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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2019
With John Bolton out, Trump can now go soft on Iran
President Donald Trump's decision to part ways with his national security adviser, John Bolton, was overdetermined. They disagreed on Afghanistan. They differed on North Korea. There was tension between them over Venezuela. They couldn't even agree on whether Bolton quit or was fired.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2019
Tehran says Iranian tanker unloaded cargo on Mediterranean coast; satellite spots it at Syrian port
An Iranian tanker at the center of a dispute between Tehran and Western powers has delivered its cargo after docking somewhere on the Mediterranean coast, Iran's state news agency IRNA quoted a Foreign Ministry spokesman as saying.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 9, 2019
IAEA found uranium traces at Iran 'secret atomic warehouse,' diplomats say
Samples taken by the U.N. nuclear watchdog at what Israel's prime minister called a "secret atomic warehouse" in Tehran showed traces of uranium that Iran has yet to explain, two diplomats who follow the agency's inspections work closely say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 9, 2019
U.S. will slap sanctions on whoever purchases Iran's oil, official says
The United States will continue to impose sanctions on whoever purchases Iran's oil or conducts business with Iran's Revolutionary Guards and no oil waivers will be reissued, a U.S. official told Reuters on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 6, 2019
Thousands of Yemenis rally in Aden in support of UAE
Thousands of Yemenis marched in Aden on Thursday in support of the United Arab Emirates, which assists separatists who seized the southern city from the Saudi-backed government in a power struggle that has opened a new front in Yemen's war.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 3, 2019
Japan won't join U.S.-led maritime coalition but may send MSDF to gulf separately, report claims
Japan will not join a U.S.-led security mission to protect merchant vessels passing through key Middle Eastern waterways, but will consider deploying its naval force independently, the Yomiuri newspaper reported Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 2, 2019
Iran warns EU over nuclear commitments as deadline for further steps looms
Iran said on Monday it would further reduce its commitments under a 2015 nuclear deal if European parties failed to shield Tehran's economy from sanctions reimposed by the United States after Washington quit the accord last year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2019
Trump tweet of failed Iran launch raises worries about disclosure of U.S. surveillance secrets
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday posted on Twitter a photo of what appeared to be the site of a failed Iranian satellite launch, raising questions about whether he had disclosed U.S. surveillance secrets.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2019
Taro Kono says he hopes to reduce Middle East tension in meeting with Iran counterpart
Foreign Minister Taro Kono hopes to make diplomatic efforts to reduce tension in the Middle East, he said on Tuesday, as he began a meeting with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 27, 2019
Trump floats meeting with Iranian leader in echo of his North Korea outreach
U.S. President Donald Trump signaled he's open to making a dramatic shift in U.S. policy toward Iran, extending his most expansive offer yet to meet with President Hassan Rouhani and perhaps to ease restrictions so the Islamic Republic can use some of its oil wealth to access credit.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 26, 2019
Japan and Australia vow to cooperate on Indo-Pacific vision
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Sunday agreed to cooperate to realize Tokyo's vision for a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 26, 2019
How Macron pulled a fast one on Trump with a gamble over Iran
In a break in summit talks Sunday afternoon, cameras caught British Prime Minister Boris Johnson congratulating his French host on his handling of a tense dinner the night before.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 25, 2019
Iranian government jet lands in Biarritz where G7 leaders are meeting
An Iranian government jet landed Sunday in Biarritz, southwestern France, where leaders of the Group of Seven nations are meeting, the flight tracking website flightradar24.com showed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2019
Netanyahu hints at Israeli involvement in Iraq blasts targeting pro-Iran forces
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hinted on Thursday of possible Israeli involvement in attacks against Iranian-linked targets in Iraq.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 22, 2019
On Iran, Japan faces a difficult decision
Tokyo is being pulled in several different directions when considering whether to join a U.S.-led coalition in the Strait of Hormuz.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2019
Iran shows off its first domestically built mobile surface-to-air missile system
Iran displayed what it described as a domestically built long-range, mobile surface-to-air missile system on Thursday, Iranian state media reported.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2019
Trump says other nations will need to fight resurgent Islamic State, and threatens to set prisoners free in their home countries
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that other countries will need to take up the fight against Islamic State militants, citing Russia, Pakistan and Iran as examples.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2019
Greece says it will not help Iranian tanker to reach Syria
Greece will not provide assistance in delivering oil to Syria to an Iranian tanker now sailing eastward through the Mediterranean, Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 21, 2019
Australia's decision to join U.S.-led maritime mission off Iran likely to heighten pressure on Japan
Australia's prime minister announced his country will join the U.S.-led mission to protect shipping in the Strait of Hormuz amid ongoing tensions with Iran, albeit under Australia's operational control.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2019
Iran warns U.S. against targeting supertanker after it departed Gibraltar
Iran warned the U.S. against targeting a supertanker carrying the Middle East country's oil as the vessel departed Gibraltar after being seized last month by U.K. forces and held in the British territory.
Japan to revise romanization rules for first time in 70 years
The Agency for Cultural Affairs is recommending replacing the government’s long-standing Kunrei system with more widely used Hepburn-style spellings.
Women-only communities flourish in China
Chen Yani (right), nicknamed "Keke," eats lunch with friends and guests in a female co-living space she founded called "Keke's Imaginative Space" in Hangzhou, in eastern China's Zhejiang province, on July 14.
JR East cancels luxury train run over crew's boozing
East Japan Railway said Thursday that it will cancel one trip of a luxury overnight sleeper service, which was originally scheduled to depart from Ueno Station in Tokyo on Aug. 30, after crew members were found to have been drinking alcohol on duty.
Man arrested over deadly stabbing of woman in Kobe
Masashi Tanimoto, 35, the suspect in the deadly stabbing a 24-year-old woman, is taken into custody in Kobe on Friday night.
Japanese city proposes two-hour daily limit for smartphone use
The Toyoake Municipal Government in Aichi Prefecture is planning to enact an ordinance to urge all smartphone users in the city to limit screen time to two hours a day outside work or school.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.
As farm minister, Koizumi is held ‘hostage’ by Ishiba
Farm minister Shinjiro Koizumi (center) attends a Lower House session on Aug. 1. Locking Koizumi into the Cabinet is Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s way of turning a potential rival into a team player, according to one expert.
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Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan

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