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 ...
England took a giant stride toward the Six Nations title by battling past France on Saturday, but defending champion Wales could push its old rival all the way after beating Italy to maintain its resurgence. The Grand Slam is still on for England thanks to a 23-13 win at Twickenham, ...
All Blacks coach Steve Hansen expressed disappointment Tuesday at Richard Kahui’s decision to play rugby in Japan next year, saying ...
Richard Kahui, a 2011 World Cup winner with the All Blacks, has signed a two-year deal with Japan Top League ...
Shota Horie is set to become the first Japanese ever to play in the Super 15, after he was named Tuesday in the Melbourne Rebels’ match-day 22 for their first-round game with the Western Force on Friday. The 27-year-old hooker was on the replacements’ ...
Wales finally ended a miserable run of eight straight defeats and sent a witless France into wooden-spoon territory with a surprising 16-6 victory in Six Nations rugby on Saturday. George North scored the only try, the match-winner, of a turgid match when he collected ...
The South African Rugby Union says former Springbok flanker Jan Ellis has died from cancer a month after his 71st birthday. Ellis played 38 tests and all but one of South Africa’s internationals from his debut in 1965 to his last test 11 years ...
Forwards Sergio Parisse and Martin Castrogiovanni scored a try each as Italy beat France 23-18 in the Six Nations championship on Sunday to deal a massive blow to French title hopes. Two years ago, Italy stunned France with a 22-21 win in Rome and ...
Ireland and England hit the ground running in an explosive start to the Six Nations on Saturday, setting up a potentially title-defining showdown in Dublin next weekend with convincing wins.
Louis Luyt, the former head of the South African Rugby Union who presided over the Springboks’ return to international rugby and their victory at the 1995 World Cup has died. He was 80. SARU said Luyt, a former player, administrator, newspaper proprietor, businessman and ...
Defending Top League champions Suntory Sungoliath carried their unbeaten record into the playoff final with a come-from-behind 38-19 semifinal win over Kobe Kobelco Steelers on Saturday. After winning all 13 league games during the regular season, Sungoliath trailed 19-9 at the break with all ...
Gay rights advocates in New Zealand have called for a homosexual All Blacks player to openly declare his sexuality and act as a role model in the fight against bigotry. Broadcaster Steve Gray told the Sunday Star-Times that he was aware there had been ...
