Saturday 11 May 2013

LDP locks sights on reactors, Constitution

A draft of the Liberal Democratic Party's platform for the upcoming election states that any reactors which clear the newly compiled safety criteria will be ...

G-7 to renew pledge against currency wars

Financial chiefs from the Group of Seven advanced economies are set to wrap up a two-day meeting by pledging again to refrain from competitive currency ...

Guatemala dictator guilty of genocide

A Guatemalan court convicts former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison, the ...

Descendants of China Nationalists rehabilitate fathers in forgotten war

Focus Doing what many brave young Chinese did, Yang Jingtao left his home as a teen to fight the invading Japanese in World War II. The problem ...

Restored Ozu films to debut for 110th anniversary events

Film studio Shochiku Co. will celebrate the 110th anniversary of the birth of legendary director Yasujiro Ozu this year by making digitally restored versions of ...

To woo young voters, DPJ tries self-reflection

The opposition Democratic Party of Japan held a self-deprecating convention Saturday, inviting more than 500 people aged under 30 to criticize their three-year rule in ...

Problems with figuring poor countries’ GDP cloud judgments about which policies work

Since we can't be sure whether one poor country’s GDP is higher than another’s, we should not use GDP alone to determine which policies lead ...

Death penalty: Systemic failings add to risk of wrongful executions

Japan’s continued resort to the death penalty raises a number of troubling questions.

Greatest risk of human cruelty

Dipak Basu, in his May 2 letter, "Signs of 'Christian' Influence," offers nothing to dispute the argument that the area of the world where human ...

‘Beauty’ as beheld in Japan through the ages

In July 2006, Shinzo Abe published a book titled "Utsukushii Kuni e" ("Toward a Beautiful Country"), but what does he mean by "beautiful country"?

CO₂ levels at highest in millions of years

Worldwide levels of the greenhouse gas that plays the biggest role in global warming are the highest in almost 2 million years, an amount never ...

On the trail of ninja in Iga’s shadowy past

The bright-pink ninja-emblazoned train isn't exactly the epitome of stealth as it cuts through the forested hills and rice paddies of Mie Prefecture. Neither are ...

Exploring the Northeast Asian rivalry for power, influence via official development assistance

Japan used to be the world's leading foreign aid donor in the 1990s, spreading most of its largesse around Asia. But since 2001, Japan has ...

Womens fashion fail-off; celebs discuss transgender issues; CM of the week: Boss

Everybody on TV knows their place and what's expected of them, so the "women's pride battle" on the variety show "London Hearts" (TV Asahi, Tues., ...

Yokohama outlasts Toyama, books spot in Final Four

The B-Corsairs come through in the clutch to reach the bj-league's Final Four.

Hanshin’s Murton living in the moment

The natural inclination is to ask Matt Murton what's changed. To find out how, exactly, he went from the lows of an often tumultuous 2012 ...

Reds rally past Antlers as J. League celebrates 20 years

Shinzo Koroki punished his former teammates with a hotly disputed goal as Urawa Reds came from behind to beat Kashima Antlers 3-1 on Saturday night. Koroki, ...

Bulls get rough, Heat get tough

So much for South Beach style. The Miami Heat showed again they can get down and dirty. LeBron James came on strong down the stretch to ...

Settsu sets tone for Hawks in win

Tadashi Settsu pitched two-run ball over seven innings, Yuya Hasegawa hit a two-run homer to key a six-run sixth, and the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks snapped ...