Transport authorities launched a full-fledged investigation Sunday into the derailment of a bullet train on the Akita Shinkansen Line in Daisen, Akita Prefecture, on Saturday afternoon.
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 ...
One recent afternoon, Susan Beehler, who may be the only gun-control advocate in all of North Dakota, walked into VFW Post 762, a dimly lit, wood-paneled bar in downtown Fargo. It was, perhaps, the gun-friendliest place in one of the gun-friendliest states in America; ...
Lawmakers in Colorado, where a gunman burst into a theater last year for a deadly shooting, narrowly passed a handful of gun-control bills, signaling a political shift under pressure from the White House. “Enough is enough. I’m sick and tired of bloodshed,” said Rep. ...
“Are the president’s kids more important than yours?” the deep and dramatic-sounding voice intoned. “Then why is he skeptical about putting armed security in our schools when his kids are protected by armed guards at their school?” When the National Rifle Association aired its ...
A legal shield written by Congress to benefit the firearms industry is posing unexpected hurdles for parents in Newtown, Connecticut, and victims of other mass shootings who want to use the courts to hold gun makers accountable and push them to adopt stricter safety ...
Law enforcement leaders urge President Barack Obama to focus on strengthening gun purchase background checks and mental health systems, but did not unify behind his more controversial gun control efforts.
For the first time in more than a decade, Democratic presidential aspirants see a political advantage in championing far-reaching restrictions on guns. In Massachusetts on Thursday, Gov. Deval Patrick unveiled a sweeping set of proposed restrictions that would restrict access to high-powered ammunition, broaden ...
The move by the White House on Wednesday to feature four children at President Barack Obama’s gun-control news conference set into motion a new debate over the role of young people on the political stage. In unveiling his proposals to address gun violence, Obama ...
Most Americans support tough new measures to combat gun violence, including a ban on assault weapons and posting armed guards at every school, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. More than half of all Americans — 52 percent in the new poll ...
The White House is weighing a far broader and more comprehensive approach to curbing America’s gun violence than simply reinstating an expired ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, according to multiple people involved in the administration’s discussions. A working group led by Vice ...
New signs emerged Monday of an evolving U.S. gun law debate, with several top lawmakers appearing more open to stiffening controls on firearms after the Connecticut school massacre that left 20 children dead. Rising demands for stricter gun control laws, in a nation where ...
In a case full of perplexing questions, the mother of Connecticut shooter Adam Lanza is the mystery woman — but whatever secrets she had about her son were lost forever when he shot her in the head. Nancy Lanza has been something of a ...
