AP A car bomb exploded outside a mosque Sunday, killing at least 37 people and wounding another 141 in a mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhood in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi — the third mass-casualty attack on the minority sect in the country this ...
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 ...
Japan will face tougher tests over the year ahead than next Wednesday’s season-opening friendly against Latvia, but with World Cup qualification virtually secured more than 16 months before the tournament begins, manager Alberto Zaccheroni will be keen to start building momentum on the road ...
Shinji Kagawa will not have expected anything to come easy when he joined Manchester United last summer, but having returned from injury over the holiday period to a team that has been winning in his absence, the forward will have to work overtime to ...
The Club World Cup undoubtedly has its flaws, but as the competition ends its long association with Japan to set up home in Morocco for the next two years, the Japanese game would do well to consider what it is losing. Brazilian side Corinthians ...
Sanfrecce Hiroshima may have had to wait until the J. League’s 20th season before winning their first piece of silverware, but after clinching the championship with a resounding win in front of a home crowd on Saturday, the achievement will taste all the sweeter. ...
Japan may have enjoyed dining at soccer’s top table in prestige friendlies against France and Brazil last month, but with World Cup-qualifying points at stake in next Wednesday’s away trip to Oman, Alberto Zaccheroni’s side will have to quickly readjust to the realities of ...
International friendlies are often looked upon as little more than an irritation in the crowded calender of the modern game, but as Japan prepares to take on France and Brazil over the coming week, national team manager Alberto Zaccheroni is unlikely to concur. Japan ...
Japan can take a giant step toward a fifth consecutive World Cup appearance by beating Iraq in next Tuesday’s Brazil 2014 qualifier in Saitama, and if Alberto Zaccheroni’s side can come anywhere close to matching its recent performances, the visitors will be in for ...
Japan’s men may not have been able to emulate their female counterparts in winning a medal at the London Games, but the performance of both teams has taken the nation’s soccer to a new global standing. Nadeshiko Japan returned from the Olympics with a ...
The odds are stacked against Japan’s men winning soccer gold at the London Olympics, but given the talent at manager Takashi Sekizuka’s disposal, the possibility of a first medal since 1968 should not be completely discounted. Japan begins its quest to match or better ...
Shinji Kagawa made a positive first impression at his unveiling as a Manchester United player last week, but the forward will be keen to replace words with action when he makes his debut for the Premier League giants. Kagawa gave an assured performance in ...
National team manager Alberto Zaccheroni will take nothing for granted in Friday’s World Cup qualifier against Jordan, but if Japan can build on last weekend’s impressive 3-0 win over Oman, three more points should follow. Japan faces Jordan at Saitama Stadium having opened the ...
Several players have returned to the J. League from frustrating overseas experiences this winter, but until Japanese soccer begins to appreciate the diversity of the European game, more are likely to come unstuck in the future. National team defender Masahiko Inoha ended a six-month ...
