Japan

Wall St. bucks global slump

2013-05-24 00:00:00

NEW YORK — After bracing for a steep fall, Wall Street barely shrugged at a sharp sell-off in stock markets around the globe. It all started in Asia. Weak manufacturing data out of China pointed to a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy,...

Japan's Yuichiro Miura becomes oldest person to climb Mt. Everest

2013-05-23 09:45:00

NEW DELHI – Japanese climber Yuichiro Miura broke the record for the oldest person to climb Mt. Everest when the 80-year-old reached the summit Thursday at 9 a.m., according to his website. But the octogenarian may not be able to bask in the...

Cannes 2013: Mutant sushi, Hitler and giant gorilla at Le Marche

2013-05-23 09:15:00

CANNES, France -- A trip to Le Marche, the film market at Cannes, is always a tonic experience. The energy created by the unabashed desire to make large sums of money is a refreshing change of pace after the more rarefied experiences of other parts of the...

London attack victim Lee Rigby was a drummer, machine-gunner, father

2013-05-23 15:00:00

The soldier who was hacked to death on a London street was remembered Thursday as a popular ceremonial drummer and machine-gunner, loving father and lifelong fan of the Manchester United soccer club. Lee Rigby, 25, served with the 2nd Battalion of the...

Japan market plunge sparks global sell-off; U.S. stocks dip, rebound

2013-05-23 07:13:00

Wall Street followed Europe in a broad sell-off following a 7.3% overnight plunge in Japan's stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 107.1 points, or 0.7%, to 15,200.07 shortly after the opening bell in New York. The broader Standard &...

Cannes Notebook 2013: A hotbed of criminal activity too?

2013-05-23 04:00:00

CANNES, France — Visitors exiting the Carlton hotel's front door on this city's beachfront main street this week can't help but see a giant map of France with Cannes listed as being a "Safe Zone." "This Is the Safest Place to Be," one poster...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sends envoy to China

2013-05-22 10:04:00

PYONGYANG, North Korea — After months of ignoring Chinese warnings to give up nuclear weapons, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a high-level confidant to Beijing on Wednesday, in a possible effort to mend strained ties with his country's most...

Bioterrorism consultant's anthrax claims challenged

2013-05-22 15:07:00

WASHINGTON — As an example of the ease with which terrorists could produce anthrax, former Navy Secretary Richard J. Danzig has repeatedly cited the Japanese cult Aum Shinrikyo. The cult gained infamy in 1995 by unleashing the nerve agent sarin in...

‘The Wolverine’: Hugh Jackman’s Logan faces mortality in new trailer

2013-05-21 10:52:59

Gordon Gayle dies at 95; received Navy Cross for attack on Peleliu

2013-05-19 17:56:00

Retired Marine Brig. Gen. Gordon Gayle, who received the Navy Cross for leadership and bravery during the assault on Peleliu, one of the bloodiest and most complex and controversial battles fought by Marines during World War II, has died. He was 95....

On eve of Sony meeting, report says company could discuss spinoff

2013-05-21 14:52:00

Sony Corp. is "considering evaluating" a spinoff of its entertainment arm that is being advocated by the hedge fund and Sony shareholder Third Point, according to Japan's Nikkei newspaper. The news comes a day before a much-anticipated Sony corporate...

Eric Avery pulls out of upcoming Nine Inch Nails tour

2013-05-15 12:55:00

Trent Reznor needs a new bass player. Eric Avery, the former Jane's Addiction bassist who was to take part in Nine Inch Nails' summer tour, has left the influential industrial-rock group. Avery announced his departure Wednesday in a Facebook post,...

A Tokyo pedestrian eyes an electronic screen displaying stock quotes as the dramatic drop in Japan's Nikkei stock index unfolds on Thursday.

2013-05-23 00:00:00

A ship is stranded in Kesennuma, Japan, after the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. A European research team, using data from GPS stations that recorded the earthquake, demonstrated that a GPS system can produce an accurate and timely warning.

2013-05-17 16:10:01

ANA flight attendant Mika Shindo offers a business class passenger newspapers on an ANA Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner headed for Fukuoka, Japan, at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan in 2012.

2013-05-16 10:49:00