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FRANCE

WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 22, 2015
Despite modernization drive, Indian Air Force faces humiliation
The Indian Air Force risks a major capability gap opening up with China and Pakistan without new Western warplanes or if local defense contractors cannot produce what the military needs in a timely manner.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 21, 2015
Japan, France to hold security talks in mid-March
Tokyo and Paris are making final arrangements to hold a meeting of their foreign and defense ministers in Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2015
Volunteers bled and led U.S. entry into World War I
Missing from chapters on World War I in most U.S. textbooks is the name of Edward Mandell Stone, a 27-year-old Harvard graduate from Chicago who made history with his death as a machine gunner in France 100 years ago this month.
WORLD
Feb 18, 2015
British warship monitors Russian naval vessel through Channel
A British warship shadowed a Russian frigate through the English Channel on Tuesday, taking over monitoring from French surveillance on the frigate's voyage northward.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 17, 2015
Prostitutes in Strauss-Kahn sex trial withdraw damages claim
Lawyers for the four prostitutes who participated in sex parties organized for Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Monday they were giving up their claim of damages, saying it would be too hard to prove the pimping charge against the former IMF head.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 17, 2015
Danish Jews' affection for their country runs deep
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's calls for Jews to move to Israel after attacks in Paris and Copenhagen may strike a chord with thousands of French Jews, but it will likely fall on deaf ears in Denmark.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 12, 2015
Ceasefire agreed on for eastern Ukraine
The leaders of Germany, France, Russia and Ukraine have agreed on a deal to end fighting in eastern Ukraine, participants at the summit talks said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 12, 2015
Widow of Paris gunman reportedly in Islamic State territory
A magazine run by the Islamic State militant organization has published an interview with the French widow of a Paris hostage taker, its first official claim that Hayat Boumeddiene is in their territory, which spans parts of Syria and Iraq.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 10, 2015
Former IMF head Strauss-Kahn testifies in French sex trial
Feminist activists threw themselves on Dominique Strauss-Kahn's car in protest Tuesday as the ex-IMF chief, once tipped to become French president, arrived at court to testify over his alleged role in sex parties with prostitutes.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2015
France says results of trials in Guinea of anti-Ebola drug encouraging
France said on Wednesday the first trials of a drug to treat Ebola in Guinea had been encouraging and appeared to accelerate the recovery process of patients, President Francois Hollande's office said in a statement.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Jan 26, 2015
Japan's media grapple with free speech, faith and immigration after Charlie Hebdo attack
What does the Japanese media have to say about the recent events in France? The weeklies have got something for everyone.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2015
After leader quits, number of protesters at German anti-Islam rally falls
The number of anti-Islam protesters who turned out for a rally in the east German city of Dresden on Sunday shrank from a record two weeks ago when turnout was likely boosted by the Islamist militant attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Jan 18, 2015
Paris killings leave France troubled by 30 years of failure with immigrants
Latifa Ibn Ziaten knows a thing or two about terrorism.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2015
EU security agencies face uphill battle in quest for broader access to communications
From allowing spies greater access to communications and extending phone taps to collating databases of air passengers, European governments are looking to expand the powers of their security agencies after this month's Paris attacks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2015
Authorities probe Paris attackers' prison ties to charismatic Islamist
The French investigation into this month's Paris shootings is exploring the possible role of Djamel Beghal, an Islamist suspected of first bringing the gunmen together and putting them on the path from impressionable youths to cold-blooded killers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 16, 2015
Japan’s Muslims dismayed by latest Charlie cover but united against violence
Japan's Muslim community speaks out on magazine Charlie Hebdo's defiant decision to place a Prophet Muhammad cartoon on the cover of its latest issue after last week's massacre.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Japanese retailers turn to California rice for cheaper alternative
U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass eats California rice at the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo on Tuesday along with Mitsuko Tsuchiya, vice president of retailer Aeon.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Two crew feared dead after ASDF training jet crashes in Aichi
Self-Defense Forces personnel collect apparent parts of an Air Self-Defense Force T-4 training jet from a reservoir in Inuyama, Aichi Prefeture, on Thursday. The jet crashed shortly after takeoff a day earlier.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.
Harmfully hot days for pregnant women in Japan nearly doubled over past five years
New research by a U.S. climate scientists’ group reveals that extreme heat has increased the risks of preterm births and other pregnancy complications in Japan, nearly doubling the number of days that are harmfully hot for pregnant women over the past five years.
Sumo title contenders already emerging in early stages of Tokyo meet
Onosato (left) battles Abi on Day 3 of the Summer Basho in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japanese automakers looking at a ¥1 trillion hit from Trump tariffs 
Cars on display at Nissan's headquarters in Yokohama on Tuesday. The automaker posted a massive annual net loss and confirmed that it plans to cut thousands of jobs worldwide.
Tokyo Stock Exchange wants stocks to be affordable for the average investor
The Tokyo Stock Exchange building in Nihonbashi. The exchange wants companies to lower the entry cost of investing in their shares.

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