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Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 8, 2023
‘Firing the Lighter Gun’: A gripping addition to the post-Fukushima canon
Kohei Sanada’s sophomore feature doesn’t always hit the mark, but it’s a grimly compelling portrait of the aftermath of a nuclear accident.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 6, 2022
In the land of the free, democracy is under attack
Voters need to recognize the Supreme Court's radical majority for what it is: part of a carefully laid plan to turn the U.S. into a repressive regime.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL / NBA
Jun 6, 2022
Celtics and Warriors add voices to calls for gun control laws
'We feel very strongly as a league that it is time for people to take notice and take part in what should be a nationwide effort to limit gun violence,' Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 9, 2020
‘The Gun 2020’: Locked, loaded and nowhere to go
“The Gun 2020” revisits the story of Masaharu Take's 2018 film, “The Gun,” this time with a woman as the weapon-wielding protagonist. A feminist thriller it is not.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 19, 2019
The root cause of U.S. mass shootings is the rage of alienation
The only thing surprising about mass shootings is that they don't happen more frequently.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2019
'Top Gun' sequel, co-produced by China's Tencent, drops Japanese and Taiwanese flags
Eagle-eyed viewers have spotted a curious discrepancy in the first trailer for "Top Gun: Maverick," the sequel to the beloved '80s classic "Top Gun," which Paramount debuted Thursday — the patches on the iconic leather jacket worn by star Tom Cruise no longer bear the Taiwanese and Japanese flags.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jun 5, 2019
Japanese filmmaker debuts Parkland school shooting documentary
Following the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, that claimed 17 lives in early 2018, Japanese filmmaker Emily Taguchi and her team spent months with members of the grieving community, documenting their recovery and activism in the wake of devastating gun violence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 10, 2019
New Zealand votes to amend gun laws after Christchurch attack
Lawmakers in New Zealand voted almost unanimously on Wednesday to change gun laws, less than a month after its worst peacetime mass shooting, in which 50 people were killed in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Apr 3, 2019
The Birthday's 'Vivian Killers' is a solid album, but lacks a killer tune
The 10th studio album from garage rockers The Birthday came as no surprise. The band has been putting out albums regularly since 2006 debut "Rollers Romantics," and has also issued around 20 singles in that time. Selling out venues across the country regularly, the group is also a constant touring entity.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional voices: Chubu
Oct 29, 2018
Mother of Japanese boy killed in '92 U.S. shooting hopes her book will promote stricter gun control
Mieko Hattori, 70, from Nagoya, whose son, Yoshihiro, 16, was gunned down in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1992, is working on a story for children that calls for stricter gun control measures in the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 16, 2018
Florida school opens for class with new security after February massacre of 17 but worries remain
The Florida high school where a gunman killed 17 people in February opened on Wednesday for a new school year with three armed guards and other new security measures that some parents and students worried would not be enough.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 13, 2018
Toronto boosts police presence amid 'potential risk to safety' and spike in gun violence, shooting deaths
Toronto was under heavier-than-usual police protection on Thursday due to an unspecific "potential risk to safety" in Canada's largest city, police said without providing details.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 25, 2018
People victimized by Texas mass shootings meet governor on prevention but gun control topic not raised
Victims and survivors of mass shootings in Texas took part in a final round of talks on Thursday with Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who is seeking ways to stop gun massacres after a shooter killed 10 people in a Houston-area high school.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 7, 2018
Conservatives steal liberal term as Illinois counties declare 'sanctuary' status for gun owners
Several rural Illinois counties have taken a stand for gun rights by co-opting a word that conservatives associate with a liberal policy to skirt the law: sanctuary.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2018
NRA's blunders fueled the gun-safety marches
The gun lobby created the movement that threatens to swamp it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2018
FDR's gun-control strategy was based on taxes
His administration gave gangsters 3,700 reasons to stop buying machine guns.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 23, 2018
NRA chief slams Democrat anti-gun 'elites' after Florida school massacre
The head of the National Rifle Association lashed out at gun control advocates on Thursday, saying Democratic elites are politicizing the latest mass school shooting in the United States to erode the country's constitutionally guaranteed gun rights.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Feb 21, 2018
George Clooney to join Florida teens in gun control march on Washington
George Clooney and his wife said on Tuesday they are donating $500,000 to the "March for Our Lives" rally in Washington and will walk with students in support of gun control following last week's shooting at a Florida high school that left 17 dead.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 19, 2018
America's never-ending struggle: Gun rights versus gun control
There are at least two sides to every issue, and gun ownership in America is no exception.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2017
NRA opposes outright U.S. legal ban on 'bump stocks' like those used by Las Vegas sniper
The powerful U.S. gun lobby, the National Rifle Association, said on Sunday it would oppose an outright ban on bump-stock devices that the killer in the Las Vegas massacre of 58 people used to turn rifles into automatic weapons and strafe a crowd with bursts of sustained gunfire.

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