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AFGHANISTAN

Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2017
Under Trump's Afghanistan strategy, U.S. ratchets up bombing at highest level since 2010 surge
American warplanes in Afghanistan are dropping bombs in numbers not seen since the height of the U.S. troop surge in 2010, after President Donald Trump announced a new strategy in August to ease attack curbs and widen the range of militant targets.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 3, 2017
The key to winning in Afghanistan
Islamabad's proxy jihadis cannot be defeated with half measures. And yet, we have coddled Pakistan as an important ally.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 28, 2017
Trump's Afghan plan is braver than Obama's
Removing an arbitrary timeline from the U.S. Afghan strategy will give it better prospects for success.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 25, 2017
The war in Afghanistan that goes on forever
Peak U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan was 100,000 in 2010-2011. If that did not deliver victory, how will boosting it from 8,500 to 12,500 do it now?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2017
Trump eyes Afghanistan's elusive mineral riches to fund ongoing 16-year war
U.S. President Donald Trump is eyeing Afghanistan's mineral wealth to help pay for a 16-year war and reconstruction efforts that have already cost $117 billion. But investors who have studied the country, one of the world's most dangerous, say the idea is a pipe dream.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 16, 2017
Taliban send Trump letter warning against sending more troops to Afghanistan
The Taliban told U.S. President Donald Trump in an open letter on Tuesday that the military situation in Afghanistan was "far worse than you realize" and sending in more troops would be self-destructive.
EDITORIALS
Aug 8, 2017
Indecision in Afghanistan
After 16 years of bloody fighting, there is no indication that Washington has a better sense of how to address the festering conflict in Afghanistan.
WORLD
Aug 8, 2017
Taliban deny cooperating with Islamic State in Afghan village massacre
The Taliban rejected reports they used foreign fighters and cooperated with Islamic State in fighting at a remote village in northern Afghanistan over the weekend where officials said dozens of local police and civilians were killed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 25, 2017
Unrest bubbles among Trump administration's top foreign policy officials
Frustration is mounting among leading foreign policy officials in U.S. President Donald Trump's administration as they chafe at some policy and bureaucratic defeats and complain they lack independence to do their jobs, officials say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 23, 2017
Afghanistan: A morally corrupting catastrophe
There is no military solution to the war in Afghanistan. The solution to the debacle lies with the Afghan tribes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2017
U.S. senators visit Afghanistan, demand coherent strategy against Taliban from Trump
A bipartisan delegation of U.S. senators visiting Afghanistan on Tuesday called for a new strategy from the Trump administration to turn the tide against an increasingly strong Taliban insurgency and end the longest war in U.S. history.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 22, 2017
Afghan Taliban airs video of American, Australian teachers abducted last year in Kabul
The Afghan Taliban released a video on Wednesday showing an American and an Australian hostage asking their governments to help negotiate a prisoner exchange with their captors to secure their release.
WORLD
Jun 18, 2017
Six officers killed during Taliban attack on Afghanistan provincial police headquarters
At least six police were killed and dozens of people wounded when as many as six gunmen and a suicide bomber attacked a police headquarters in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday morning, officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 14, 2017
Trump authorizes Mattis to set troop levels in Afghanistan: U.S. official
U.S. President Donald Trump has given Defense Secretary Jim Mattis the authority to set troop levels in Afghanistan, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, opening the door for future troop increases requested by the U.S. commander.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2017
Trump suffering a diplomatic deficit
Only by connecting the strategic dots between Afghanistan, Syria and North Korea can the world find a somewhat coherent, but misguided, approach to U.S. foreign policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2017
Trump's dangerous blank check
One should welcome America's re-engagement with the world, but not if diplomacy takes a backseat to bombs and tweets.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 24, 2017
Taliban's brazen attack on Afghan soldiers eclipses Trump's 'mother of all bombs'
Eight days after the U.S. military dropped its largest ever conventional bomb on suspected Islamic State fighters in eastern Afghanistan, Taliban militants breached an army base in the north of the country and killed scores of local soldiers.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 24, 2017
Few clues on impact where largest U.S. bomb was dropped in Afghanistan
The remote site in eastern Afghanistan where the U.S. military dropped its largest nonnuclear bomb ever deployed in combat earlier this month bears signs of the weapon's power, but little evidence of how much material and human damage it inflicted.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 22, 2017
Taliban attackers kill at least 140 soldiers at Afghan base
At least 140 Afghan soldiers were killed by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms, officials said on Saturday, in what would be the deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military base.
WORLD
Apr 22, 2017
Death toll in Afghan base attack rises to 140, officials say
As many 140 Afghan soldiers were killed Friday by Taliban attackers apparently disguised in military uniforms in what would be the deadliest attack ever on an Afghan military base, officials said.
Toyoko Kids: The lonely street children of Tokyo
Many young people who feel neglected at home flock to the Toyoko area to find a community where they can fit in.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
Japan unveils new overtourism countermeasures
The majority of tourists in Japan tend to stay in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto, resulting in overcrowding in popular tourist spots and a strain on transportation systems.
South Korea couple beat same-sex barriers to parenthood
South Korean lesbian couple Kim Kyu-jin (left) and her wife, Kim Sae-yeon, pose with a "pregnant woman" badge during an interview in Seoul last month.
Opportunities await the bold in the Year of the Wood Dragon
2024 marks the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac, with the year predicted to be a good time for fresh starts.
Across borders and screens, Tokyo film festival finds humanity in migration
“Mother Bhumi” takes place in a multiethnic rice-farming community where Chinese, Thai and Malay lineages intertwine.
Takaichi’s balancing act: Supporting Taiwan and stabilizing China ties
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi shakes hands with Lin Hsin-i, Taiwan’s presidential adviser, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit meeting in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Saturday in this image posted to Takaichi's official X account.
From 1973 to 2025: A Japanese American skater’s long ride to recognition
Judi Oyama at Winchester Skatepark in San Jose, California, in January 1979. The Skateboarding Hall of Fame inductee and Guinness World Record holder still skates and hopes to inspire older women.
More Japanese universities pushing toward teaching in English
Waseda University in Tokyo
Young Indonesians in Japan find their political voice
Indonesian students at Hiroshima University hold posters of the 17+8 Demands, demanding transparency and action from their homeland’s government.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Once smoky, male-dominated spaces, today's net cafes, like Kaikatsu Club, are working to make their operations more attractive to women customers.
The second life of Japan's net cafes
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