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A small fire broke out inside the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine compound and police arrested a 25-year-old man, who allegedly told them he was thinking of committing suicide through self-immolation.
Takashi Uchiyama had his first bout of 2014 on the very final day of the year. In fact, it was his first fight in exactly a year, since last New Year's Eve. That long layoff didn't bother the 35-year-old champion, however. Uchiyama defended his WBA super ...
He turns 35 in January, but Yasuhito Endo, Japan's most-capped player, says he has no intention of taking his foot off the pedal as he enters his 13th year with the senior national team. Endo has enjoyed an outstanding 2014 season and was deservedly named ...
A small fire broke out inside the war-linked Yasukuni Shrine compound and police arrested a 25-year-old man, who allegedly told them he was thinking of committing suicide through self-immolation.
The City Football Group is looking to set up a Japanese subsidiary by next summer with an eye on eventually owning a controlling stake in the J. League's Yokohama F. Marinos, sources have told Kyodo News through Wednesday. CFG, which owns Premier League champion Manchester ...
Homare Sawa has long been the face of Japanese women's soccer, single-handedly carrying the sport years before its national team received the affectionate moniker of "Nadeshiko." Since making her full international debut at the age of 15, Sawa has appeared in five World Cups and ...
Goals set because people feel they should make them are less likely to be accomplished, experts say, while aspirations that don’t rely on the calendar to achieve them are a safer bet.
At least one former employee of Sony Corp. may have helped hackers orchestrate the cyberattack on the company's film and TV unit, according to security researcher Norse Corp. The company narrowed the list of suspects to a group of six people, including at least one ...
Regarding staff writer Tomohiro Osaki's Dec. 29 article, "Shibuya shuts parks, thwarting year-end soup distribution for homeless": I would like to thank The Japan Times for running this story. Shibuya Ward's closure of the three parks during the new year holidays will prevent supporters ...
I was shocked to read the Dec. 21 editorial "End the global slavery scourge," which includes the revelation that there are 35.8 million people enslaved across the world in new, horrifying ways. None of us is born to be a slave; nobody can deny ...
Regarding the Dec. 23 Jiji article "Tourists flocking to Japan but few venture off the beaten track": I have escorted 10 tours to Japan from Australia over the last few years and we certainly have ventured off the beaten track, visiting such places as ...
The Dec. 14 AP sports article "Peterson loses appeal" describes the NFL's decision to suspend Adrian Peterson until next spring as punishment for his disciplinary switching of his son, which was deemed abusive. I am worried by the idea of one's employer adding additional punishment ...
A body recovered on Wednesday from the crashed AirAsia plane was wearing a life jacket, an official with Indonesia's search and rescue agency said, raising questions about how the disaster unfolded. Rescuers believe they have found the plane on the ocean floor off Borneo, after ...
Japan is at a crossroads in many ways as the nation greets the 70th year since it set out on the path of rebuilding after its defeat in World War II.
A gray wolf killed by a Utah hunter may have been Echo, a female who attracted national attention after wandering through several states to become the first of the protected animals seen at Arizona's Grand Canyon in 70 years, officials said on Tuesday. The hunter, ...
Hong Kong's food watchdog said Tuesday that poultry meat and eggs from Yamaguchi Prefecture have been banned due to an outbreak of bird flu there. The Center for Food Safety said in a statement the ban was imposed "in view of the announcement made by ...
The 70th year since the end of World War II may be a watershed for the Self-Defense Forces if they undergo the historic changes planned by the Cabinet.
The two countries agreed to avoid discussing their claims to the islets, according to newly released documents on a 1982 conversation between Prime Minister Zenko Suzuki and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
A Chinese man has been jailed for 13 years for buying and eating endangered tigers and making wine made out of their blood, state media reported. The man, identified as a rich businessmen surnamed Xu, organized three trips to the southern province of Guangdong last ...
