Poor dad. He works like a beast of burden because that's what society demands of him, and he comes home one night to find his children grown into semiadults and virtual strangers. Can he get to know them? Is it too late? The sad answer to the second question is, "Probably."

Yomiuri Weekly presents some case histories. "Hara" is a 47-year-old management consultant who, three years ago, st...

Cinderella story: Stilettos to slingbacks, women are drawn to shoes

One should never underestimate the deep bond between a woman and her footwear.

As a fairy-tale feminist, Cinderella was always a step ahead. No glass ceilings for her, just a pair of dainty, breakable slip-ons. Sure, she snagged a prince and a palace, but her transformation from a girl of servitude into a woman of s...

-- Even a fat man can get full here for $4.99! All day on Wednesdays, that price gets you a seven-ounce bowl of spaghetti with tomato, marinara, or meat sauce, bottomless soup or salad, a loaf of bread, and a non-alcoholic beverage.

-- Don't let the hot pink facade or its ghetto-fied location fool you. This Chinese and Thai restaurant on Lamar has some of the best Chinese food in town, a...

50 CENT's new film, Get Rich or Die Tryin', which hit theaters on Wednesday, was pulled from a Loews multiplex in Homestead, Pennsylvania, after a man who had just seen the movie was fatally shot at the concession stand on opening night. Officials said Thursday that they do not know whether the movie was a factor in the shooting. Authorities are currently looking for witnesses . . . BECK, INX...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is headed for a showdown with much of the rest of the world over control of the Internet.

Countries like China, Brazil and Iran don't like the fact that the world's only superpower oversees the system that guides traffic across the global computer network, and have pushed for an international body to take over that role.

The United States b...

We live in a media-driven, commercial culture, where it's hard to escape the ever-increasing waves of advertising and infotainment. Meanwhile, our public spaces are eroding, and what were once safe havens – schools, museums, libraries, parks – are now awash in commercials.

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BEIJING, Nov. 11 -- Homosexuals in South China's Guangdong Province are striving to gain recognition.

On Monday, Zheng Yuantao and a dozen other gay men attended a speech in Guangzhou by Li Yinhe, a renowned researcher in homosexual studies, entitled "Emotion, sex and social reform."

Their appearance, as unashamedly homosexual men, attracted considerable public attention.

"I ...

On Monday, Zheng Yuantao and a dozen other gay men attended a speech in Guangzhou by Li Yinhe, a renowned researcher in homosexual studies, entitled "Emotion, sex and social reform."

Their appearance, as unashamedly homosexual men, attracted considerable public attention.

"I am a gay man," Zheng Yuantao told China Daily yesterday.

Zheng said he believes he has an obligation to...

''My happy life ended when my husband died. Now I have to scrimp and save. I feel alone and lost,'' said Mariko, who asked IPS that her last name not be used.

Her husband's suicide was linked to overwork and the company offered Mariko, then a homemaker, a small compensation package that, she says, ran out two years ago.

To make ends meet, Mariko, whose only son studies abroad, ...

Chin made the remarks during a special briefing by Taiwan's representative to Tokyo Koh Se-kai to the Legislative Yuan's foreign affairs committee on Taiwan-Japan relations.

Chin also threatened to call on lawmakers to cut the Taiwan Representative Office's entire budget, claiming that Koh and his colleagues didn't give voice to the dissatisfaction of the nation and the representative...