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 ...
Michel Therrien got another up-close look at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ high-powered offense. Only this time, the longtime coach watched from the opposing bench and didn’t really like what he saw. Therrien and his Montreal Canadiens went back and forth all night with the Penguins and came out on the short ...
The Chicago Blackhawks extended their NHL-record, season-opening point streak to 21 games. It wasn’t easy at home against the team ...
The wins keep coming for the Chicago Blackhawks. Still, goalie Ray Emery is taking a realistic approach to their record-setting ...
The Florida Panthers broke out of their power-play slump in a big way. Tomas Kopecky recorded his first career hat trick and Tomas Fleischmann had the go-ahead score for his 100th career goal, lifting the Panthers to a 6-4 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins ...
Marian Hossa skated along the boards, pumping his right arm as the United Center roared its approval. Go ahead and give two more points to the streaking Chicago Blackhawks. Hossa scored 1:44 into overtime and the Blackhawks beat the Edmonton Oilers 3-2 on Monday ...
No matter what goalie the Chicago Blackhawks put into their net, they are coming away with win after win. Corey Crawford completed the task to perfection on Sunday night as he made Andrew Shaw’s goal stand up in a 1-0 victory over the Columbus ...
Reigning NHL MVP Evgeni Malkin is still undergoing tests following a scary crash into the boards during Friday night’s 3-1 win over Florida. The Pittsburgh Penguins star will miss at least one game. Penguins coach Dan Bylsma ruled Malkin out for Sunday’s game against ...
After producing his first hat trick in more than two years, Alex Ovechkin wanted to give some credit to Washington Capitals coach Adam Oates. “He’s that kind of person,” Ovechkin explained, “who gives me belief all the time.” So when Ovechkin texted Oates the ...
The Chicago Blackhawks set an NHL record for the best start to a season, beating the San Jose Sharks 2-1 on Friday night to give them at least one point in their first 17 games. Blackhawks rookie Brandon Saad scored a short-handed goal early ...
James van Riemsdyk kept the Buffalo Sabres reeling on Thursday night. Van Riemsdyk scored twice to power the Toronto Maple Leafs past the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 in Ron Rolston’s first game as an NHL head coach. Rolston, who until Wednesday was the head coach ...
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is going ahead with a plan to put heart defibrillators in hockey arenas across Canada. Harper was at a rink in Saskatoon on Thursday when he announced details of the four-year initiative that begins with assessing the needs of 3,000 ...
