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 ...
The verdict is in . . . well, almost. After his critics had begun singing a Harumafuji requiem, the Mongolian yokozuna chalked up his ninth straight win with a thumping of upstart Goeido at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday. Coming off ...
Yokozuna Harumafuji pulled out the howitzer for Brazilian big boy Kaisei on Saturday to retain his undefeated record on the seventh day of action at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Harumafuji improved to 7-0 as the sole leader with yokozuna rival Hakuho stalking ...
Yokozuna Harumafuji gave Gagamaru a public flogging to remain the only unbeaten man standing after eight days at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Sunday. The Mongolian livewire continued to tame his detractors who have suggested he doesn’t have the right stuff to ...
Harumafuji outmuscled Shohozan to take sole possession of the lead on the sixth day of action Friday at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. The Mongolian yokozuna showed nifty footwork and forced out the komusubi (1-5) to move one win clear of the field ...
Yokozuna Harumafuji remained in front on the fifth day of the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Thursday, with only No. 10 maegashira Kitataiki able to match his perfect 5-0 record. The Mongolian yokozuna made short work of winless maegashira Toyohibiki. Rival yokozuna Hakuho ...
Hakuho rebounded from the previous day’s shock defeat with a shellacking of Toyonoshima on Wednesday while rival yokozuna Harumafuji left more destruction in his wake after a demolition of Kyokutenho at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament. Harumafuji features in a leading quartet with ...
With everyone worried about the fate of Harumafuji, it was rival yokozuna Hakuho who was the first to fall at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Tuesday. While Harumafuji prevailed in a hard-fought battle with little-man Toyonoshima to retain an undefeated record, Hakuho ...
Yokozuna Harumafuji uncorked a mortar round on would-be challenger Myogiryu to earn his second victory at the New Year Grand Sumo Tournament on Monday. Rival yokozuna Hakuho, meanwhile, laid into the troublesome Aminishiki to stay on track in his bid for his second consecutive ...
