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Silvio Berlusconi has failed in his attempt to topple the Italian government, leaving him weaker than ever and zapping the aura of invincibility that has surrounded him for two decades as he faces the possible loss of his Senate seat and a ban from ...
Hatsudai has a lot going for it. This quiet low-rise residential neighborhood just minutes west of Shinjuku boasts a friendly traditional shōtengai (shopping street) and a lively annual Awa Odori dance festival. Now add to that a really outstanding restaurant. Anis opened in early ...
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
In the glitzy and gossipy world of Japanese celebrity, hardly a week goes by without revelations being made about — or made by — Ichikawa Ebizo XI. For years, the charismatic young star of the kabuki world has never long been out of the ...
Reigning champion Kei Nishikori made quick work of Feliciano Lopez, walloping the Spaniard in a straight-sets victory Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Rakuten Japan Open. The world No. 13 Nishikori needed little over an hour to put away Lopez, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 ...
A soccer match-fixing ring based in Singapore was the world’s “largest and most aggressive” such operation, the Interpol chief said in remarks published Tuesday after the arrest of the group’s suspected mastermind. International Criminal Police Organization Secretary-General Ronald Noble hailed the arrest in Singapore ...
Former top Chinese politician Bo Xilai will appeal his conviction and life sentence for corruption, a lawyer close to the case said Monday, adding further drama to the high-profile trial. Bo, the key figure in China’s biggest political scandal in decades, remained unusually defiant ...
The former leader of the Maldives — the front-runner in elections due this weekend — called Tuesday for nationwide protests after the archipelago’s Supreme Court suspended the vote. Mohamed Nasheed’s Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) asked supporters to join peaceful demonstrations, threatening more unrest in ...
North Korean scientists are able to build crucial equipment for uranium-based nuclear bombs on their own, cutting the need for imports that had been one of the few ways outsiders could monitor the country's secretive atomic work, according to evidence gathered by two American ...
The Cambodian opposition boycotted the opening of parliament Monday over alleged widespread cheating in July’s elections, putting the country’s political crisis at a critical juncture. Empty seats dotted the National Assembly as 55 lawmakers elected from the opposition were absent, while 68 ruling party ...
Ousted Chinese politician Bo Xilai’s prospects of an eventual comeback evaporated Sunday after he was sentenced to life in prison and permanently deprived of all political rights, but aspects of his legacy may live on, experts said. The charismatic former Politburo member surprised many ...
Typhoon Usagi killed at least 25 people after crashing ashore in southern China, throwing the region’s transport systems into chaos and leaving tens of thousands of airline passengers stranded in Hong Kong on Monday. Schools and businesses were shut as activity in the normally ...
The death toll from a twin suicide bombing on a church in Pakistan rose to 81 Monday, as Christians protested across the country to demand better protection for their community. The attack on All Saints Church in the northwestern city of Peshawar after a ...
East Timor police say there will be zero tolerance against those who continue to practice martial arts after the government banned all clubs following deadly gang violence, an official said Monday. At least 12 East Timorese have been killed and more than 200 injured ...
China’s richest man plans to invest 50 billion yuan ($8.2 billion) to build the country’s version of Hollywood in the eastern city of Qingdao. Wang Jianlin said Sunday that his company, Dalian Wanda Group, will build a massive, state-of-the-art film studio complex in a ...
A tiny snake as slender as a pen forced the grounding of a Japan-bound Qantas flight out of Sydney overnight Sunday, stranding hundreds of passengers. The nonvenomous reptile, about 20 cm long, was found near the doorway of a Boeing 747-400 bound for Tokyo ...
The conviction of disgraced top politician Bo Xilai was less about eradicating ubiquitous corruption in China and more about warning Communist Party cadres to stay loyal to the new leadership or suffer the consequences, observers say. President Xi Jinping, who took office earlier this ...