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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 ...
100 YEARS AGO Wednesday, Sept. 4, 1912 Anyone for dynamite? A correspondent reports from Nagano that the magazine of Shiokawa, a powder-maker in Komoro in that prefecture, was broken into and had 600 sticks of dynamite stolen lately. The police arrested Kosaburo Sato, of ...
100 YEARS AGOSaturday, Aug. 3, 1912 Characteristics of the new Emperor The new Sovereign Emperor Yoshihito [who succeeded to the throne on July 30, 1912, and was posthumously known as Taisho], it is said, has many of the qualities of his lately deceased father, ...
100 YEARS AGOTuesday, June 4, 1912 Titanic’s sole Japanese passenger describes his lucky leap for life On board the T.K.K. liner Shinyo, which reached Yokohama yesterday afternoon, was Mr. Masabumi Hosono, Vice-Councilor of the Railway Board, a survivor of the Titanic disaster — the ...
100 YEARS AGO Friday, May 17, 1912 Back from Antarctica Imperial Army Lt. Nobu Shirase and four members of his Antarctic expedition returned to Yokohama yesterday aboard the N.Y.K. Nikko Maru. Among a quantity of things he brought with him were Antarctic fishes, seabirds, ...
100 YEARS AGOFriday, April 19, 1912 The most appalling disaster at sea Reuters news agency, in its second report on the wreck of the Titanic, called the disaster that befell the great floating city “the most appalling on record.” There is no longer any ...
100 YEARS AGOTuesday, March 15, 1912 Frog fights carp for pond croaking rights Frogs are reputedly contentious by nature, and a slight provocation may lead to a bitter feud. But it is seldom that these homey creatures wage war with members of other tribes. ...
100 YEARS AGOWednesday, Feb. 14, 1912 Chinese Emperor abdicates The abdication of the Emperor of China, daily expected for a week, has at last taken place. The Emperor, in his decree issued on the 12th, narrates the steps which led up to the present ...
100 YEARS AGOSunday, Jan. 7, 1912 One-year anniversary of Korea annexation Probably no year in the last decade or so has passed so quietly in Korea as did 1911. And the best part was that the tranquility was not that of gagged silence under ...
100 YEARS AGOTuesday, Dec. 12, 1911 Eyewitness report on revolution in China Mr. Iogi, a member of the Pacific Association who was recently sent to China to investigate the revolution apparently under way there, returned on the 6th and made a report. The substance ...
100 YEARS AGOSaturday, Nov. 25, 1911 Train-shame death moves the Emperor On the occasion of the recent trip of the Emperor to Kyushu, a slight railway accident took place at Moji Station (in Fukuoka Prefecture), which caused about an hour’s delay in the departure ...
100 YEARS AGOThursday, Oct. 26, 1911 Young men marrying later; women same A statement issued by the Bureau of Statistics gives an interesting view of society in modern Japan. Marriage was formerly contracted at a youthful age in this country, but this is no ...
75 YEARS AGOFriday, Sept. 25, 1936 Navy to protect Japanese in Shanghai An important instruction was dispatched to the Commander of the Third Squadron this morning concerning the steps to be taken for the protection of life and property of Japanese residents in China. ...