Economy | ANALYSIS
Households to take hit from tax hike
by Tomoko Otake
The consumption tax increase will hit every household in Japan hard, with many people’s financial future hanging on whether their wages rise enough to offset the hike's impact.
World Sep 29, 2013
Iranian protester hurls shoe at Rouhani after phone conversation with Obama
A shoe was thrown at Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s motorcade as he arrived home to a mixed reception after his historic call with U.S. President Barack Obama. Newspapers hailed the first contact with a U.S. president in more than three decades as the ending ...
World Sep 28, 2013
Obama, Rouhani speak in historic call
U.S. President Barack Obama and his Iranian counterpart hold the first direct contact between leaders of their estranged nations since the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
National Sep 27, 2013
Abe urges Rouhani to be flexible over arms
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has urged Iranian President Hasan Rouhani to resolve Tehran’s alleged nuclear weapons program with flexibility and by building on a recent shift toward dialogue, a Japanese official said. Abe told Rouhani on Thursday that “showing flexibility should be a key” ...
World Sep 27, 2013
Diplomats hail Iran's shift to more moderate tone in nuclear talks
The U.S. and its European allies said Thursday they were pleased by a new tone and a significant shift in attitude from Iran in talks aimed at resolving the impasse over its disputed nuclear activities, after Tehran voiced eagerness to dispel suspicions it is ...
World Sep 26, 2013
Iran president aims for fast nuclear deal
Iranian President Hasan Rouhani wants to reach an agreement over the country’s nuclear program within three months and has Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s full backing to broker a deal, it was reported Wednesday. In an interview with The Washington Post, Rouhani said he was ...
World | Focus Sep 26, 2013
Iran tries to shift scrutiny to Israeli nuclear weapons
With a few words in a largely conciliatory speech to the United Nations, Iran’s new president took aim at an Israeli fear: that international pressure on Tehran’s nuclear program could lead to scrutiny of Israel’s own secretive nuclear facilities. Israel is widely believed to ...
World Sep 25, 2013
Obama, Rouhani back resumption of nuclear talks
Hopeful yet unyielding, U.S. President Barack Obama and new Iranian President Hasan Rouhani both spoke up fervently for improved relations and a resumption of stalled nuclear talks Tuesday at the U.N. — but gave no ground on the long-held positions that have scuttled previous ...
Global-related Sep 23, 2013
Replying to Iranian 'prudence and moderation'
by Mohammad Hassan Khani
It would be a fatal mistake for the United States to perceive Iran's adoption of "moderation and prudence" as a sign of Iranian weakness, fear, a concession.
World Sep 23, 2013
Iran president reaches out to West ahead of U.N. gathering
On the eve of a landmark trip to attend the U.N. General Assembly, Iran’s president offered Sunday his most expansive vision that a deal to settle the impasse over Tehran’s nuclear program could open doors for greater cooperation on regional flash points such as ...
World Sep 19, 2013
Iran frees well-known activist and 10 other political prisoners
In a sign Iran's government is loosening its grip on domestic security, several political prisoners, including a prominent human rights lawyer, are freed.
World Sep 18, 2013
U.S. to seize NYC tower allegedly tied to Iran
The United States is set seize control of a midtown Manhattan skyscraper that prosecutors claim is secretly owned by Iran, the Justice Department said Tuesday, though the ruling is to be appealed. The seizure and sale of the 36-story building, in the heart of ...
Global-related Sep 13, 2013
The U.S. with Iran in Syria
by Seyed Hossein Mousavian
America should grasp the opportunity for a diplomatic resolution to the Syrian crisis afforded by the Russian-Iranian plan.