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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 ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Tuesday with Saudi Arabia’s crown prince to launch working-level talks aimed at negotiating an accord on acquiring Japanese nuclear technologies, a Japanese government official said. “Japan is enhancing the safety level of its nuclear plants” following the 2011 Fukushima ...
Russian President Putin told Prime Minister Abe at their summit that some of Russia's border issues were settled by even splits, hinting at his position on the disputed isles.
Ahead of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Russia, he repeated a single message to the Diet and the media for weeks: He wants to build a personal relationship of trust with President Vladimir Putin. The emphasis appears to be part of Japan’s efforts ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for Russia on Sunday for talks with President Vladimir Putin, on the first leg of a weeklong trip that will also take him to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. Abe is the first prime minister in ...
The government holds its first formal celebration of the day the San Francisco Peace Treaty ended the allied Occupation, angering residents in Okinawa, which stayed under U.S. control until 1972.
A limousine carrying Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is involved in a pileup on Saturday with four other government vehicles carrying security guards at an automated toll gate in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Poland, Slovakia and Hungary in June during a planned trip to Britain, where he is slated to attend an annual summit of the Group of Eight major economies, informed sources said. Through the trip, Abe hopes to ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is embarking on a diplomatic quest from Sunday that will take him halfway around the globe to Russia and the Middle East accompanied by dozens of top corporate executives, with one key goal in mind: energy. Russia, in the shadow ...
The government has asked Tokyo Electric Power Co. Chairman Kazuhiko Shimokobe to stay in his post beyond his scheduled exit in June so he can continue rebuilding the utility, trade minister Toshimitsu Motegi said Friday. The 65-year-old lawyer assumed the chairmanship last June and ...
At a time when North Korea’s erratic behavior has underscored the need for cooperation in Asia, Japan’s delicate ties with China and South Korea have become even more tenuous amid increasing displays of nationalism by the government of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. The latest ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to visit Myanmar in late May for talks with President Thein Sein with the aim of accelerating Japanese efforts to promote economic development and democratization there, an official said. It will be the first time in around 36 years ...
Tokyo is forced into damage control over history issues again after a war remark by Prime Minister Abe triggers big headlines in South Korea.