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CAMBODIA 3

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 17, 2015
Michelle Obama arriving in Tokyo on Wednesday
A visit to a Buddhist temple and Shinto shrine in Kyoto and a meeting with students in Siem Reap will feature in U.S. first lady Michelle Obama's five-day tour this week to Japan and Cambodia, the White House said.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 16, 2015
Abe pledges ¥19 billion in loans to Cambodia to expand major highway
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promised ¥19.2 billion in low-interest loans to Cambodia to improve a major highway.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Feb 7, 2015
Woman shot in hip during Cambodian purse-snatching attempt
A Japanese woman traveling in Cambodia was injured by a gunshot Friday in Phnom Penh after drive-by robbers attempted to take her purse, a police officer said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 22, 2015
Social media pressure Cambodian leaders
The CCTV footage is blurry but graphic. A gunman stands over a cringing victim, firing bullet after bullet into his body until the Phnom Penh street is spattered with blood.
BUSINESS
Jan 14, 2015
Japan inks aviation accord with Cambodia
Japan signed a bilateral aviation agreement with Cambodia on Wednesday that will allow airlines to operate regular direct flights between the two countries, a Cambodian government official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 14, 2015
Japan-funded bridges appear on new Cambodian money
Prime Minister Hun Sen said Wednesday that Cambodia has issued new 500 riel bank notes (about ¥14) bearing images of two bridges donated by Japan.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2014
Japan injects additional $1.4 million into Khmer Rouge tribunal
Japan on Monday injected nearly $1.4 million in additional fund assistance to support the Khmer Rouge tribunal in Cambodia, according to the Japanese Embassy in Phnom Penh.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 3, 2014
Japanese Catholic priest helps hundreds of Cambodians get an education
Increasing numbers of Cambodian children are getting an education thanks to the efforts of a Japanese Catholic priest.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 13, 2014
Government honors educator at school in Cambodia that teaches Japanese
Kong Vorn, a former journalist who survived the Khmer Rouge killing fields and later emigrated to Japan, runs the only school in Cambodia that provides Japanese language classes at the junior high and high school level.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 13, 2014
Record bust in Cambodia signals Thai dollar counterfeiting boom
Brig. Gen. Sar Theth is the police chief of Battambang, a languid riverside town in western Cambodia. You could also call him the seven million dollar man.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 21, 2014
Thai junta hounds opposition across borders
Even as the Thai junta claims to promote democracy despite having overthrown the previous elected government, its representatives hound anti-coup groups in Thai neighborhoods across borders.
JAPAN
Aug 17, 2014
Comedian Neko wins Cambodia's first modern marathon
Japan-born comedian Hiroshi Neko won Cambodia's first international marathon in front of the Angkor Wat temple complex in Siem Reap province on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Aug 13, 2014
Convictions, not justice, in Cambodia
A show trial of former Khmer Rouge members may offer some fleeting relief in Cambodia, but the crimes committed there some four decades ago demand more.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 29, 2014
Aeon Mall pulls Cambodia into retail modernity
Cambodians are flocking to a giant Japanese shopping mall in Phnom Penh, the first of its kind in the country, even before it has been completed or officially inaugurated.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Jun 29, 2014
British School runners hit historic Nakasendo trade trail
A team of students, staff and parents sets out to run the Nakasendo, the ancient route linking Kyoto and Tokyo, to raise money to build a school in Cambodia.
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2014
Man arrested for pocketing salaries of illegal Cambodian trainees
Police said Thursday they have arrested a man on suspicion of pocketing around ¥5 million from the salaries of Cambodians working illegally in Japan as trainees.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 15, 2013
Japan, Cambodia upgrade ties to "strategic partnership"
Japan and Cambodia agreed Sunday to advance defense cooperation between and upgrade bilateral relations to a "strategic partnership."
JAPAN / CHARITY DRIVE 2013
Dec 5, 2013
Father's mission: helping schoolkids in Cambodia
Between 1981 and 1994, Father Fumio Goto fostered 14 Cambodian child refugees, and since 1995 has built 17 schools in the country. Now, at 84, his passion to support Cambodia's disadvantaged children shows no sign of waning.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 17, 2013
Abe discusses aid, security in Laos
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Laotian Prime Minister Thongsing Thammavong agreed Sunday during their summit to seek the launch of a security dialogue framework.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Aug 27, 2013
Cambodia investment scams rising
The National Consumer Affairs Center of Japan and related bodies are warning of a rise in fraudulent investment schemes involving real estate in Cambodia, where economic growth is boosting foreign investment.
Number of homeless in Japan hits record low
Homeless people sleep on the street in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward in August 2021.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
JAL cancels international flight after captain gets drunk at Dallas hotel
A Japan Airlines' flight from Dallas to Tokyo was canceled last week after its captain got drunk at a local hotel.
In Japan, regional revitalization fails to halt population decline
Sakiyama elementary school in Tamba, Hyogo Prefecture, in March .Over the past decade, the government has directed efforts toward policies designed to give young people incentives to base themselves in rural areas.
Putin’s war will soon reach Russians’ tax bills
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in St. Petersburg on Friday.
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.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
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.
Kyotographie's strong 12th edition shines light into the margins
Yassine Alaoui Ismaili, who goes by Yoriyas, turned to photography, shooting motion while in motion himself, after an injury forced him to give up his career as a professional breakdancer.

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