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Are Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's weekly "workouts" masking something more ominous? An oft-cited adage goes, "Even a stopped clock is right twice a day." This principle could easily be applied, for example, to the unpredictability of the tenures of Japan's prime ministers. Abe is still relatively young ...
Though last Sunday's Tokyo assembly elections garnered the most media attention, another contest came in a close second, even if only two people were involved. Fourteen-year-old Sota Fujii's record-setting winning streak of 29 games of shogi was finally broken on July 2 when he ...
Rescue crews in Kyushu scramble to locate victims of the island’s deadly floods and mudslides before the golden 72-hour survival period expires.
Hampered by years of strained diplomacy, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Germany to address the military threat posed by North Korea.
Japan will host its first Group of 20 summit in 2019, a G-20 source said Saturday as the leaders of the advanced and emerging economies wrapped up a conference focused on trade and climate change. Argentina plans to assume the presidency of the G-20 next ...
A-bomb survivors and their supporters rejoice after the United Nations finally adopts a treaty to ban the use of nuclear weapons.
South Korea and Japan are expected to take a two-track approach to diplomacy to prevent the “comfort women” dispute from weakening their stance against North Korea.
Larissa Corriveau made her debut earlier this month as the nation's first foreign cormorant fisher, with her trainer hoping she will help introduce the world to the ancient Japanese tradition of using the birds to catch river fish. On the first day of the annual ...
When you have finished your meal, you can eat your chopsticks! A group in Kumamoto Prefecture promoting the wider use of tatami has developed "edible chopsticks" with the flavor of rushes, a material to make the traditional mats, in cooperation with a confectionery maker. The Kumamoto ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin agree to hold talks in August about jointly developing the disputed Russian-held islands off Hokkaido.
The U.S. sent two B-1B bombers from Guam to buzz the Korean Peninsula following the isolated nation's test this week of an intercontinental ballistic missile that analysts say is capable of striking Alaska. The show of force was part of a 10-hour sequenced bilateral mission ...
At least 23 Egyptian soldiers were killed when suicide car bombs tore through two military checkpoints in North Sinai on Friday, security sources said, an attack claimed by Islamic State that marks one of the bloodiest assaults on security forces in years. Islamic State militants ...
Japan, the United States and South Korea vowed to apply "maximum pressure" on North Korea to force it to abandon its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, according to a joint statement issued Friday. The pledge was issued a day after the leaders of the three ...
The U.S. has flown two B-1B bombers over the South China Sea, the air force said Friday, part of operations intended to demonstrate Washington's commitment to freedom of navigation in the contested waters and airspace. China, which claims almost all of the strategic waterway, slammed ...
We have witnessed Abe's peak and he is now a diminished leader, with the aura of invincibility he projected since December 2012 now gone.
Governments too often have other motives — the identification of holes for future exploitation or even the "mundane" desire to steal intellectual property — for demanding source code from technology companies.
Japanese companies are turning the nation's secondhand goods into cash in Southeast Asia.
As Takaratomy's popular toy celebrates its 50th birthday, we examine how it has evolved over the past five decades to reflect the times.
There has never before been a tasting menu quite like it. The first dinner presented by wagyu beef grillmaster Kentaro Nakahara, yakitori supremo Yoshiteru Ikegawa and sushi maestro Takaaki Sugita was unprecedented in so many aspects. All three are among the finest chefs in their ...
Yusuke Nakamura could easily have had a long, successful career as a surgeon in Japan, but he isn't the kind of person who is satisfied with unanswered questions.
Nanaezushi, on Shichijo Street in Kyoto, occupies that middle ground between the gimmick and conveyor-belt joints and the high-end places where you can expect to pay ¥20,000 for an atmosphere that's often as much fun as a funeral, however good the sushi itself might ...
Tentation d'Ange tries hard to channel a little corner of Provence, or somewhere similar where potted flowers are caught up in the tendrils of runnings beans and grass grows among the paved stones to accordion music. It is also at complete odds with the ...
On a steamy June afternoon, the apple trees in the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture are laden with fruit. Now, the young apples are hard green spheres the size of golf balls, but come autumn they will be plump, sweet and ready for harvest. While ...
Sometimes, you have to stack as many signs of summer onto your product as possible. Snack producer Yamayoshi is celebrating the hotter months of the year with a special-edition potato chip tied to Japan's southern islands. Their Okinawa salt wasabi beef offering hit store ...
"Sometimes I feel as if I'm in a jousting tournament in Japan."
The accomplishments of Japanese poet, novelist and essayist Naoki Higashida are impressive. He's published more than 20 books in Japanese, pens a popular blog and is seeing the release this month of his second book in English — all before his 25th birthday in ...
This 1957 novel has at its heart Shusaku Endo's fascination with a seemingly tranquil and civilized postwar Japan still traumatized by the horrors of the Pacific War. Even a harmless-looking gas station attendant might be a grizzled war veteran involved in brutal killings on ...
There's a lot of pink in Sonia Saikaley's latest collection of poetry. Given the fairy tale-like title, the deluge of sakura-related imagery was expected. The blood from rape instead of battle, was not. A Samurai's Pink House, by Sonia Saikaley.120 pages INANNA, Poetry. As frustrating in its ...
Former Beatles drummer Ringo Starr celebrated his 77th birthday on Friday by announcing a new album that will feature former band mate Paul McCartney. Starr's 19th solo album "Give More Love" will be released on Sept. 15 and will include McCartney on two tracks- "We're ...
Shoichi Ino struck out a season-high nine over seven innings and two relievers provided perfect relief as the Yokohama BayStars whipped the Chunichi Dragons 9-0 on Saturday. Ino (4-4), who allowed five hits, walked a batter and hit one, and struck out four of the ...
Brazilian striker Anderson Lopes earned a vital point for troubled Sanfrecce Hiroshima with a late equalizer in a 1-1 draw away to in-form Yokohama F Marinos in the J. League first division on Saturday night. Playing their first game since Hajime Moriyasu stepped down in ...
Fighting fit and ready to rumble, newly promoted ozeki Takayasu takes center stage when the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament gets underway on Sunday. Takayasu took a hammering by yokozuna Kisenosato earlier in the week during practice bouts, but the ozeki insists he is in top ...
World No. 2 Hideki Matsuyama fired a 4-under-par 68 Friday to sit in a share of eighth place after the second round of the Irish Open. Matsuyama had six birdies and two bogeys in blustery conditions at Portstewart Golf Club, while compatriot Hideto Tanihara sizzled ...
Right-hander Yu Darvish on Friday withdrew from the All-Star Game at the request of the Texas Rangers. Darvish is scheduled to pitch against the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. He had the option of still pitching in Tuesday's All-Star Game in Miami if he would ...
