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BASKETBALL
Feb 11, 2017
Iran national team prevails in exhibition rematch with Japan
The Iran men's national team bounced back from an 11-point loss in the opener of a two-game exhibition series with Japan, winning 73-68 on Saturday in Sapporo.
BASKETBALL
Feb 10, 2017
Japan storms past Iran in exhibition series opener
The Japan men's national team knocked down 12 3-pointers and forced 19 turnovers en route to an 85-74 victory over Iran in the opener of a two-game exhibition series on Friday night in Sapporo.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 10, 2017
Trump's tough talk on Iran doomed to backfire
Donald Trump's antagonism against Iran will ultimately hamper his ability to confront Islamic State and other jihadis — his No. 1 enemy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2017
White House weighs designating Iran's Revolutionary Guard a terrorist group
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is considering a proposal that could lead to potentially designating Iran's powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a terrorist organization, according to U.S. officials.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2017
Iran 'thanks' Trump, rebuffs U.S. warning on missiles
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Tuesday dismissed the U.S. decision to put Iran "on notice" over its missile tests and called President Donald Trump the "real face" of American corruption.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2017
Iraqi forces wage psychological war using jihadi corpses
The flyblown corpses of Islamic State group militants have been rotting along a main street in north Mosul for two weeks, a health risk for passers-by. Suicide bombers' belts beside the fighters can still explode, killing anyone nearby.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 7, 2017
Key U.S. lawmaker urges more missile defense over North Korea, Iran threat
The United States should invest more in missile defense given missile testing by North Korea and Iran, the chairman of the House of Representatives Armed Services Committee said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 4, 2017
Trump administration tightens Iran sanctions; Tehran hits back with its own restrictions
The Trump administration on Friday imposed sanctions on Iran, calling them "initial steps" and saying Washington would no longer turn a "blind eye" to Iran's hostile actions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 3, 2017
Japan, like other allies, fear next Trump tweet could scuttle post-WWII order
For the first time in decades, America's oldest allies are questioning where Washington's heart is.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 2, 2017
Flynn puts Iran 'on notice' over missile launch as Trump team adopts aggressive posture
The White House put Iran "on notice" on Wednesday for test-firing a ballistic missile and said it was reviewing how to respond, abruptly adopting an aggressive posture toward Tehran that could raise tensions in the region.
Japan Times
BASKETBALL
Jan 31, 2017
JBA names men's squad for February exhibition series against Iran
Star guard Yuki Togashi of the Chiba Jets and twin brothers Kosuke and Joji Takeuchi of the Tochigi Brex and Alvark Tokyo, respectively, headline the 15-man national team roster for an upcoming international exhibition series against Iran, the Japan Basketball Association announced on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 16, 2016
Fall of Aleppo puts Iran on cusp of 'Shiite crescent' of influence
Iran has played a pivotal role in Syrian President Bashar Assad's campaign to crush rebel resistance in Aleppo, and is now close to establishing a "Shiite crescent" of regional influence stretching from the Afghan border to the Mediterranean Sea.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 12, 2016
Iran seals $17 billion deal for 80 Boeing jetliners, closes in on another Airbus order
Iran signed a $16.6 billion deal for 80 Boeing passenger jets on Sunday and was said to be close to another for dozens of Airbus planes to complete what would be the biggest package of firm contracts with Western companies since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2016
Tehran vows 'firm response' unless Obama stops Iran sanctions renewal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Sunday demanded that U.S. President Barack Obama block an extension of sanctions passed by Congress, saying Tehran will otherwise "firmly respond."
WORLD
Nov 29, 2016
Defense officials say Iranian vessel pointed weapon at U.S. helicopter in Persian Gulf
A small Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard vessel pointed its weapon at a U.S. military helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, two U.S. defense officials said Monday, an action they described as "unsafe and unprofessional."
WORLD
Nov 28, 2016
Iranian armed forces chief of staff hints Tehran may seek naval bases in Yemen or Syria
Iran may seek to set up naval bases in Yemen or Syria in the future, the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces said in remarks published Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 10, 2016
Trump presidency puts Iran nuclear deal on shaky ground
Donald Trump's election as president raises the prospect the United States will pull out of the nuclear pact it signed last year with Iran, alienating Washington from its allies and potentially freeing Iran to act on its ambitions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2016
IS leader al-Baghdadi urges Mosul jihadis to fight to the end
Gogjali Iraq
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2016
Documents detail Islamic State guidelines for beards, concubines
After the Islamic State group conquered villages in northern Iraq, it spelled out in minute detail the rules of its self-proclaimed caliphate, from beard length to alms to guidelines for taking women as sex slaves.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2016
Hezbollah ally Aoun likely to become Lebanon president, showing Iran beating Saudis in influence
A veteran Christian leader is set to fill Lebanon's long-vacant presidency under a deal that underlines the ascendancy of the Iranian-backed Hezbollah movement and the diminished role of Saudi Arabia in the country.
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.
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.
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.
Demystifying the manufacturing success of China
China’s massive scale, strong education system and competitive local governance have enabled it to reach the technological frontier and dominate high-tech manufacturing despite its low per capita gross domestic product.
Infectious diseases to watch for in Japan this summer amid surge of cases
An illustration of a colony of the Bordetella pertussis bacterium that causes pertussis, or whooping cough. As of Aug. 10, there were 64,467 cases reported this year, according to the latest data from the Japan Institute for Health Security.
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.
Big burgers and bigger ambitions for Japan's Burger King
Kazuhiro Nomura, president of BK Japan Holdings, which operates Burger King in Japan
Tokyo crowned No.1 'workation' spot
Workations were a burgeoning trend in the corporate world for years before the COVID-19 pandemic turbocharged it.
Atsushi Kitagawara’s exhibition finds poetry in architecture
The inverted cone, one of Atsushi Kitagawara’s six signature elements in architecture, is a key feature of the Nakamura Keith Haring Collection museum building.
Candidates preparing to make final pitches for Sawamura Award
Hawks pitcher Livan Moinelo has a 1.13 ERA in 19 starts this season.

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