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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 31, 2015

Neighbor of San Bernardino gunman indicted on terrorism charge

A former neighbor accused of supplying assault rifles to the couple who massacred 14 people in San Bernardino, California, was indicted Wednesday on charges of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 31, 2015

U.S. Midwest counts cost from record flooding

Swollen rivers in the U.S. Midwest and other regions brought flood warnings for over 12 million Americans on Wednesday as scores of buildings were submerged after days of intense rain in which 24 people have died.
Japan Times
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Dec 30, 2015

Uchiyama in prime condition ahead of title defense

Japanese boxing great Takashi Uchiyama looked motivated on Wednesday as he made his final preparations to defend his WBA super featherweight belt for the 11th time against Nicaragua's Oliver Flores at Ota General City Gymnasium on Thursday.
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WORLD / Politics
Dec 30, 2015

Georgia, with eye on 2016 election, switches prime minister

Lawmakers in Georgia voted on Tuesday to approve Georgi Kvirikashvili as the ex-Soviet state's new prime minister, an appointment widely seen as an attempt to boost the ruling coalition's flagging popularity amid an economic slump.
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WORLD
Dec 30, 2015

Islamic State leader with links to Paris attacks 'mastermind' killed in targeted air strike in Syria: Pentagon

A U.S.-led coalition has killed 10 Islamic State leaders in the past month with targeted air strikes, including individuals linked to last month's attacks in Paris, a spokesman for the coalition said on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Dec 29, 2015

New members named to Japan Times Media Advisory Board

The Japan Times on Tuesday announced the appointments of four distinguished individuals to The Japan Times Media Advisory Board, a committee of Japan-based experts tasked with advising the newspaper on its content.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 29, 2015

Time traveling back to the major screwups of 2015

From the fizzling out of Abenomics to China's stock fiasco, here are five of Asia's policy missteps this year.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 28, 2015

China passes first domestic violence law, gay couples excluded

China's largely rubber stamp parliament on Sunday passed the country's first law against domestic violence, which covers unmarried people who cohabit but does not protect gay couples, a senior lawmaker said.
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WORLD
Dec 28, 2015

Retaliation 'coming' against Zionists, Hezbollah leader warns Israel over militant's Syria airstrike death

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah group said on Sunday that Israel miscalculated by killing prominent militant Samir Qantar in Syria last week, saying that retaliation for his death was inevitable, whatever the consequences.
SOCCER
Dec 27, 2015

Sawa lifts cup in swan song

Homare Sawa has always been regarded as a winner throughout her long career. And she was still thought of in that way when she left the pitch for the final time.
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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / ADOPT ME!
Dec 27, 2015

Three dogs that are true champions

Although Champion loves to sit nearby when his owner is busy doing something, he has no time for losers.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 26, 2015

Civilian casualties of WWII left out in the cold

'Unbroken," Angelina Jolie's 2014 film about the late American Olympic athlete Louie Zamperini, will finally receive a theatrical release in Japan next year after inciting the ire of local groups who claim its depiction of Japanese prisoner of war camps is sensationally harsh and thus an expression of...
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2015

The sustainability revolution in finance

Sustainable development is increasingly being integrated into financial decision-making, both by national governments and private-sector players.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2015

Time has come for a new century in the Middle East

2016 should mark the start of a new century of homegrown Middle Eastern politics focused urgently on the challenges of sustainable development.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2015

Driver who plowed into Las Vegas crowd charged with murder

An Oregon woman accused of plowing her car into a crowd on the Las Vegas Strip, killing one person and injuring dozens, was charged with murder on Tuesday as investigators sought clues to what motivated the rampage.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2015

Tattooist's legal challenge could lift industry in Japan or send it underground

Tattooist Taiki Masuda is challenging a law that makes him a criminal for practicing what he considers a form of art.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 22, 2015

Design by architect Kengo Kuma picked for Tokyo's new Olympic stadium

Kengo Kuma's blueprint prevails in the contest to redesign the new National Stadium after the initial plan was scrapped amid a national uproar over cost and other factors.
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.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2015

China expects more Western countries to follow Britain in improving ties

More Western countries will follow Britain in improving ties with China, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi was quoted as saying on Tuesday, describing relations with London over the past year as a "bright spot" in China's diplomacy.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 21, 2015

Tiny Japanese political party takes new name in bid to reverse its fortunes

A small opposition party established last year by conservative lawmakers, including former Tokyo Gov. Shintaro Ishihara, renamed itself Monday in an attempt to change its dismal fortunes ahead of this summer's Upper House election.

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