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JAPAN
Mar 11, 2000

Japan seeks progress in alleged abduction cases

Japan will seek to make progress on the question of the alleged abductions of Japanese nationals by North Korean agents when the Red Cross societies of the two nations meet in Beijing on Monday, Foreign Minister Yohei Kono said Friday.
JAPAN
Mar 30, 1999

Maritime cargo carriers sail abroad for more lucrative waters

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Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2022

Protest-hit Iran launches strikes that kill 13 in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has accused the Iraq-based Kurdish groups of 'attacking and infiltrating Iran ... to sow insecurity and riots and spread unrest.'
CULTURE / Longform
Sep 26, 2022

Big in China, but can the party last for Japan’s artists?

Overseas artists can make a splash in China — provided they abide by the rules.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 28, 2022

Spain turns to Africa and lobbies NATO over Ukraine-driven migration

Spain, its southern neighbors and EU officials are increasingly alarmed that a hunger crisis worsened by the disruption of Ukraine's grain exports will trigger chaotic migration.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 25, 2021

Worldly, charming and quietly equipping a brutal military

An investigation of Myanmar's Kyaw Thaung family exposes a vast web of military procurement that was strategically hidden from the public.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 7, 2021

The ugly and expensive plan to bring green power to China’s mega-cities

Bringing green power to densely populated commercial centers requires thousands of kilometers of ultrahigh voltage power lines, audibly buzzing with electricity.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 25, 2021

The secret network helping hundreds of Myanmar police flee to India

More than 1,000 people fleeing violence in Myanmar have crossed into neighboring India's Mizoram state since late February, according to Indian lawmaker K. Vanlalvena.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2020

China’s digital currency will rise but not rule

A new version of the renminbi will fail to challenge the U.S. dollar's global dominance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 7, 2019

Time for a national volunteer registry

Each community has its own registration process, cutting into time that could be used for doing the actual volunteer work.
JAPAN / History
Nov 10, 2018

Examining Japan's first foray into global warfare

On the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, we examine the country's role in the conflict.
WORLD
Aug 9, 2016

German officials mistakenly register Chinese tourist as asylum seeker

A Chinese tourist who tried to report a stolen wallet during a visit to Germany unwittingly signed an asylum application that got him stranded as a refugee for two weeks in the country's burgeoning asylum bureaucracy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 11, 2016

'Minimalist' U.S. sail-bys in South China Sea could reinforce Beijing's claims

Washington on Tuesday called a third U.S. Navy maneuver in a disputed part of the South China Sea a robust stand on freedom of navigation. However, the fleeting sail-by fits an approach that some critics have called "minimalist" — one that could strengthen Beijing's claims.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2014

U.S. says Russia must pull convoy from Ukraine or face more sanctions

The United States on Friday demanded Moscow remove an aid convoy it has sent into rebel-held eastern Ukraine without permission, accusing Russia of a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of its former Soviet neighbor and threatening more sanctions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 15, 2014

Russia officers aiding rebels, Ukraine says

Ukraine accused Russian army officers on Monday of fighting alongside separatists in the east of the country and said Moscow was once more building up its troops on the joint border.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Oct 16, 2013

Kyoto Experiment 2013: 'Do as you like'

Language, memory and identity politics are at the core of the fourth edition of Kyoto Experiment, the annual feast of progressive and experimental theater now being served up by organizers the Kyoto International Performing Arts Festival.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2013

China's financial tightrope

The world cannot afford for China to enter a major financial crisis and then to experience trouble with growth because of a rush toward financial deregulation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 21, 2012

Expectations low as Hague signing approaches

Several months ago I made a bet with a friend about how the Hague Convention on international child abduction will be applied after Japan finishes implementing it through domestic legislation. My bet was this: If a Japanese court ever does order the return of a child wrongfully brought or retained here,...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / HAVE YOUR SAY
Sep 13, 2011

The loneliness — or otherwise — of the long-distance foreigner

The Japan Times received a large number of readers' emails in response to Debito Arudou's Just Be Cause column published Aug. 2, headlined "The loneliness of the long-distance foreigner." Here, belatedly, are a selection.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2011

Fallout of nuclear and financial meltdowns

BRUSSELS — The metaphors used during the financial crisis of 2008-2009 — earthquake, tsunami, meltdown, black swan and fallout — are back with a vengeance, but now they are being recycled literally. In fact, the financial crisis and the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima nuclear-power plant in Japan...
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Jan 10, 2006

Mind the gap

While the exoticism of cultural otherness certainly adds something to the experience of meeting a lover from another country, differences can also be the source of annoyance and complications.
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Feb 10, 2004

Is Iraq really safe for anyone?

Over 20 years ago, in 1983, a foreign military force arrived in a recently invaded Arab country promising to carry out humanitarian activities and protect the locals.
JAPAN
Feb 5, 2003

No welcome mat for North Korea escapees

On a rainy night in fall 1996, a Japan-born tractor driver in North Korea dived into the fast and muddy current of the Yalu River on the border with China in a last-ditch attempt to escape the hunger and poverty that had plagued his family for decades.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 26, 2002

Germany ends S. Korean dream

SEOUL -- South Korea's dream run in the World Cup finally came to an end.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 23, 2002

Mansiz hits golden goal as Turks reach last four

OSAKA -- Turkey reached the semifinals of the World Cup with a golden goal in the third-minute of extra time on a great piece of finishing from second-half substitute Iihan Mansiz that gave his side a 1-0 victory over Senegal at Nagai Stadium on Saturday.
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 12, 2002

Au revoir! Les Bleus make early exit

INCHEON, South Korea -- France, the holder and pundits' favorite to repeat its success of four years ago, was knocked out of the World Cup on Tuesday, losing 2-0 to a battling Danish side.
JAPAN
Sep 3, 1997

Free passage for Korean wives seen as economic issue

Staff writer
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 8, 2023

U.K. plans to expel asylum-seekers arriving on small boats

The law is the latest in a series of moves by the Conservative government to dissuade people from entering Britain by boat, even though the majority are fleeing war and persecution.
A Thai police officer talks with people waiting to cross the closed Ban Khlong Luek International Border Checkpoint between Thailand and Cambodia, in the Aranyaprathet district of Thailand's Sa Kaeo province on Tuesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 24, 2025

Border confusion as Thailand shuts land crossings with Cambodia

Thailand has closed crossing points in in all seven border provinces to everyone except students and those seeking medical treatment.

Longform

Members of the nonprofit group Japan Youth Memorial Association search for the remains of dead soldiers in a cave in Okinawa Prefecture in February.
The long search for Japan’s lost soldiers