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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 ...
South Korean prosecutors indicted a leftwing lawmaker Thursday on charges that he was plotting a pro-North Korea rebellion to overthrow the government, saying his plan posed a “grave” national security threat. Former lawmaker Lee Seok-ki, from the small United Progressive Party, was arrested by ...
President Park Geun-hye apologized to senior citizens Friday over the latest in a series of damaging rollbacks over welfare spending — a key plank of her election campaign. “I am truly regretful and apologetic,” Park told pensioners during a lunch meeting a day after ...
Despite Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s first face-to-face encounters with his Chinese and South Korean counterparts amid fraught bilateral ties, full rapprochement with the two neighboring countries is still a long way off. In Russia for a Group of 20 summit, Abe chatted briefly with ...
As the two Koreas move forward with plans for their first family reunions in three years, Choe Ryong Hae, North Korea’s top military official, said Pyongyang does not want war and values peace above all else. Friday’s agreement to hold the reunion event next ...
North and South Korea agreed Friday to hold a new round of reunions for family members separated by the Korean War, the first such arrangement in three years and the latest sign of a thaw between the fractious neighbors. After a daylong meeting at ...
South Korean President Park Geun-hye's call for multilateral dialogue in Northeast Asia is premature without a framework for military cooperation with Japan, South Korea and the U.S.
Former Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda was set to make a three-day visit to Seoul from Thursday to take part in the Korea-Japan Forum, an annual gathering of lawmakers and experts from the two nations, a forum official said Wednesday. During his stay in Seoul ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye will not meet on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Russia, sources say.
Park Geun-hye has one five-year term to undo her father's legacy in South Korea. Thus far her efforts to build a more creative economy lack teeth as well as creativity.
During last year’s presidential election, a team of South Korean intelligence agents allegedly flooded the Internet with several thousand political comments, including some describing left-leaning candidates as North Korea sympathizers. Then, while that scandal has continued to play out, another drama has unfolded, as ...
South Korea has been critical of Japanese views of modern Asian history. Shinzo Abe must do more than parrot the importance future ties between the two nations.
As presidential baptisms go, being threatened with a pre-emptive nuclear strike within 10 days of taking office is probably about as fiery as it gets. South Korean President Park Geun-hye will have completed 100 days on Tuesday — a period dominated by soaring military ...