National Mar 28, 2013

Fallen tycoon Horie freed from jail

by Reiji Yoshida and Kazuaki Nagata

Takafumi Horie, former president of the Internet firm Livedoor Co. and an entrepreneurial hero for young generations, is paroled after spending 21 months behind bars.

General Mar 9, 2008

Fashion fantasies come to life in cosplay

by Eriko Arita and Edan Corkill

Silver wig, blue contact lenses, a mock sword and a (kind of) knight's costume. These are the means by which "Otoha" (her cosplay name), a student at a vocational school, transforms herself into her favorite character from the PlayStation game "Tales of Innocence." She is one ...