In his Olympic year, Oscar Pistorius steadily became an avid firearms collector, joining a gun-collecting club and purchasing a collection of firearms that included a .500 Magnum pistol and a civilian version of a military assault rifle.
It’s a dangerous, unpredictable world. Twice in January Chugoku no gunkan (中国の軍艦, Chinese warships) in the Higashi Shina Kai (東シナ海, East China Sea) challenged Japan’s Kaijo Jieitai (海上自衛隊, Maritime Self Defense Forces, MSDF) patrols in a manner deemed kyōiteki (脅威的, threatening). And on Feb. ...
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, ...
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa is back with a bang, becoming the first Asian player to score a hat trick in the English Premier League.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s administration will take “drastic” measures to revitalize the economy, Finance Minister Taro Aso pledged Thursday, suggesting that previous policies had been insufficient to beat back more than a decade of deflation. “Deflation is a deep-rooted problem that has undermined the ...
Tokyo Electric Power Co. may suspend power supply to companies and factories that are refusing to accept the utility’s higher electricity rates, which it has increased since last April by an average of 14.9 percent, a company official said Wednesday. The utility, which is ...
Eight major Japanese automakers reported Wednesday their combined domestic output in January fell 10.6 percent from a year earlier to 714,580 vehicles as domestic sales sagged after the end of government subsidies for eco-friendly vehicle purchases. Their domestic production declined for the fifth straight ...
Boeing Co.’s proposal to get the 787 Dreamliner back in the skies, while comprehensive, will require extensive testing even if approved before regulators end the plane’s grounding, the top U.S. aviation official said. Federal Aviation Administrator Michael Huerta on Wednesday wouldn’t speculate when the ...
China has overtaken Japan in global information technology spending, German IT industry group BITKOM said Wednesday, ahead of the CeBIT, the world’s biggest high-tech trade fair. Global IT spending is poised to rise by 5.1 percent to $3.5 trillion, said BITKOM in a new ...
Seven-Eleven Japan Co. opened almost 90 new outlets Thursday, pushing the convenience store chain past the 15,000-store mark for the first time for any Japanese retailer. The chain, a unit of Seven & I Holdings Co., now has 15,072 stores after opening 89 shops ...
Itochu Corp. says it will invest in the construction of an export base for liquefied petroleum gas in the United States with the major energy trading Vitol group. Construction of the base in the Gulf Coast region will entail about $500 million, or ¥4.5 ...
The Bank of Japan’s options to reinforce its monetary easing grip will probably be limited even if Asian Development Bank President Haruhiko Kuroda, a strong advocate of aggressive easing, takes the BOJ helm in March. The government’s nomination of Kuroda, 68, apparently reflects its ...
Industrial production grew 1.0 percent in January from December for the second straight monthly rise, backed by positive developments in global economic conditions and the weakening yen, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced Thursday. METI upgraded its basic assessment of production, saying ...
Top European Union officials late Wednesday struck an agreement on a package of financial laws that include capping bankers’ bonus payments at a maximum of one year’s base salary. The bonuses will only be allowed to reach twice the annual fixed salary if a ...
The dollar firmed above ¥92 in Tokyo trading Thursday as market participants regained their risk appetite on the back of the upbeat stock market. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥92.34-35, up from ¥91.83-83 at the same time Wednesday. The euro stood ...
Stocks bounced back sharply Thursday, buoyed by hefty gains on Wall Street and purchases from fund managers attempting to spruce up their portfolios at the end of the month. The Nikkei 225 average closed up 305.39 points, or 2.71 percent, at 11,559.36. On Wednesday, ...
