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Silvio Berlusconi has failed in his attempt to topple the Italian government, leaving him weaker than ever and zapping the aura of invincibility that has surrounded him for two decades as he faces the possible loss of his Senate seat and a ban from ...
Hatsudai has a lot going for it. This quiet low-rise residential neighborhood just minutes west of Shinjuku boasts a friendly traditional shōtengai (shopping street) and a lively annual Awa Odori dance festival. Now add to that a really outstanding restaurant. Anis opened in early ...
International events undermine Japan's democracy. Shame on the International Olympic Committee for being a party to it.
In the glitzy and gossipy world of Japanese celebrity, hardly a week goes by without revelations being made about — or made by — Ichikawa Ebizo XI. For years, the charismatic young star of the kabuki world has never long been out of the ...
Reigning champion Kei Nishikori made quick work of Feliciano Lopez, walloping the Spaniard in a straight-sets victory Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Rakuten Japan Open. The world No. 13 Nishikori needed little over an hour to put away Lopez, 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 ...
Conductor Seiji Ozawa has received the Global Citizen Award from a U.S. public policy group for his “inspirational and historic contributions to the arts.” Receiving the prize “is very nice, not only for me but for classical music, orchestral music and opera,” Ozawa said ...
Director Mitsutoshi Tanaka’s film “Ask This of Rikyu,” about a medieval-era tea master, won this year’s Best Artistic Contribution Award at the Montreal International Film Festival. “I was really surprised. I believe that the beauty of the story was appreciated by the overseas audience ...
Japan will introduce the Miura Award to give credit to adventurers who have accomplished their dreams and goals regardless of age, after Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura, 80, last month became the world’s oldest person to scale Mount Everest, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said ...
Three Japanese-Americans — a long-time advocate of the two countries' friendship, an aspiring basketball coach and a psychology professor — are among 15 women of Asian or Pacific Island heritage honored at the White House as this year's Champions of Change.
A former French prime minister, an ex-premier of Namibia and a Filipino senator are among 40 foreigners to be decorated by the Japanese government this spring.
A U.S. foundation sponsored by top U.S. business executives said Wednesday it has selected 11 researchers, including Japanese stem cell researcher and Nobel laureate Shinya Yamanaka, as inaugural winners of the newly launched Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for their past achievements in the ...
A documentary about an elderly man’s struggle and success in rebuilding his home after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami received a special mention Saturday at the 63rd Berlin international film festival. Directed by Kaoru Ikeya, “Senzo ni Naru” (“Becoming an Ancestor”), which has ...