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 ...
Nagoya Grampus exacted revenge against Kashiwa Reysol, knocking out the J. League champions from the Emperor’s Cup with a 9-8 victory on penalties on Wednesday. Danilson hit the winning penalty after a 3-3 draw in 120 minutes of action that saw Kensuke Nagai strike ...
Kashiwa Reysol captured their first-ever J. League title just a year after winning the second division with a 3-1 victory over Urawa Reds on the final day of the season on Saturday. Reysol went into the match at Saitama Stadium with a one-point lead ...
J. League front-runners Kashiwa Reysol fought back from a goal down to keep their title destiny in their own hands going into the final week of the season with a 1-1 draw with Cerezo Osaka on Saturday. Reysol went into the match at Hitachi ...
Kashiwa Reysol returned to the J. League summit against a stunning backdrop of Mt. Fuji on Sunday as second-half goals from Masato Kudo and Leandro Domingues earned them a gritty 2-1 win at Shimizu S-Pulse. Champions Nagoya Grampus started the day top on goal ...
Kashiwa Reysol kept their noses in front in the J. League title race with a 4-0 win over Albirex Niigata on Thursday as all three championship contenders claimed victories going into the final three games of the season. Reysol began the match at Hitachi ...
Kashiwa Reysol came from behind to refuel their title ambitions with a feisty 2-1 win over defending J. League champions Nagoya Grampus on Saturday. Kashiwa playmaker Leandro Domingues had to be stretchered off the pitch at Hitachi Stadium after a 13th-minute challenge from Marcus ...
Kashiwa Reysol survived an early scare to beat bottom side Avispa Fukuoka 3-2 on Saturday and move level on points with Gamba Osaka at the top of the J. League. Avispa, with just three wins to their name all season, stunned the Hitachi Stadium ...
Kashiwa Reysol came from a goal down to beat Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3-1 and preserve their lead at the top of the J. League on Wednesday night. Hisato Sato give Sanfrecce a seventh-minute lead at Hitachi Stadium only for Leandro Domingues to cancel it out ...
Late heroics from Masakatsu Sawa enabled Kashiwa Reysol to cling on to top spot with a dramatic 1-0 win over visiting Vegalta Sendai on Saturday night. Sendai looked all set for a hard-earned draw, a result that would have seen Kashiwa surrender pole position ...
J. League leader Kashiwa Reysol gave another example of their growing championship credentials with a comfortable 2-0 win over Yokohama F.Marinos on Saturday. Reysol went into the match with a three-point lead at the top of the table after six wins and a draw ...
