Rugby | ADDING THE EXTRAS May 29, 2020
Top League welcomes influx of talent from northern hemisphere
by Rich Freeman
Japanese rugby will be as diverse as ever following strong efforts by local clubs to sign top-tier international players.
Rugby May 25, 2020
England's George Kruis and Wales' Hadleigh Parkes sign with Panasonic
England lock George Kruis and Wales center Hadleigh Parkes have joined Panasonic Wild Knights, the Japan Rugby Top League club said Monday. The pair will replace Sam Whitelock, a World Cup winner in 2011 and 2015 with New Zealand, and Damien de Allende, a member ...
Editorials Sep 10, 2011
In a move that jolted currency markets, the Swiss National Bank, the European nation's central bank, pledged this week to drive down the value of its currency, the Swiss franc. The move was prompted by the rising value of the franc against the euro, ...
Commentary / World May 3, 2011
by Kevin Rafferty
Last month's summit of the BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China, now renamed BRICS with the addition of South Africa, announced with great fanfare that the group was determined to punch its new muscle on the world economic stage and no longer to be ...
Editorials Feb 10, 2011
The Japan Sumo Association, rocked by a match-rigging scandal, has decided to cancel Spring Grand Sumo Tournament, which would have started March 13 in Osaka. This is the first time that a grand sumo tournament known as hon-basho has been canceled since the summer ...
Commentary May 3, 2010
Plans for 'small' reactors nudge waste-disposal concerns to fore
by RAJ, GG, tokuhana7, None, sarahmegarity and Michael Richardson
Imagine a world in which midsize cities, factories and towns in many countries have their own small nuclear reactors to generate electricity and heat. Some would be in remote locations unconnected to the national grid but others would be in densely populated zones that ...