Yoshiwara busts send message Keep it clean
"On its last night of business, after the 106 houses — with fewer patrons than usual — saw off their customers at around 11 p.m., the lights finally began flickering out ... and the ...
View ArticleMinor Soseki work gets first English translation
NOWAKI, by Natsume Soseki, translated and with an afterword by William N. Ridgeway. Center for Japanese Studies, The University of Michigan, 2011, 120 pp., $15 ...
View ArticleMiyamoto dedicated 2000th hit to late friend mentor Higuchi
Three Japanese players joined the Meikyukai (Golden Players Club) during the 2012 season by reaching the career 2,000-hit mark. Tokyo Yakult Swallows infielder Shinya Miyamoto, Hokkaido Nippon Ham ...
View ArticleOption for Senkakus funds
¥1.4 billion in islet funds in limbo " discusses the question of the use of previously donated funds for the purchase of three of the Senkaku Islands by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in ...
View ArticleStory behind drug scandal that rocked bj-league to core
Nearly six months after being released from Osaka Prefectural Police custody, Dana Washington, wife of bj-league legend and former Osaka Evessa star Lynn Washington, decided it was time to tell her ...
View ArticleKitera tapped as new ambassador to China by Noda
Career diplomat Masato Kitera, currently assistant chief Cabinet secretary, will be dispatched to Beijing in late December as Japan's new ambassador to China, according to government ...
View ArticleGolden Kings edge HeatDevils remain unbeaten
The Ryukyu Golden Kings celebrated their ninth victory in as many games this season, edging the visiting Oita HeatDevils 85-82 on Saturday evening in a clash between the Western Conference's ...
View ArticleGrizzlies find formula to prevail over Knicks
MEMPHIS, Tennessee — Zach Randolph had 20 points and 15 rebounds, Marc Gasol added 24 points and the Memphis Grizzlies handed the New York Knicks their first loss of the season with a 105-95 ...
View ArticleMoss art growing a masterpiece
The answer is moss — the soft green plant that grows on forest floors and in other damp and shady locales. The lyrics of Japan's national song express the desire that the Emperor's ...
View ArticleSpecial run marks 30th anniversary of Joetsu shinkansen
Time traveler: A 200-series bullet train in operation since the Joetsu Shinkansen Line opened in 1982 leaves JR Omiya Station in Saitama to mark the line's 30th anniversary Saturday. ...
View ArticleHakuho improves to 7-0
FUKUOKA — Hakuho manhandled Georgian Tochinoshin to stay unbeaten on the seventh day while dark horse Goeido remained neck and neck with the grand champion with another convincing win at the ...
View ArticleNorth Korea agrees to continue talks on abductees
It's a wrap: Shinsuke Sugiyama, head of the Foreign Ministry's Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, briefs reporters Friday in Ulan Bator after senior-level talks with North Korea concluded. ...
View ArticleItll take more than few fine or foreign words to make Australia Asian
Ever since Europeans invaded and began to colonize the Antipodean continent in the second half of the 18th century, settlers — whether there of their own accord or sent by force as convicts ...
View ArticleStand up to the scapegoaters
How much is too much? When do the people of Osaka, and the people of Japan as a whole (given his recent flirtations with entering the national stage), stand up to Hashimoto, former Tokyo Gov. ...
View ArticleJapan India ink rare-earth accord
Japan has signed a memorandum of understanding to enable the import of rare-earth minerals from India, a move that will help Tokyo to reduce its heavy reliance on China for the key resources used to ...
View ArticleJapan election tipped to be messy
JAPAN'S election next month will be a messy battle, media have predicted, with more than a dozen parties fielding candidates and some of them trying to forge a "third pole" between the ...
View ArticleMedia expects messy Japanese poll
Japan's election next month will be a messy battle, media said Saturday, with more than a dozen parties fielding candidates and some of them trying to forge a ';third pole'; between ...
View ArticleJapans Mura Skates to Paris Gold
MOSCOW, November 17 (R-Sport) - Takahito Mura took his first figure skating Grand Prix title on Saturday with victory at the Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris. The Japanese skater's score of 227.63 ...
View ArticleJapans Mura wins figure skating gold
AFP © <p>Japan's Takahito Mura performs his routine during the men short program of the Trophee Eric Bompard, the fifth in the six-round ISU Grand Prix figure skating series. Mura ...
View ArticleTokyo former governor joins new party
OUTSPOKEN leaders from Japan's two biggest cities have formed a national political party, seeking to become "a third force" to lure undecided voters and challenge the country's ...
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