Monday 20 May 2013

Pyongyang fires sixth ‘missile’ in three days

North Korea fires two more "projectiles" into the Sea of Japan, drawing more condemnation from South Korea and the United Nations.

Submarine near Okinawa ID’d; source hints it’s China’s but Onodera stays mum

Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera said Monday the government has identified the country whose submarine was detected while submerged the previous day near Okinawa and will ...

Syrian Army, Hezbollah advance into key town

Syrian regime forces, backed by militants from the Lebanese group Hezbollah, are reported to have made significant advances into the rebel stronghold of Qusair, near ...

New Delhi cracks down on foreign-funded NGOs

Amid an intensifying crackdown on nongovernmental groups that receive foreign funding, Indian activists are accusing the government of stifling their right to dissent in the ...

Avoid excuses, man up, Obama tells black graduates

President Barack Obama on Sunday summoned the graduates of historically black Morehouse College to "transform the way we think about manhood," urging the young men ...

Window on China’s defense policy

China's critics are usually disappointed by its annual white paper on national defense. Beijing's eighth white paper since 1998 is notable for its view of ...

Turkey’s Erdogan undone by Obama and Assad

The car bombs that killed more than 40 people on May 11 in a town in southern Turkey are a reckoning for Prime Minister Recep ...

Weep for poor Earth itself

What would prompt a respected international investor to lament that the global economy shows signs of potential failure that has brought down civilizations before us?

Apps to stay healthy, hear the news and keep in touch

If you work in an office, you probably spend a fair part of your time sitting at a desk, which, of course, isn't very healthy. ...

Fear and incarceration, from Kampala to Nagoya

"I was stopped by two men in a government-registered vehicle, blindfolded and dragged off the street. They took me away to a house in a ...

Yokohama: What do you think of the prime minister’s ‘Abenomic’ strategy so far?

Businesses are getting better, and at least finance types are strong. But in my business salaries are not going up.

Precedent backs (nearly) equal pay for equal work

In 2012, Japan had 51.73 million workers, of which 33.3 million were regular employees, or seishain, according to the latest survey by the Ministry of ...

Ambivalent Japan turns on its ‘insular’ youth

On March 15, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe officially announced Japan's participation in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) free-trade negotiations. Japan's decision to join the talks shows that ...

Outsider art that comes from within

"Outsider art" is relatively new in Japan and, as a genre, works made by self-taught Japanese artists are still not very well known on the ...

Nadal too much for rival Federer in Italian Open final

After all these years, Rafael Nadal still knows how to dominate Roger Federer. In the 30th meeting between the two tennis greats, Nadal controlled the final ...

Senators pull game back with double OT victory

Colin Greening wore six stitches on his left cheek, and a wide smile, after Ottawa's double overtime playoff victory against Pittsburgh. Greening ended the longest game ...

Sekizuka targets survival with Jubilo

New Jubilo Iwata manager Takashi Sekizuka was introduced to the media by the struggling J. League first division club on Monday. Sekizuka, who steered the Japanese ...

Spurs tear into Grizzlies in Game 1

The San Antonio Spurs opened the Western Conference finals resembling the past champions who've been there so many times before. The Memphis Grizzlies looked like the ...