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 ...
The Los Angeles Clippers took advantage of Roy Hibbert’s suspension Thursday night. Between Blake Griffin’s dunks and Chris Paul’s drives, the Clippers’ stars dominated the middle, forced Indiana into an uncharacteristically sloppy game and beat the Pacers at their own physical game inside, too. ...
Some of the Los Angeles Clippers’ players were practicing a variety of high-flying dunks during pregame warmups. The fun continued when the real game tipped off. Chris Paul had 21 points and 11 assists, Blake Griffin scored 20 points and the Clippers dunked their ...
A few moments after getting hit in the face, LeBron James was shaken up to the point where he didn’t even bother contesting a jump ball. It was about the only play he took off all night. James scored 30 points in another efficient ...
The way Blake Griffin saw it, a sloppy effort by the Los Angeles Clippers only made things easier for Rudy Gay and the fired-up Raptors. Gay wowed a sellout crowd by scoring 20 points in his Toronto debut, leading the Raptors to a 98-73 ...
