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 ...
Kei Nishikori was walking past Marinko Matosevic, ready to switch ends after winning the first set 6-4. The Australian stopped him near the umpire’s chair. Matosevic couldn’t continue, not with a bone bruise in his right foot making each step simply too painful. Matosevic ...
Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova overpowered Caroline Wozniacki 6-3, 6-4 on Friday to reach the final of the Dubai Championships. She will next play Sara Errani of Italy, who defeated her doubles partner Roberta Vinci 6-3, 6-3. “She has a good forehand with a ...
Kei Nishikori defeated American Donald Young in straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals of the U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships on Thursday. Fifth-seeded Nishikori, who is playing in his first tournament since reaching the last 16 of the Australian Open in January, won ...
Serena Williams, the world No. 1, and Victoria Azarenka, the only unbeaten leading player on the women’s tour this year, have been penalized for their late withdrawals from the Dubai Championships. Williams, who had a bad back and withdrew on Wednesday, has had $50,000 ...
Former Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitova overpowered defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-4 on Thursday to set up a semifinal against Caroline Wozniacki in the Dubai Championships. Wozniacki, once ranked No. 1, defeated Marion Bartoli 4-6, 6-1, 6-4, capitalizing on 14 double-faults and 46 unforced ...
Defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska led a parade of top seeds into the Dubai Championships quarterfinals on a Wednesday overshadowed by the abrupt withdrawal of Serena Williams with a back injury. Williams, who became the oldest top-ranked woman on Monday, said she’s had a sore ...
Former Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova got out of the first round of the Dubai Championships for the first time in three visits by easily handling Daniela Hantuchova 6-2, 6-1 on Tuesday. Kvitova, seeded sixth, broke the Slovak qualifier five times to set up a ...
The last time Rafael Nadal won in Brazil, it was at the very start of the most dominant clay-court career tennis has ever seen. Eight years later, Nadal hopes his second title here will mark the restart. Nadal beat David Nalbandian 6-2, 6-3 in ...
