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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 ...
Dozens of same-sex couples said “I do” Monday as New Zealand became the first Asia-Pacific country, and only the 14th in the world, to legalize gay marriage. Vows were exchanged in venues ranging from an airliner cruising at 30,000 feet (9,150 meters) to a ...
South Korea’s last dictator lives in an L-shaped mansion protected by 5-meter stone walls and a plainclothes security team. He almost never goes outside, his longtime lawyer says, given the scrutiny he would face. Highlighting the extent of change in the nation he once ...
As a teenager radicalized by China’s Cultural Revolution, Zhang Hongbing denounced his mother to the authorities. Two months later a firing squad shot her dead. Now, after more than 40 years of mounting guilt, Zhang has ruffled the silence that cloaks China’s decade of ...
Tens of thousands of people poured into the streets of the Tunisian capital to demand the resignation of the government as the political crisis in the North African nation deepened. The country has been racked by political unrest since the July 25 murder of ...
A photographer and three members of the feminist movement Femen, known for their bare-breasted protests, were illegally held in police custody overnight Saturday after being abducted by unknown assailants during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Ukraine, the group said Sunday. Police denied the ...
A bombing at Beijing International Airport by a man in a wheelchair who complained for years about police brutality spotlights how frustration over low-level abuses in China can flare up to trouble authorities, analysts say. Ji Zhongxing, a 34-year-old former motorcycle driver, had lost ...
A former CIA operative detained in Panama last week at the request of Italian authorities over his conviction in the 2003 kidnapping of a Muslim cleric in Milan was released Friday and boarded a flight to the United States, U.S. officials said. Robert Seldon ...
From monkey chants in soccer stadiums to threats against the first black minister, racial outbursts in Italy reflect the profound social change taking place in a country relatively new to immigration. Shocking episodes of racism have multiplied over the past few months, from hooligans ...
A Chinese court awarded damages to the mother of a rape victim after she was sent to a labor camp for demanding her daughter’s attackers be punished, a spokesman said Monday. Tang Hui, who became a figurehead for critics of the “re-education through labor” ...
The politically charged battle over whether to restrict abortions in Texas ended late Friday night when the state Senate passed legislation and sent it on to Gov. Rick Perry, a Republican, for his signature. In the end, the fight underscored the challenges Democrats face ...
Last week was a busy one for Russian authorities, who arrested the only nationally known opposition mayor for bribery, sought six years in prison for crusading blogger Alexei Navalny and asked a court to find a long-dead attorney guilty of tax evasion. The trial ...
Activist Chen Guangcheng charged that China waged an “unrelenting” pressure campaign that led New York University to end his studies as he voiced fear for academic freedom in the United States. The blind self-taught lawyer, one of the most emblematic Chinese human rights campaigners, ...