In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.
It’s a dangerous, unpredictable world. Twice in January Chugoku no gunkan (中国の軍艦, Chinese warships) in the Higashi Shina Kai (東シナ海, East China Sea) challenged Japan’s Kaijo Jieitai (海上自衛隊, Maritime Self Defense Forces, MSDF) patrols in a manner deemed kyōiteki (脅威的, threatening). And on Feb. ...
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, ...
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa is back with a bang, becoming the first Asian player to score a hat trick in the English Premier League.
An 18-year-old youth is arrested over the robbery-murder of a woman in Tokyo’s Kichijoji district after turning himself in to police and confessing to the slaying.
The family of 24-year-old Ryo Oyamada, who was struck and killed by a New York Police Department patrol car, said they have filed a notice of claim against the department and city. “My son came to America to study English and then a police ...
In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.
A 17-year-old Romanian in custody admitted Friday that he was involved in the robbery-slaying of a woman on a street in Tokyo’s Kichijoji area and was promptly served an arrest warrant for the crime, police said, adding they are also looking for his 18-year-old ...
A 22-year-old woman was stabbed to death early Thursday on a street in Tokyo’s Kichijoji district, the Metropolitan Police Department said. A 17-year-old male Romanian national believed to have some connection with the attack was apprehended about 500 meters from the scene, the police ...
The rapid spread of vigilante-style community self-defense groups is drawing debate in Mexico after the latest group popped up with suspiciously sophisticated weapons, printed T-shirts and clothing that doesn’t reflect the usual mix of participants. The group appeared this week in Tepalcatepec, in the ...
The Osaka High Court on Tuesday reduced a 20-year prison term for a murderer with Asperger’s syndrome imposed by citizen judges that was four years longer than prosecutors sought. Citing society’s lack of means to handle people with such developmental disorders, the high court ...
Far from the courtroom drama that has gripped South Africa, the family of Oscar Pistorius’ slain girlfriend has struggled with its own private deluge of grief, frustration and bewilderment. The victim’s relatives also harbor misgivings about efforts by the Olympian’s family to reach out ...
South African Paralympic icon and Olympian Oscar Pistorius was freed on bail Friday, pending a high-profile trial for shooting dead his girlfriend. Pretoria magistrate Desmond Nair ruled the “Blade Runner” was not a flight risk and did not pose a danger to society after ...
A 21-year-old Canadian tourist’s body has been founded wedged in a water tank atop a downtown Los Angeles hotel, authorities said Thursday, and more testing must be done to determine the cause of death. An autopsy performed the same day didn’t provide definitive answers ...
South African police appointed a new chief investigator Thursday in the Oscar Pistorius murder case, replacing a veteran detective after revelations that the officer was charged with seven counts of attempted murder. The sensational twist in the state’s troubled investigation fueled growing public fascination ...
The prosecution case against Oscar Pistorius begins to unravel with revelations of a series of police blunders and the lead investigator's admission that authorities have no evidence challenging the double-amputee Olympian's claim he killed his girlfriend accidentally.
