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CUBA

BUSINESS
Feb 14, 2015
U.S. to let Cubans sell goods, services
The United States on Friday eased restrictions on imports of goods and services from private Cuban entrepreneurs as part of Washington's rapprochement with Havana after more than half a century of enmity.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 24, 2015
Senior U.S. diplomat ruffles Cuba by meeting dissidents
A senior U.S. diplomat in Cuba for negotiations on restoring long-frozen diplomatic relations met a group of dissidents on Friday, seeking to underline Washington's concern over human rights but irritating the island's communist government.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 18, 2015
New York Gov. Cuomo to lead trade mission to Cuba
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo will lead one of the first trade missions to Cuba from the United States since the Obama administration loosened travel and trade restrictions on the communist-ruled Caribbean island, his office confirmed Saturday.
WORLD
Jan 12, 2015
Cuba has reportedly freed all 53 prisoners as agreed in U.S. deal
Cuba has released all 53 prisoners it had promised to free, senior U.S. officials said, a major step toward detente with Washington.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2015
Cuba frees two more political prisoners, dissidents say
Cuba freed two more inmates, dissidents said on Thursday, as Havana began to release 53 people the United States considers political prisoners, as part of an agreement between the two nations aimed at ending decades of hostility.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 31, 2014
Cuban open mic protest thwarted after dissidents detained
Cuban police detained several dissidents on Tuesday and thwarted an unauthorized political protest, dissidents said, in the first major test of U.S. President Barack Obama's policy shift toward normalizing relations with the communist-ruled island.
WORLD
Dec 24, 2014
U.S. to pay $3.2 million to contractor freed from Cuba prison
Alan Gross, the contractor freed last week after five years in a Cuban jail will receive $3.2 million from the U.S. government as part of a settlement with his employer, the U.S. Agency for International Development announced on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2014
Obama, executive in charge
U.S. executive power waxed under the presidency of George W. Bush then waned during the first five years of the Obama administration. Now the subject is back, on issues such as the war against Islamic State, immigration reform and diplomatic relations with Cuba.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 21, 2014
Why the U.S.-Cuba talks had to be kept secret
When reporters needled her for details of delicate Israeli-Syrian talks 15 years ago, U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright replied: "Sometimes talks, like mushrooms, do better in the dark."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 20, 2014
Cuba's Raul Castro sees support surge as he steps out of brother's shadow, brings historic changes
Stepping out of his legendary brother's shadow, President Raul Castro has scored a diplomatic triumph and a surge in popular support with the deal that ends decades of open hostility with the United States.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2014
Obama's surprise for Latin America
Perhaps most remarkable about the Cuba-U.S. agreement to re-establish diplomatic relations is that Latin American leaders were caught napping by the most significant Latin American moment in the last half-century.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 19, 2014
With Cuba decision, Obama hands Hillary Clinton a gift
Potential 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton knows a political gift when she sees one.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2014
Obama has power to further weaken Cuba sanctions
President Barack Obama has the power to further weaken U.S. sanctions against the Communist-run island nation beyond the normalization of relations with Havana that he announced on Wednesday, experts said.
WORLD
Dec 18, 2014
Cuba detente a smokin' deal? Close, but no cigar
American cigar smokers anxiously flicked their lacquered lighters this morning when news broke that President Barack Obama would be easing the decades-old restrictions on Cuban travel and goods. Since 1962, Cuba's legendary cigars have been banned from the shelves of American tobacconists and many travelers...
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 18, 2014
Cuban intelligence agents back in Cuba in U.S. exchange: Castro
Three Cuban intelligence agents who had served 16 years in U.S. jails returned to Cuba on Wednesday as part of a prisoner exchange in which Havana freed an American foreign aid worker, President Raul Castro said.
WORLD
Dec 18, 2014
Spy freed by Cuba ID'd key Cuban agents in U.S. government: top intel chief
A Cuban national freed from prison by the Cuban government provided "critical assistance" to United States agencies in exposing Cuban agents who had infiltrated the U.S. government, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence's office said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 18, 2014
Dramatic U.S. shift: Obama moves to normalize relations with Havana, end Cuba's isolation
Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations in a surprising move Wednesday by the Obama administration that will loosen a trade and travel embargo that is among the last remnants of Cold War policy.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2014
Stung by sanctions scandal, Cuba defends North Korea at U.N.
Cuba, which was involved in a violation of U.N. sanctions against North Korea last year, has come to the aid of Pyongyang to defend it against a Western-led push to bring its alleged human rights abuses to The Hague, envoys said Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2014
Cuban doctors, nurses head to West Africa to help in Ebola fight
Cuban President Raul Castro has dispatched the first group of 165 Cuban doctors and nurses to West Africa to help combat an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, official media reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 4, 2014
U.S. denies it created Twitter-like service in Cuba to foment unrest
The U.S. government created a service similar to Twitter in Cuba in a "discreet" operation intended to promote democracy on the communist-ruled island, officials said Thursday, but denied that the $1.2 million effort was aimed at fomenting unrest.
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A Uniqlo store in New York. In recent years, Uniqlo’s affordable, well-made basic clothes have struck a chord, especially with younger American shoppers, fueling a rapid business expansion.
Japan's fractured politics could ensnarl Takaichi's economic plans
Sanae Takaichi, the newly elected leader of Japan's ruling party, the Liberal Democratic Party, attends a news conference after the LDP presidential election in Tokyo on Oct. 4.
Sho-time as dazzling Ohtani powers Dodgers into World Series with historic performance
Shohei Ohtani hits a solo home run against the Milwaukee Brewers in the fourth inning of Game 4 of the National League Championship Series at Dodger Stadium on Friday.
LDP and Nippon Ishin no Kai to form coalition government, report says
The ruling Liberal Democratic Party and Nippon Ishin no Kai have agreed to form a coalition, paving the way for the country's first female prime minister, Kyodo reports.
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Tokyo's Jimbocho neighborhood is a haven for book lovers, its rows of secondhand bookstores spilling over with printed materials.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
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New film explores how Japan and the U.S. found common ground through baseball
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As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
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