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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 ...
The railroad put the small lakeside town of Lac-Megantic on the map. And over the weekend, the railroad wiped part of the town off the map. Founded in 1884 when the Canadian Pacific Railway began construction on the final leg of track linking Montreal ...
The U.S. rail company at the center of Canada’s worst train disaster in recent history on Tuesday blamed firefighters for the deadly derailment, as police indicated they believe it could be a case of criminal negligence. The death toll from the explosion on Saturday ...
Canada defeated Japan in four sets (25-11, 25-21, 23-25, 25-20) on the first day of their FIVB World League two-match series at Osaka Municipal Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon. Canada rode its power game to victory, with its attackers pounding spikes relentlessly and its blockers ...
Canada coach Glenn Hoag expressed optimism on Friday about his team’s chances to qualify for the World League Finals ahead of this weekend’s Group C matches against Japan. “We’re still in the race for first place,” he noted. “But our fate is not in ...
With too few farms in China to feed a burgeoning population, Chinese immigrants have started buying up agricultural lands in Canada and shipping produce to Asia. But with new investment comes fears that a generation of young Canadian would-be farmers are being squeezed out ...
A plucky pigeon that flew across the Pacific Ocean from Japan will be bred by a bird lover in Canada hoping its progeny will become top long-distance racers, an animal rescue official said. The pigeon was discovered tired and thin at a Canadian Air ...
The mayor of Canada’s second-largest city was arrested Monday, along with two former city councilors, and faces fraud and corruption charges linked to alleged mafia extortion. Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum was picked up by police at his home in the early morning hours and ...
Canadian spies are scouring global telephone records and Internet data for patterns of suspicious activity — including those of Canadians — local media reported Monday. The Globe and Mail said Defense Minister Peter MacKay signed a ministerial directive renewing the program in November 2011, ...
When John Lennon declared that the Beatles were more popular than Jesus, it didn’t seem that far-fetched. It was 1966, and rock ‘n’ roll was the new religion sweeping the globe. Commentators railed against the threat that popular music posed to the moral fabric ...
A video reportedly showing embattled Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine has apparently disappeared, sparking a backlash against a major newspaper that said it had viewed the 90-second clip. Canada’s largest newspaper, the Toronto Star, and the U.S. online news and gossip website ...
Chris Hadfield, who crawled out of a space capsule on the plains of Kazakhstan early Tuesday, is dealing with gravity for the first time in five months and sudden global celebrity after singing a gone-viral made-in-space music video. By late Wednesday, almost 10 million ...
Louis Giscard d’Estaing, a former two-term deputy representing Puy-de-Dome in the National Assembly, mayor of Chamalieres and son of former French President Valery Giscard d’Estaing kicked off his latest campaign Tuesday afternoon — in Bethesda, Maryland. Flanked by two 20-year-old campaign volunteers in European ...