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 ...
Manchester United's Shinji Kagawa becomes the first Asian to score a hat trick in the Premier League.
Exactly 22 years ago on Saturday, a lithe 17-year-old wearing a baggy shirt and hitched-up shorts ran on as a substitute at Old Trafford to make his Manchester United debut. Having excelled at youth team level, the kid was already being spoken about in ...
Nani and Javier Hernandez both scored in a three-minute span in the second half Monday, as Manchester United finally broke down Reading’s stubborn defense to reach the F.A. Cup quarterfinals with a 2-1 victory. United had dominated much of the game at Old Trafford ...
You just knew Cristiano Ronaldo would score in Madrid on Wednesday and Manchester United fans are bracing themselves for more of the same at Old Trafford when he makes an emotional return to the Theatre of Dreams. The fact is, Ronaldo scores in most ...
Cristiano Ronaldo scored with a spectacular header Wednesday as Real Madrid was held to a 1-1 home draw by Manchester United in the last 16 of the Champions League due to a dominant performance by visiting goalkeeper David de Gea. After Danny Welbeck gave ...
Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson kept Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa in the stands Sunday as the Premier League leaders prevailed 2-0 at home over Everton. It was the first time Kagawa, who had just returned from Japan after Wednesday’s friendly against Latvia in ...
When Manchester United made a losing start to the season for the first time in eight years, it seemed to indicate just how tough it would be to regain the Premier League trophy. But the record 19-time English champions face Everton again on Sunday ...
English Premier League powerhouse Manchester United announced Thursday that it will play a summer friendly against J.League first-division side Cerezo Osaka. The game, set for July 26 at Osaka’s Nagai Stadium, should be a nostalgic one for Red Devils and Japan midfielder Shinji Kagawa, ...
Shinji Kagawa will not have expected anything to come easy when he joined Manchester United last summer, but having returned from injury over the holiday period to a team that has been winning in his absence, the forward will have to work overtime to ...
Alex Ferguson has hailed Robin van Persie as the missing piece in Manchester United’s title jigsaw as the Premier League leaders prepare to try and extend their lead at the top against Newcastle on Wednesday. Van Persie has had a superb start to his ...
