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EDITORIALS
Jul 12, 2016
A reckoning for Britain and Blair
The reverberations of the decision to invade Iraq may well obscure the lessons of the Chilcot report.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 10, 2016
Thanks to U.S., U.K., Iraq mired in endless war
Looking back now at the Iraq War, what shines through is the sheer arrogance and ignorance of those who brought this calamity down on the Iraqis, who must now live out their lives in misery and terror.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2016
Timid Chilcot report is just a starting point
More admission of past Western mistakes in the Middle East is badly needed.
WORLD
Jul 7, 2016
Criticized for sloppy Iraq reporting, U.K. spy agencies pursue reform
Britain's foreign spy agency concluded within months of the invasion of Iraq that two key intelligence reports it had received about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction were fabricated, a British inquiry disclosed on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 7, 2016
Bush, Howard stand by decision to invade Iraq after U.K. report lacerates Blair
British Prime Minister Tony Blair told U.S. President George W. Bush eight months before the 2003 invasion of Iraq "I will be with you, whatever," and relied on flawed intelligence and legal advice to go to war, a seven-year inquiry concluded on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 3, 2016
Cracks begin to open up inside Islamic State's shrinking caliphate
It was barely more than a squiggle, but the mark of a single letter sprayed overnight on a wall in the heart of Islamic State's self-proclaimed caliphate was a daring act of dissent.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 23, 2016
Gains against Islamic State not yet enough, could backfire: U.S. officials
President Barack Obama and some administration officials have hailed recent military gains against the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria, but other U.S. officials and outside experts warn that the U.S.-backed air and ground campaign is far from eradicating the radical Islamic group, and could even...
WORLD
Jun 12, 2016
Thousands flee Islamic State-held Fallujah using first safe exit route secured by Iraqi Army
The Iraqi Army said Sunday it has secured the first safe exit route for civilians to leave Islamic State's besieged stronghold of Fallujah, and a Norwegian aid group said thousands of people have already used it to flee on the first day it was open.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2016
While the U.S. looks away, Iran fills a void in Iraq
Without committing far more U.S. troops and resources, there is little Washington can do little to counter Iranian power in Iraq.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 27, 2016
Few families fleeing Fallujah report starvation as civilian casualties surge amid siege
Civilians who managed to flee besieged Fallujah have reported cases of starvation in the Iraqi city that government forces are trying to recapture from Islamic State militants, the Norwegian Refugee Council said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 13, 2016
Islamic State suicide bombers kill at least 17 Iraqi soldiers near Ramadi
Islamic State insurgents killed at least 17 Iraqi soldiers with suicide truck bombs on Thursday in a major attack on government forces that recaptured the western city of Ramadi in December, military officials said.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2016
Endless corruption is leaving Iraq a failed state
The entire pseudo-democratic system bequeathed to Iraq by the U.S. invasion is on the brink of collapse.
EDITORIALS
May 4, 2016
Chaos reigns supreme in Baghdad
Iraq's future is in Iraqi hands, but the politicians of that troubled country must put national interests before the lining of their pockets.
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2016
Islamic State eradicating religious minorities
The slaughter of Middle Eastern Christians and other persecuted faiths is one of the great tragedies of our age.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2016
Helmet-cam footage shows Islamic State soldiers in battlefield chaos
Islamic State may exult in online portrayals of jihadis sweeping victoriously across Iraqi battlefields, but a camera recovered from the helmet of a dead fighter offers a contrasting picture of chaos and panic in a battle with Kurdish peshmerga.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 26, 2016
Obama sends more Special Forces to Syria in fight against Islamic State group
President Barack Obama announced Monday the biggest expansion of U.S. ground troops in Syria since its civil war began, but the move was unlikely to mollify Arab allies angry over Washington's cautious approach to the conflict.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2016
U.S.-led offensives drive Islamic State militants back, but worries about what's next persist
As U.S.-led offensives drive back the Islamic State group in Iraq, concern is growing among U.S. and U.N. officials that efforts to stabilize liberated areas are lagging, creating conditions that could help the militants endure as an underground network.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 2, 2016
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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2016
Iraqi Christians fear extinction in wake of Islamic State onslaught
Iraqi Christians gathered in Baghdad over the weekend to mark Easter, but celebrations were tempered by fears the Islamic State group would eradicate their shrinking community, even as the army launched a U.S.-backed offensive to retake Mosul, their ancestral homeland.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2016
Bush and Blair should be tried for war crimes
If the tenets of the Nuremberg principles and the Geneva Conventions were applied, both George W. Bush and Tony Blair would most likely be convicted for their roles in the Iraq War.
Tokyo court fines Amazon Japan ¥35 million over counterfeit products
Takahiro Fujii (center), the president of Try and E, and his lawyers speak during a news conference on Friday in Tokyo after a ruling was handed down in a case against Amazon Japan.
Naked man’s rampage in Saitama linked to one fatality and 10 injured
Police believe Daisuke Nishimura may have been involved in roughly 20 incidents in the 90 minutes leading up to his arrest, including a fatal hit-and-run and multiple assaults.
Japan set to fine cyclists on the spot for rule violations from 2026
Under new rules, those who use smartphones while riding a bicycle would be subject to the maximum fine of ¥12,000.
Japan brings forward deadline for electronic travel authorization system
Japan is planning to implement by March 2029 a new online screening system in which foreign visitors who don’t need a visa apply for a certification before entering the country.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Amid uncertain tariffs, is now the time to buy a new iPhone?
An Apple store in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward in September. Prices for the newest iPhone models start at around ¥100,000 ($700) in Japan.
Built in a flash, Osaka Expo pavilions wrestle with sustainability
Kengo Kuma & Associates oversaw the construction of the Malaysia pavilion, which is encased in interwoven rows of bamboo that appear to ripple.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.

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