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Pope Francis’ fascination with the devil took on remarkable new twists Tuesday, with a well-known exorcist insisting Francis helped “liberate” a Mexican man possessed by four different demons despite the Vatican’s insistence that no such papal exorcism took place. The case concerns a 43-year-old ...
Kazuhiro Shiraishi, 66, is a guest-house manager in the Izu-kogen Highlands, a famous resort area on the Izu Peninsula of Shizuoka Prefecture. Looking out onto the Pacific Ocean, and just 90 minutes by train from Tokyo, Izu has a warm climate all year round ...
“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, ...
Guitarist Dustin Wong hesitates for a split second. It’s a pause that would go unnoticed during most other sets, but Wong has spent the last 40 minutes seemingly in a trance while playing guitar and looping the notes via an array of pedals in ...
Tim Duncan saves the day as the Spurs hold off the Grizzlies in overtime
The U.S. and Myanmar struck a trade agreement Tuesday as the former pariah state undertakes economic reforms and seeks greater American investment. The Trade and Investment Framework Agreement is aimed at promoting bilateral dialogue and cooperation on trade and investment issues, the United States ...
A two-day meeting to discuss how to utilize African natural resources started in Tokyo on Thursday, with around 2,000 people, including natural resources ministers from 15 African nations, attending. At the Japan Sustainable Mining, Investment and Technology Business Forum, or J-SUMIT, the African ministers ...
Supporters of a U.S.-European free-trade deal have begun damping expectations about its immediate benefits amid a series of emerging disputes that could complicate the creation of the world’s largest trade zone. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron met Monday and affirmed ...
The Bank of China ends all dealings with a key North Korean bank in what appears to be the strongest public Chinese response yet to Pyongyang's willingness to push ahead with its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.
President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated longtime fundraiser and hotel magnate Penny Pritzker as commerce secretary and veteran aide Michael Froman as the U.S. trade representative (USTR). He made the announcement before embarking on a three-day economic and security trip to Mexico and Latin ...
Trade ministers of the APEC forum discussed free trade and ways to facilitate investment as their two-day gathering kicked off Saturday in Indonesia. The meeting coincided with Japan winning formal approval to participate in the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks from all 11 member states ...
Japan logs a record-high ¥8.17 trillion trade deficit for fiscal 2012 as the Senkakus clash with China and Europe’s debt crisis stifled exports.
Tokyo and Washington are likely to conclude bilateral preparatory talks this week on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade liberalization deal, clearing the way for Japan to join the talks as early as July, government sources said Tuesday. Tokyo has agreed to allow the United States ...
Japan and Australia reach a broad agreement on trading farm products, clearing a major hurdle in their pursuit of a bilateral free-trade agreement.
The United States on Monday prodded Japan to remove nontariff barriers for U.S. companies in the domestic automobile and insurance markets. Various nontariff barriers have traditionally impeded access to Japan’s car market, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in its 2013 National ...
Japan, China and South Korea launch the first round of negotiations for concluding a free-trade agreement among the three nations that together account for around 20 percent of world gross domestic product.
Japan is entering a new stage in its pursuit of free-trade agreements as it begins bilateral and multilateral FTA negotiations involving its three major trade partners — the United States, the European Union and China. Just about a week before declaring the launch of ...