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Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency leaker, defended his disclosure of top-secret U.S. spying programs in an online chat Monday with The Guardian newspaper and attacked U.S. officials for calling him a traitor. “The U.S. government is not going to be able to cover ...
Keeping track of your assets Money Forward is a personal financial asset management service (in Japanese) that works similar to the U.S.-based service Mint.com. With more than 160 partners including banks, credit-card companies and mobile carriers, the service automatically pulls all your financial information ...
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival, which celebrated its 10th anniversary this year, has of late made its name bringing over cutting-edge Japanese artists for signings, live drawing sessions and speaking events. The atmosphere at this year’s event, held in May, in many ways like ...
Manu Ginobili ran onto the floor as fans stood and screamed. He went to the bench, and they chanted his name. The sights and sounds of so many San Antonio spring nights were back Sunday — and the real party might be just a ...
Turkey’s leaders faced a fourth day of protests Monday after demonstrators clashed with police firing tear gas, in the biggest outburst of anger at the Islamist-rooted government since it took power more than a decade ago. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has remained defiant ...
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan calls on demonstrators to end anti-government protests now into a second day, but he remains defiant, insisting police would break down protests at a main Istanbul square.
The car bombs that killed more than 40 people on May 11 in a town in southern Turkey are a reckoning for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
I think many people in Japan see all foreigners as fighting with each other, not just Muslims. But, focusing on the positives [and ignoring Inose's negative comments], I see Istanbul as the better option [to be 2020 host].
"Stupid", "shockingly provincial" and "a sign of how little Japanese people really understand that part of the world" were among the reactions of Turkish residents in Kansai to Tokyo Gov. Naoki Inose's comments about Turkey and the wider Muslim world.
It's prayer time at Tokyo's biggest mosque and the congregation is pondering God, community and Naoki Inose, the city's governor, who many here say has revealed himself to be, well, a bit of a bigot.
Turkey said Sunday it had arrested nine people over bombings that killed 46 in a town near the Syrian border and warned Damascus a “red line” had been crossed. The Syrian government denied involvement in the twin car bombs that sowed death in Reyhanli ...
Turkey is left reeling after twin car bomb attacks leave at least 46 people dead near the Syrian border.
It’s that time of the year when things get rosy for flower lovers in Japan. The International Roses & Gardening Show, held annually at the Seibu Dome in Saitama Prefecture, will mark the 15th anniversary of its launch this year. To commemorate the occasion, ...
Japan and Turkey have signed a long-awaited deal to build a sprawling nuclear power plant on the country’s Black Sea coast, a milestone for the Japanese nuclear industry as it recovers from the Fukushima catastrophe. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan hailed the $22 ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for Russia on Sunday for talks with President Vladimir Putin, on the first leg of a weeklong trip that will also take him to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey. Abe is the first prime minister in ...
They dropped their language and religion to survive after the 1915 genocide, but close to 100 years later, Turkey’s “hidden Armenians” want to take pride in their identity. Some genocide survivors adopted Islam and blended in with the Kurds in eastern Turkey’s Dersim Mountains ...