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The head of an official inquiry into the deadly collapse of a Bangladesh factory complex said the building’s owner was the “main culprit” for the disaster because he violated construction codes. The cave-in of the eight-story Rana Plaza outside the capital last month killed ...
Throughout most of Japan, June is the rainy season. While all that rainfall is great for rice paddies so that we can have delicious new harvest rice in the fall, it makes it a rather dull month for seasonal produce: The summer’s bounty of ...
“I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a place I did not know. I was forced into a room with blood all over the walls and floor, ...
Claude Regy says the team at the Shizuoka Performing Arts Center (SPAC) threw him the “best birthday party ever” when he arrived in Japan just days after the actual May 1 occasion. The 90-year-old French director is hoping for an even better birthday gift, ...
As far as debuts go, Shohei Otani's delivered. The celebrated rookie pitched fairly well on Thursday night, and though he finished outside the decision, he left the mound with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters well within striking distance of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Raha Muharraq, a 25-year-old Saudi woman, on Saturday reached the summit of Mount Everest in a first for the conservative Muslim kingdom, where women’s sports are severely restricted, her father said. Hassan Muharraq said that Raha, a graduate of the University of Sharjah in ...
Yuichi Miura, 80, has launched his bid to retake the crown as the oldest person to reach the summit of Mount Everest, his management office said Thursday. If all goes as planned, Miura will conquer the world’s highest peak around May 24 to break ...
Veteran alpinist Yuichiro Miura has set his sights on a target no one has ever achieved — reaching the summit of Mount Everest at the age of 80. “It may be that I can surpass some human limits,” Miura said when he announced the ...