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WORLD / Society
Jan 15, 2016

More aid trucked into besieged Syrian towns; U.N. brands starvation tactic war crime

A second batch of aid reached a besieged Syrian town and two trapped villages on Thursday and the United Nations accused rival factions of committing war crimes by causing civilians to starve to death.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 3, 2016

Modi's surprise Christmas Day visit to Pakistan

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi once again shows his talent for the spectacular with an impromptu stopover in Pakistan.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2015

The CCP's daunting institutional challenges

China's leaders must cope with an asymmetry between what they can deliver and what consumers demand.
BUSINESS / Economy
Sep 6, 2015

Chinese build factories in U.S., creating jobs and tensions

When Chen Mingxu was a boy, U.S. businessmen poured into rural China, welcomed with tax breaks and steamed turtle. Thirty years later, in a kind of reverse migration, Chen finds himself in southwestern Alabama smiling wanly over bacon-wrapped meatloaf and banana pudding.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2015

Flooding in North Korea kills 40, strands thousands

Heavy rain in North Korea killed 40 people, stranded thousands in flash floods and caused "massive" damage on the weekend, the International Federation of the Red Cross said and North Korean media said.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2015

Iran '24-day' nuke loophole is a false meme

The Iran deal has no 24-day loophole. It would be virtually impossible to hide evidence of nuclear materials in 240 days, much less 24.
EDITORIALS
Jul 27, 2015

Turkey joins war on Islamic State

Ankara's reluctance to join the fight against Islamic State ended last week after the militant group targeted Turkey in two attacks.
COMMUNITY / Issues
Apr 29, 2015

A child rape at St. Mary's school in Tokyo, then a 50-year wait for closure

My dear children, whom Jesus, our Saviour, has loved so much, whom he bends down to embrace and bless, come to us, stay with us. We will be the guardian angels of your innocence.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 15, 2015

Chinese patients turn to black market for blood

China's rising demand for health care is exposing a chronic shortage of an essential commodity: blood.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 4, 2015

Second 'ghost ship' rescue in Italy prompts calls for action on EU migrants

A cargo ship abandoned by its crew with 359 Syrian refugees on board was towed ashore in Italy on Saturday in the second such rescue last week, prompting calls for stronger European Union action in the face of new tactics by human traffickers.
EDITORIALS
Nov 10, 2014

Wall long gone but vacuum remains

The commemoration of the collapse of the Berlin Wall on Nov. 9, 1989, reminds us of the power of the elemental yearning for freedom as well as the failure of our leaders, in the quarter-century since, to build a world that better responds to that driving force.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 12, 2014

Russia sending aid convoy to Ukraine despite Western warnings of 'invasion pretext'

A Russian convoy of 280 trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Ukraine set off Tuesday amid Western warnings against using help as a pretext for an invasion.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Jul 2, 2014

'Nanpu (Riding the Breeze)'

Movies about women who fly off to foreign climes to reboot their lives are a thriving subgenre, though the heroines are mostly from well-off countries, Japan included. Women from the more troubled parts of the world may also cross borders to start new lives, but their motives are less often self-discovery...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 1, 2014

With an eye on Pakistan and China, Modi makes two key appointments

New Prime Minister Narendra Modi has chosen a daring former spy with years of experience in dealing with Pakistan as his national security adviser, a move that officials say signals a more muscular approach to New Delhi's traditional enemy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 10, 2014

Kiev to east Ukraine: Rebel vote for self-rule would be catastrophe

Ukrainian acting President Oleksandr Turchynov told eastern regions gripped by a pro-Russian uprising that they would be courting catastrophe if they voted "yes" in a separatist referendum on Sunday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel / BACKSTREET STORIES
Apr 26, 2014

Spring greening in Koganei

It’s time to bask in sunshine, birdsong, and blossom-filled breezes. Koganei Park, situated at the center of the Tokyo metropolis, looks like the ideal spot for such a “spring-gasm.” The JR Chuo express train whisks me from Yotsuya to Musashi-Koganei in less than 30 minutes, and I alight with glee....
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2014

U.N. Arms Trade Treaty takes leap toward entry into force

The U.N. Arms Trade Treaty took a major step forward on its eventual entry into force on Wednesday as 18 countries, including five of the world's top 10 arms exporters, delivered proof of its ratification to the United Nations.
EDITORIALS
Mar 12, 2014

Reducing PM2.5 pollutants

Recent spikes in the concentration of so-called PM2.5 air pollutants over wide areas of Japan once again raise alarms over the potential health risks from the small particles.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Dec 28, 2013

In the realm of the Fujiya Hotel

It's a different matter with ryokan, Japan's traditional and often premium-priced inns, but outside the stellar class of regular hotels charging astronomical rates, their down-to-earth cousins aren't usually the kind of places to feel too strongly about. You generally expect little by way of character...
Japan Times
CULTURE
Dec 19, 2013

Comiket, where otaku come to share the love

The Tokyo International Exhibition Center, better known as Tokyo Big Sight, boasts an area of more than 80,000 sq. meters of exhibition space. It's the country's largest convention center and will host wrestling, fencing and taekwondo during the 2020 Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 11, 2013

Doctor helps his grandma die to avoid feeding tube

Kojiro Tokutake wanted to be a doctor since he was a teenager. His grandmother bought him his first stethoscope when he was in medical school. A decade later, he helped her die.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 10, 2013

Nomura to hire 20 U.S. bankers for M&A push

Nomura Holdings Inc. plans to hire about 20 bankers in the U.S. to help regain lost share of the world's largest mergers and acquisitions advisory market.
Reader Mail
Oct 9, 2013

Heroine seemed to act alone

Regarding the Oct. 2 Kyodo article "Woman killed by train after saving man": This was a heroic young lady. Sincere condolences to her family. I saw the report on TV. She (Natsue Murata, 40) was on the other side of the railroad tracks [between Kamoi and Nakayama stations on the JR Yokohama Line]. She...
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2013

Americans, Briton 'among Nairobi mall attackers'

Kenya's foreign minister says 'two or three Americans' and 'one Brit' were among the al-Qaida-linked militants who took part in the deadly terrorist attack on an upscale Nairobi shopping mall.
Japan Times
LIFE / WEEK 3
Sep 14, 2013

Seed bank sprouts support a-plenty

In a sunny corner of Tomoko and Kenji Usui's garden, surrounded by marigolds and goldenrod, there stands a peculiar little house. The thatched roof is tall and pointy like a witch's hat, with flowers growing around the brim. The porch is wide and shady, with a handmade wooden chair on it inviting visitors...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 27, 2013

Sibling spy case spotlights North Korean defectors

Earlier this year, one of the most prominent North Korean defectors, Yoo Woo Sung, walked out of his apartment building in Seoul and found four South Korean government vehicles waiting for him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Apr 3, 2013

Egypt's fundamentalist rulers crush lives, hopes of women

The ambush came from the left, from a side street which led up the hill to Mokattam Mosque. A rush of hundreds of men running down on the march of antigovernment protesters, bringing a sudden clatter of rocks landing all around, the crack of shots fired and the whizz of tear gas canisters. Sticks, stones...

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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