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 ...
A monkey strapped in a pod resembling an infant’s car seat rides an Iranian rocket into space and returns safely, in what was described as a step toward Tehran’s goal of manned space flight.
Eighty years after Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, a novel that imagines his return to modern-day Berlin has become a best-seller in Germany, though a comedy about the Fuehrer is not to everyone’s taste. Instead of committing suicide in his bunker on April 30, ...
Paris AFP-JIJI A lobster thrown live into boiling water may suffer for many seconds, according to a scientist who argued Thursday that crustaceans can likely feel pain. A set of experiments on crabs revealed the animals are willing to give up a valuable dark ...
The Spanish city of Granada plans to name a square after the late British punk star Joe Strummer, who sang of the town in the classic Clash song “Spanish Bombs,” an official said Wednesday. The driving rock anthem on the band’s 1979 “London Calling” ...
The first child of Prince William and his wife, Kate, is due in July, St James’s Palace said Monday. The palace also said Kate was returning to full health following her hospitalization last month with severe morning sickness. “The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ...
A 13-year-old boy ran away from his adoptive parents in Italy, taking his father’s Mercedes and driving 1,000 km toward his native Poland before being stopped in Germany. The boy — a go-kart enthusiast — managed to pass highway toll booths and cross two ...
Volunteer firefighters in a southern French village are complaining after the new truck they received — at a cost of $326,000 — turned out too wide for its narrow streets. The firefighters in the town of Montcuq have complained to local authorities about the ...
Washington AFP-JIJI The latest addition to America’s ever-growing list of craft beers gives new meaning to the time-honored idea of feeding leftovers to the dog. Dawg Grog, a nonalcoholic mock brew for canines, is the brainchild of Daniel Keeton, 32, who perfected it over ...
