Notre Dame pulverizes No. 8 Sooners
NORMAN, Oklahoma — Landry Jones and No. 8 Oklahoma couldn't have been on a much bigger roll offensively, right up until they ran into Notre Dame's ...
View ArticleArsenal City bounce back
LONDON — Manchester City and Arsenal responded to midweek Champions League setbacks by scraping unconvincing 1-0 wins in the English Premier League on ...
View ArticleA vibrant symbol for troubled Pakistan
Malala's efforts, while applauded by the West and some segments of Pakistani society, were deeply resented by the obscurantist forces that go by the name of the Taliban, which in Pakistan calls ...
View ArticleJapan to bid for swimming worlds
LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The international governing body of swimming said China, Japan and South Korea are the candidates to host the 2019 World ...
View ArticleYour Party eyes Ishihara
"I want to hear Mr. Ishihara's strategy for defeating centralization of power," Yoshimi Watanabe said on a television program. Watanabe had apparently been lukewarm about collaborating ...
View ArticleToo little too late
First, Mr. Noda announced his plan abruptly at a time when there is no prospect of the government obtaining sufficient funds to implement the economic package. The Diet has not yet enacted a bill to ...
View ArticleCuban missile crisis offers lessons on dealing with Iran
WASHINGTON — There are lessons for our Iran policy to be gleaned from archival documents just released for the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Cuban missile ...
View ArticleLee outplays field for ABC triumph
KATO, Hyogo Pref. — American Han Lee birdied half the holes on Sunday for a final-round 63 in the ABC Championship to claim his first title on the JGTO Tour by one stroke over Katsumasa ...
View ArticleEntitlement state is mugging future Americans
WASHINGTON — The election eve mood is tinged with sadness stemming from well-founded fear that America's new government is subverting America's old character. President Barack ...
View ArticleSorry the hopeful Obama of 2008 is gone forever
NEW YORK — After the second debate between U.S. President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, Obama's supporters chorused in near-unison, "He's back!" ...
View ArticleLDP tipped to win race in Kagoshima
KAGOSHIMA — Kazuaki Miyaji of the Liberal Democratic Party looked certain to win Sunday's Lower House by-election in Kagoshima Prefecture, dealing another blow to Prime Minister Yoshihiko ...
View ArticleEishin Flash victorious in Tenno-sho
Eishin Flash ended a dry spell of two years, five months on one of Japanese racing's biggest stages as the Mirco Demuro-ridden 5-year-old won the Tenno-sho under the gaze of the imperial couple ...
View ArticleHalloween in Japan no trick or treat but scary spots galore
Japanese people generally have a well developed appreciation for the supernatural, and while the American practice of ringing doorbells in the neighborhood to demand "trick or treat" has ...
View ArticleSan Francisco silences Detroit bats moves within one victory of title
The right stuff: Giants reliever Sergio Romo closes out Game 3 for San Francisco in a 2-0 victory Saturday over the Detroit Tigers. Romo picked up his second save of the World Series. ...
View ArticleJeon secures fourth title of season
ICHIHARA, Chiba Pref. — Jeon Mi Jeong claimed her fourth title of the season on Sunday after a final-round 68 gave her a wire-to-wire victory at the Hisako Higuchi ...
View ArticleWild Knight Williams hurts shoulder
Williams was taken to a hospital with his right arm in a sling after Panasonic beat the Kintetsu Liners 23-20. Williams scored a try in the first minute but was taken out six minutes later after a ...
View ArticleBanks hit by phishing
A new "phishing" scam is targeting customers of three megabanks: Japan Post Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, police said ...
View ArticleJapan wins womens judo team title
SALVADOR, Brazil — Megumi Tachimoto scored a decisive victory over Qin Qian as Japan defeated China 3-2 to win the women's title at the judo team world championships on ...
View ArticleGame 1 hero Bowker appreciates opportunity to play in postseason
One has to wonder what was going through John Bowker's mind as he rounded the bases after hitting a three-run home run during the fourth inning of Game 1 of the Japan ...
View ArticleChinese ships probe territorial waters around Senkakus
Four Chinese maritime surveillance ships were spotted in Japan's territorial waters around the Senkaku Islands on Sunday after ignoring warnings to stay clear, the Japan Coast Guard ...
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