A suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi on Friday, police said. They narrowly escaped the attack but three bystanders were wounded. Separately, an Afghan Taliban religious scholar was killed in
A civil lawsuit alleging racial profiling by Japanese police began with testimony from plaintiffs on Monday. The lawsuit, filed by three residents of Japan, alleges that they were frequently stopped and questioned without valid reasons. The lawsuit targets the government and police,
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will head to Capitol Hill on Thursday for an address to U.S. lawmakers meant to underscore the importance of keeping a strong partnership between the two countries at a time of tension in the Asia-Pacific and skepticism
Lando Norris has discussed plans to hold talks with McLaren following an unexpected pit strategy during the challenging Japanese Grand Prix. The British driver, who had high hopes of securing consecutive podiums after qualifying third on the grid for Sunday’s race, was
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will visit the U.S. this week — the first leader from Japan to make a state visit in nearly a decade. President Joe Biden and Kishida will hold a summit on Wednesday where they are expected to
Lewis Hamilton took exception to a question about Ferrari’s pace after spluttering to a ninth-place finish at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday. The Mercedes veteran cut his time in the print media pen short after producing a snappy response, compounding a
The seven-time world champion qualified in P7 and was feeling upbeat ahead of the race, but Hamilton’s race rapidly unravelled as he struggled for pace on Sunday. After initially starting both Hamilton and team-mate George Russell on medium compound tyres, an opening-lap
The Mercedes and McLaren drivers were battling over P7 during the final handful of laps with Russell hunting down the Australian while on fresher medium compound tyres. Spotting an opportunity at the Turn 16 and 17 chicane, Russell lunged to the inside.
The Dutchman held the lead well off the line before an opening lap red flag forced the three-time world champion to repeat the feat again at the restart. While Verstappen’s afternoon was relatively straightforward from that point on, there was no further
Ricciardo was attempting to avoid the Aston Martin car of Lance Stroll at the race start, and Albon attempted to make it three-wide on the run into Turn Three. Not knowing that the Williams driver was on his outside, Ricciardo jolted to