...
Unbelievable energy. Splendid self confidence. Never-wavering faith in his abilities or his teammates. Those are ingredients to success for Draelon Burns, the Yokohama B-Corsairs’ super substitute. Burns buried a remarkable three buzzer-beating shots to close out the three final quarters, and his team needed ...
The dollar fell below ¥99.30 in Tokyo on Thursday as profit-taking intensified ahead of major economic events Friday. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥99.20-24, down from ¥99.50-50 at the same time Wednesday. The euro stood at $1.3031-3032, up from $1.2991-2994, and ...
The dollar fell below ¥99 in Tokyo on Tuesday, dampened by sales that stemmed from sluggish economic indicators in the United States and China. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥98.63-67, down from ¥99.69-70 at the same time Monday. The euro stood ...
The dollar hovered around ¥98 in Tokyo trading late Thursday as traders awaited a meeting of the Group of 20 finance ministers and central bank chiefs. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥97.99-99, against ¥98.11-12 at the same time Wednesday. The euro was ...
The dollar traded above ¥97.70 in late Tokyo trading on Tuesday following a plunge below ¥96 on the heels of weak U.S. and Chinese economic data and deadly bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥97.74-78, down from ...
The dollar retreated to around ¥98 in Tokyo trading Monday following a U.S. government report on international currency policies and weaker than expected Chinese economic data. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥98.15-16, down from ¥99.29-29 at the same time Friday. The euro ...
The dollar rose above ¥99.50 in Tokyo trading Thursday, as minutes of the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy meeting in March gave rise to expectations for wider interest rate gaps between Japan and the United States. But its attempt to climb above the psychologically important ...
The dollar attracted renewed demand and briefly rose to near ¥99.50 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, in line with the euro’s surge against the Japanese currency. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥99.34-36, up from ¥98.94-96 at the same time Tuesday. The euro ...
The dollar slipped back below ¥99 in Tokyo trading late Tuesday due chiefly to profit-taking, after briefly topping ¥99.50 on continued demand triggered by the Bank of Japan’s bold monetary easing regime. After rising as high as ¥99.67 in overseas trading early in the ...
The dollar temporarily rose above ¥97 for the first time in over 3½ years in Tokyo trading Friday, drawing continued support from the Bank of Japan’s aggressive monetary easing measures announced the previous day. But the greenback trimmed its gains by late trading as ...
The dollar fell below ¥93 for the first time in about a month in Tokyo on Tuesday, following a disappointing U.S. economic indicator released overnight. At 5 p.m., the dollar was at ¥92.85-87, down from ¥93.42-44 at the same time Monday. The euro stood ...
The dollar sagged below ¥94.20 in Tokyo trading Thursday, pulled down by concerns over European sovereign debt problems before Cypriot banks reopened later in the day following a eurozone bailout deal. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥94.18-20, off from ¥94.70-72 at the ...
The dollar failed to gain further ground above ¥94.50 in Tokyo trading Monday after rising moderately in line with the euro’s rebound on the back of a eurozone accord on a new bailout for financially troubled Cyprus. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ...