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CHILE

Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 28, 2017
Prince Akishino and Princess Kiko celebrate 120 years of ties with Chile
Prince Akishino and his wife, Princess Kiko, attended a ceremony on Wednesday in Chile commemorating the 120th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2017
Prince Akishino, Princess Kiko leave for 10-day trip to Chile
Prince Akishino and his wife, Princess Kiko, left for a 10-day trip to Chile on Monday to deepen international friendship on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties with Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 22, 2017
Chile court OKs new law allowing abortions on limited basis, nixing appeal against lifting ban
A Chilean court on Monday ruled that a law legalizing abortion in certain cases is constitutional, a win for President Michelle Bachelet's center-left coalition and for groups that have campaigned for years against the country's strict ban.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jun 3, 2017
Chilean wine a hit among Japan's working women
Japan's swelling ranks of working women have grape growers 10,000 miles away cheering.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 5, 2017
Lion cubs born in Chile after world's first reverse vasectomy
Two baby lion cubs were presented to the public at a zoo in Chile on Thursday, born after a pioneering veterinary procedure that involved a reversed vasectomy of their father.
BUSINESS
Mar 16, 2017
11 partners affirm TPP's significance as talks host Chile hints at China invite
Ministers of Japan and 10 other Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement members on Wednesday confirmed the significance of the deal, while expressing concern about rising protectionism around the world.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2017
China says Pacific trade meeting with Chile not about TPP
China said Monday that a meeting in Chile to discuss a possible regional Pacific trade deal is not strictly about the languishing Trans-Pacific Partnership, as China tries to distance itself from one-time U.S.-led trade pact.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 17, 2017
Chile promises Japan full cooperation in case of woman believed murdered
Chile promised Japan it will cooperate fully in the handover of a Chilean man sought by French authorities in connection with the disappearance and suspected murder of a Japanese woman in France.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 11, 2017
Giant Chile telescope to hunt for habitable planets in Alpha Centauri
The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile will be modified in order to allow it to search more effectively for potentially habitable planets in Alpha Centauri, the nearest star system to Earth.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 5, 2017
Chilean man wanted over murder of Japanese woman in France named
French daily Le Parisien on Thursday named a Chilean man being sought by French authorities for the suspected murder of a missing 21-year-old Japanese woman as Nicolas Zepeda Contreras.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 5, 2016
World's smallest deer makes debut at Saitama zoo
Four pudus, the world’s smallest species of deer, made their debut Sunday at Saitama Children's Zoo in a first for Japan.
WORLD
Nov 21, 2016
Damage minimal after strong quake hits near Argentina, Chile border
A strong quake hit western Argentina, shaking buildings as far away as Santiago, the capital of neighboring Chile, though there were no preliminary reports of damage to people, infrastructure or basic services.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 28, 2016
Chile seeks help to protect world's oldest mummies
Chilean researchers are seeking conservation aid to protect a collection of mummified human remains found in northern Chile, the oldest mummies discovered in the world to date.
WORLD
Sep 14, 2016
Ad thanking Chile's military during dictatorship causes stir
A two-page newspaper advertisement in Chile commemorating members of the armed forces killed during the military dictatorship from 1973 to 1990 is causing a stir in a country still divided by its history.
WORLD
Feb 10, 2016
M6.4 temblor strikes off Chilean coast, USGS reports
A magnitude-6.4 earthquake struck off the coast of central Chile on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 28, 2016
Chile overtook France as top wine exporter to Japan in 2015
Chile has supplanted longtime No. 1 France as the top exporter of wine to Japan in 2015, Finance Ministry data shows.
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2015
Japan, five TPP partners agree to review terms after seven years
Japan has agreed with five of the 12 nations involved in the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade initiative to launch talks, if requested, on their terms of agreement seven years after the pact's ratification, sources said Wednesday.
WORLD
Oct 16, 2015
Belgian tourist dies after falling into Chilean geyser
A Belgian woman who suffered burns on 80 percent of her body after falling into a boiling hot geyser last week in northern Chile died on Thursday, the Santiago hospital where she was receiving treatment said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2015
Tsunami of 80 cm strikes Japan after Chile quake; alert lifted
Small tsunami up to 80 cm high struck Japan early Friday morning, a day after a powerful earthquake off the coast of central Chile, the Meteorological Agency said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 18, 2015
Chile starts cleanup operation in wake of strong earthquake
Residents sifted through the rubble of destroyed buildings in central Chile on Thursday after a magnitude-8.3 earthquake killed 12 people and sent powerful waves barreling into coastal areas, forcing more than 1 million people to flee from their homes.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'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.
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.
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.
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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