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 ...
Harumafuji improves to 14-0, securing the Emperor's Cup title a day before the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament concludes.
Harumafuji took apart Kotoshogiku and closed in on his third championship title in four meets Thursday as chief rival and ...
Harumafuji gave ozeki Kotooshu a savage mauling to preserve his undefeated record at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on ...
Harumafuji took full advantage of injury-plagued Baruto to scalp his 10th straight victim at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday. The once-embattled yokozuna continued his rampaging ways with a dismantling of the Estonian sekiwake to improve to 10-0 and remained on a ...
The verdict is in . . . well, almost. After his critics had begun singing a Harumafuji requiem, the Mongolian yokozuna chalked up his ninth straight win with a thumping of upstart Goeido at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday. Coming off ...
Yokozuna Harumafuji pulled out the howitzer for Brazilian big boy Kaisei on Saturday to retain his undefeated record on the seventh day of action at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Harumafuji improved to 7-0 as the sole leader with yokozuna rival Hakuho stalking ...
Yokozuna Harumafuji gave Gagamaru a public flogging to remain the only unbeaten man standing after eight days at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday. The Mongolian livewire continued to tame his detractors who have suggested he doesn’t have the right stuff to ...
Mongolian yokozuna Hakuho came roaring back to gobble up ozeki Kotoshogiku on Thursday and moved two wins clear at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament after yokozuna champion debutant Harumafuji was condemned to another upset defeat. Stunned by Kotooshu the previous day, Hakuho locked up ...
Yokozuna Hakuho continued his one-man wrecking machine Tuesday, handing out a beating to sekiwake Goeido to remain undefeated as the sole leader on the 10th day of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament. Hakuho improved to 10-0 while his yokozuna rival Harumafuji tossed aside Toyonoshima ...
Yokozuna Hakuho kicked off the second week of the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday like he did the first — dominantly, and at the top of the food chain. But it was sekiwake Goeido who raised the roof at a packed Fukuoka Kokusai ...
Hakuho manhandled Georgian Tochinoshin to stay unbeaten on the seventh day while dark horse Goeido remained neck and neck with the grand champion with another convincing win at the Kyushu Grand Sumo Tournament on Saturday. Newly promoted yokozuna Harumafuji, meanwhile, continued to roll with ...
