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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 ...
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom accused New Zealand police of selectively applying the law Friday after they opted not to prosecute intelligence officials who illegally spied on him. Police reviewed the actions of the Government Communications Security Bureau after it was revealed last year that ...
The son of a Chinese general went on trial Wednesday over his involvement in an alleged gang rape, state media said, in a case that sparked public outrage. Li Tianyi is among five men who allegedly gang-raped a woman in a Beijing hotel in ...
China’s Public Security Ministry said the British founder of a consultancy serving multinational companies confessed to illegally obtaining and selling private data on Chinese citizens. Peter Humphrey, founder of ChinaWhys, and his wife, Yingzeng Yu, a U.S. citizen, have “expressed extreme regret for their ...
India’s top court has criticized the large number of rape cases that end in acquittal, amid renewed outrage over violence against women after the gang-rape of a photographer. The Supreme Court questioned the reason for the high number of acquittals during a Monday hearing, ...
One by one they came, taking seats next to a United Nations flag and stating their names for the record. Some kept calm. Some wept. One, as he spoke, used his left hand to clamp his trembling right hand to the table. They told ...
The trial of former Politburo member Bo Xilai over bribery and embezzlement begings, with China's judiciary as much in the spotlight as the man at the center of the country's most politically charged case in 30 years.
A Chinese forensic expert who questioned the murder conviction of top politician Bo Xilai’s wife has resigned one of her positions, state media said Monday, just as Bo’s trial date was announced. Wang Xuemei — who openly doubted the ruling communist authorities’ account of ...
People with a poor aim are to be fined if they miss their mark when using public toilets in a Chinese city, officials said — provoking online derision over how the rule will be enforced. The penalty will apply to those who urinate outside ...
South Korea’s last dictator lives in an L-shaped mansion protected by 5-meter stone walls and a plainclothes security team. He almost never goes outside, his longtime lawyer says, given the scrutiny he would face. Highlighting the extent of change in the nation he once ...
A Pakistan court Saturday acquitted a Muslim cleric who accused a Christian girl of blasphemy before he himself was arrested on similar charges, a lawyer said. The girl, Rimsha Masih, was arrested in August 2012 for allegedly burning pages containing Quranic verses but the ...
China for the first time has issued guidelines aimed at preventing wrongful or unjust court judgments in response to high-profile judicial scandals, state media reported. The guidelines were released by the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs, part of the Communist Party’s Central Committee, ...
Twin baby girls allegedly stolen and sold by the obstetrician who delivered them in China have been recovered by police, state media reported Friday. The girls, born last month in the northern province of Shaanxi, were allegedly victims of the same female doctor who ...