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WORLD
Jul 7, 2015
Inquiry looks into whether aerial attack caused U.N. chief's 1961 fatal plane crash in Africa
A United Nations inquiry into a 1961 plane crash that killed then-U.N. Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold found that new information pointing to an aerial attack or threat bringing down the aircraft warrants further investigation.
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2015
Government mulls ban on flying drones at night
The envisaged rules would only allow users who take certain safety steps to fly their drones in residential areas or near airports, as well as barring nighttime flights.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2015
With visit to industrial zone, Ban to be first U.N. chief to travel to North Korea in over 20 years
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday he will visit the Kaesong industrial complex just north of the inter-Korean border, which will make him the first U.N. chief to enter the isolated country in more than two decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 7, 2015
Ceremony marks return of Peace Bell to Japanese Garden at U.N.
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon on Wednesday joined other officials and guests in celebrating the return of the Peace Bell, donated 61 years ago by Chiyoji Nakagawa, a peace activist and former mayor of a Japanese city, to the renovated Japanese Garden at the organization's New York headquarters.
WORLD
Mar 25, 2015
FAA streamlines approval for some commercial drone use
U.S. aviation regulators on Tuesday unveiled a new policy to speed up approval for the use of commercial drones in the United States under certain conditions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 16, 2015
Ban urges Japan, China and S. Korea to engage in 'forward-looking' dialogue
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon calls on the leaders of Japan, China and South Korea to engage in a dialogue 'in a forward-looking manner' and lay the foundation for peace and reconciliation in the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2015
Abe, Ban agree to cooperate over development, climate change
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon agreed Saturday to continue their cooperation in efforts to map out a post-2015 development agenda and address climate change ahead of crucial meetings on these issues this year, officials said.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 13, 2015
Because of U.S. nuclear umbrella, Japan not to support Austrian document seeking atomic weapons ban
Japan does not plan to support a document circulated among U.N. members that calls for a ban on nuclear weapons, after the United States, its security ally and provider of nuclear deterrence, urged it not to, government and diplomatic sources said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 3, 2015
U.S. judge rules Nebraska same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional
A federal judge on Monday ruled Nebraska's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional in a decision that could allow same-sex couples to marry in the state within a week.
EDITORIALS
Feb 28, 2015
Teachers, pupils: no talking online
At least 11 prefectures and three cities have banned middle and high school teachers from all communication with students by email, messaging apps or phone after local boards of education found that 205 teachers instigated obscene acts with students in 2013.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 9, 2015
Next U.N. secretary general
With Ban Ki-moon's second term as U.N. secretary general ending Dec. 31, 2016, there are said to be at least three candidates to replace the South Korean. And former Prime Ministers Helen Clark of New Zealand and Kevin Rudd of Australia are believed to be interested in the world's top diplomatic post.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2014
The humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons
This week a meeting in Vienna reminded the world that as long as nuclear weapons exist, it is irresponsible not to confront the implications of their use. They are not some deadly virus or long-term environmental threat; they are the poisonous fruit of a technology that we created.
WORLD
Sep 24, 2014
United States defends Syria airstrikes in letter to U.N. chief
The United States told the United Nations on Tuesday it led airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria because President Bashar al-Assad's government had failed to wipe out safe havens used by the group to launch attacks on Iraq.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 22, 2014
Abe leaves for U.N. General Assembly, summit talks in N.Y.
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left Monday for a series of U.N. General Assembly meetings and talks with other world leaders as Japan steps up its diplomatic efforts to seek reform of the U.N. Security Council.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 20, 2014
Japan to pledge disaster mitigation help at U.N. climate summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will pledge Japan's further assistance to developing countries in coping with climate change-related natural disasters at this week's United Nations climate summit in New York, a government source said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 20, 2014
Japan-donated bell, Lennon's 'Imagine' mark U.N. peace event
The ringing of a bell donated by Japan and a performance of John Lennon's anti-war anthem "Imagine" resounded at United Nations headquarters Friday at an event for the upcoming International Day of Peace.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Sep 17, 2014
Shigeru Ban, 3/11-born charity to receive Asia Game Changer Awards
Architect Shigeru Ban and a charity created in response to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan are among the first to receive a new award for leadership from the Asia Society, the organization announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 26, 2014
Ebola fight needs $430 million to end outbreak: WHO
More than $430 million will be needed to bring the worst Ebola outbreak on record under control, according to a draft document laying out the World Health Organization's battle strategy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 14, 2014
Israel said to be moving troops to Gaza border as truce expiry nears
Israel moved troops to the Gaza Strip border, Israeli newspapers reported, as the midnight expiry of a three-day truce drew near without word of an extension.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2014
Pritzker-winning architect Ban sticks to disaster areas
Architect Shigeru Ban has formally accepted the 2014 Pritzker Prize with a vow to continue supporting people in stricken areas around the world, saying building designers have a responsibility to people caught up in disasters.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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