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 ...
Highlighting the top nine finishers from the J. League last season in the second part of this two-day preview.
Vegalta Sendai have signed Brazilian midfielder Diogo on loan from Brazil’s Sport Recife, the J. League first division club said on Saturday. The 26-year-old Diogo, whose real name is Antunes De Oliveira, was loaned out by Sport Recife for six months of last year ...
Kashiwa Reysol’s season took another downward turn as three late goals from Yojiro Takahagi and Naoki Ishihara saw Sanfrecce Hiroshima condemn the champions to a crushing 5-2 home defeat in the J-League on Sunday. A Hisato Sato brace put Hiroshima in control but it ...
Alex Brosque grabbed a late winner as Shimizu S-Pulse put an end to Vegalta Sendai’s unbeaten streak with a 1-0 defeat of the quake-stricken club in the J. League on Sunday night. Chances were at a premium in a tightly contested affair at Outsourcing ...
Substitute Hidetaka Kanazono capitalized on comical defending to snatch a stoppage-time equalizer and earn Jubilo Iwata a point in a roller-coaster 3-3 draw away to Vegalta Sendai in the J. League on Saturday. Unbeaten Sendai squandered an early two-goal lead but Makoto Kakuda looked ...
Vegalta Sendai enjoyed a fairy tale return to J. League action as Jiro Kamata scored an 87th-minute winner to give the stricken Miyagi Prefecture side a 2-1 victory over Kawasaki Frontale on Saturday. Without a home since the March 11 earthquake and tsunami damaged ...
SENDAI (Kyodo) Brazilian striker Marquinhos will be back in Japan tormenting defenses again this season after Vegalta Sendai on Friday announced the acquisition of the 34-year-old journeyman. Sendai will be Marquinhos’ sixth J1 club. He joined Tokyo Verdy in 2001 and had stints with ...
