Sunday 12 May 2013

LDP’s first test will be Tokyo metro assembly poll: Abe

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday that the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly election in June will be a litmus test for the government he formed in ...

Car bombs kill dozens in Turkey; Syria blamed

Turkey is left reeling after twin car bomb attacks leave at least 46 people dead near the Syrian border.

G-7′s tacit approval of Kuroda’s fiscal experiment may weaken yen more

Finance Minister Taro Aso and Bank of Japan chief Haruhiko Kuroda hear nothing critical from their G-7 peers about the yen's slide, giving the dollar ...

A-bomb survivor passes on wisdom to Fukushima kids

A-bomb survivors are finding ways to support youths in Fukushima so they don't grow up feeling like society abandoned them over radiation fears.

Sharp sees appliances in future with Samsung

Struggling Sharp might expand its alliance with Samsung by supplying appliances to the South Korean giant.

Before the Cleveland nightmare, hints of darkness

Shorty needed a ride home. She got confused sometimes, the result of some undefined mental condition, and wasn't always sure where she'd wandered. Her family ...

Is missile defense useful?

As Japan pours huge sums of taxpayer money into its missile defense system, the SDF is functioning more like a subcontractor for the U.S. armed ...

Renewable energy policy

The nuclear power plant problems at Fukushima remind us that one potentially positive effect of the Tohoku disaster was a rethink of Japan's energy policy.

Obama has leverage to salvage U.S.’s reputation

The Obama administration should take some of the legal ingenuity it has applied in justifying indefinite detention and apply it instead to closing Guantanamo.

It ain’t easy being a bilingual girl

This bilingual thing ... they say that it's a both curse and a blessing. Watakushigotode kyōshukudesuga (私事で恐縮ですが, A thousand pardons for having the gall to ...

J. League’s opening game stirs memories 20 years on

Players involved in the J. League's first-ever game share their recollections of the beginning of a new era for Japanese soccer.

Japan’s ‘chosen one’ has big dreams

He grabs rebounds and blocks shots inside, he sprints as fast as anyone else and he hits jumpers with a silky shooting touch. That's what 18-year-old ...

Hakuho victorious in summer basho opener

Hakuho outfoxed Tochiozan to make a winning start in his bid for a 25th career title on Sunday, while yokozuna rival Harumafuji also won handsomely ...

Fukuoka, Kyoto, Niigata join Yokohama in Final Four

The Final Four is set, with a pair of returning teams and two which haven't been to the big show for a few seasons. There will ...

Utsumi hits top gear as Giants edge BayStars

Giants ace Tetsuya Utsumi pitched what he called his best game of the season on Sunday, going nine scoreless innings and earning the win as ...

Penguins sink Islanders to reach second round

Brooks Orpik's goal would have been memorable even if wasn't in overtime and didn't put the Pittsburgh Penguins into the second round of the Stanley ...