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AGAINST ME

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 5, 2018
Peruvian ex-strongman Fujimori, 80, warns from hospital that return to prison will kill him
Peru's former authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori on Thursday appealed to current President Martin Vizcarra and to judges not to return him to prison because his "heart would not cope."
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 6, 2018
Despite reform efforts, Native American females face high rates of crime, violence and disappearance
For generations, Native American women have been victimized at astonishing rates, with federal figures showing that more than half have encountered sexual and domestic violence at some point during their lives — even amid a wave of efforts aimed at reducing such crimes.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Aug 9, 2018
Towa Tei goes deep on death and puns
Towa Tei has mortality on his mind.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 2, 2017
Japan's plan to export arms is lacking ammo
When U.S. President Donald Trump was here last month, he said Japan should be buying more military hardware from America, and seemed to believe it would. Trump's penchant for talking off-the-cuff is well-known, but Japan's reluctance to address the matter forthrightly may have more to do with the fact that the nation now endeavors to be a competitor in the global arms market.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 19, 2017
Legal experts decry state's false rationale for conspiracy bill
With the state-sponsored conspiracy bill widely expected to be rammed through the House of Representatives next week, experts are blasting the government for attempting to justify its passage by bringing up a U.N. treaty that Japan hasn't ratified yet.
EDITORIALS
May 16, 2017
Fast-tracking the 'conspiracy crime' bill
The government's claim that 'ordinary people' will not be targeted by the conspiracy crime legislation is unconvincing.
EDITORIALS
Nov 22, 2016
The ICC: death by a thousand cuts
The International Criminal Court is not perfect but it has proven able to make a difference. It must not be allowed to fail.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 17, 2016
International Criminal Court puts Duterte on notice as critics begin to speak up
The International Criminal Court has fired a warning shot over allegations of extrajudicial killings in the Philippines' bloody drugs war at a time when critics in Manila have also begun speaking up.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 16, 2015
Uniqlo vows reforms as NGO deplores factory conditions in China
Fast Retailing moves to improve poor working conditions at Uniqlo's clothing plants in China after being confronted by an NGO in Hong Kong.
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 2014
Ending 50 years of failure in Cuba
The surprise U.S.-Cuba agreement to end a 50-year U.S. embargo that had failed to accomplish any of its stated objectives could bring about the long-sought liberalization of the island 150 km off the Florida coast.

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