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 ...
Michael Thompson felt like he was playing in a U.S. Open whenever he saw his golf ball in the rough or the scores on the leaderboard at the Honda Classic. No one was going anywhere Saturday at PGA National. In cool, blustery conditions on a course with water hazards at ...
Rory McIlroy left before his round was even over. Tiger Woods had to rally just to stick around. And with ...
Hideki Matsuyama is headed to his first British Open after finishing second in the international qualifying competition Friday. The 21-year-old ...
Golfer Ai Miyazato, who had been involved in a multicar collision Sunday, was diagnosed at a hospital with whiplash after arriving at her destination in Singapore where she is scheduled to play in the HSBC Women’s Champions, her manager said Monday. Miyazato will decide ...
Before the first shot of the Match Play Championship, and before the first snowfall, Hunter Mahan was asked for three players with the best reputation in match play. Ian Poulter was on his list. Now he gets to find out for himself. Poulter again ...
More top seeds tumbled out of the Match Play Championship on Friday, making the word “upset” more a description of the mood of the losers than any shock at the results in golf’s most unpredictable tournament. Luke Donald, the No. 3 seed who is ...
The snow is gone from the Match Play Championship, and so are Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods. In a stunning conclusion to what already is a bizarre week on Dove Mountain, Shane Lowry of Ireland made a 4-foot par putt on the 18th hole ...
The best 64 golfers in the world got together for the first time this season and a snow fight broke out. In the most bizarre episode of a PGA Tour season already filled with wacky weather, the opening round of the Match Play Championship ...
Rory McIlroy put a new putter in his bag and a new shaft in his driver. He has no way of knowing whether that means his second tournament of the year will last any longer than his first one. The world’s No. 1 player ...
John Merrick hit two clutch shots to win a sudden-death playoff and claim the Northern Trust Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory, in his home city. On the second playoff hole, Merrick saved par while Charlie Beljan missed a 5-foot par ...
South Korea’s Jiyai Shin won the Australian Women’s Golf Open by two shots Sunday, finishing with a 1-under 72 to beat world No. 1 Yani Tseng after being tied for the overnight lead with teenage star Lydia Ko. Shin mixed three birdies with two ...
