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Japan Times
WORLD
May 19, 2015
Battle of Anbar looms as 3,000 Shiite fighters prepare to help retake Ramadi from Islamic State
A column of 3,000 Shiite militia fighters arrived at a military base near Ramadi on Monday as Baghdad moved to retake the western Iraqi city that fell to Islamic State militants over the weekend in the biggest defeat for the government since mid-2014.
WORLD
May 17, 2015
Raid on Islamic State group illustrates reach, limits of U.S. power
President Barack Obama's order for U.S. commandos to target an Islamic State commander in Syria was part of an evolving strategy to disrupt the militant group, which has proven resilient to airstrikes intended to break its grip on parts of the Middle East.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2015
Marine general Obama's pick to become next top U.S. military officer
President Barack Obama on Tuesday will nominate Marine Gen. Joseph Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. officials said on Monday, in a widely expected pick likely to win swift Senate confirmation.
WORLD
Apr 17, 2015
Iran general's Iraq battlefield clout unsettling: Abadi
Iraq's prime minister said on Thursday that he welcomed Iranian assistance in Iraq's battle against Islamic State but suggested unease with the prominence of a top Iranian general, who has been widely seen in photos from Iraq's battlefields.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2015
Security forces battle Islamic State inside Iraq's largest refinery; militants hit Ramadi again
Islamic State militants clashed with security forces inside Iraq's largest refinery on Thursday and held on to recent gains in the west of the country, as Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said the extremist group remained "very, very dangerous."
WORLD
Apr 16, 2015
Abadi slams Saudi airstrikes, warns Yemen strife could spark regional war
Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi said on Wednesday the fighting in Yemen could engulf the region in war, and suggested after talks in Washington that U.S. leaders shared his concerns and "want to stop this conflict as soon as possible."
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2015
Iraqi leader to seek arms with deferred payment on U.S. visit
Iraq's prime minister will seek President Barack Obama's help to acquire billions of dollars in drones and other U.S. arms to fight the Islamic State group during a U.S. visit this week, a senior Iraqi official said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2015
IS victims' mass graves being exhumed in Iraq
Iraqi forensic teams began on Monday excavating 12 suspected mass grave sites thought to hold the corpses of as many as 1,700 soldiers massacred last summer by Islamic State militants as they swept across northern Iraq.
WORLD
Apr 4, 2015
Iraqi prime minister orders arrest of gangs looting in Tikrit
Sunni politicians said looting raged out of control in Tikrit on Friday, hours after Iraq's prime minister called on security forces to arrest anyone breaking the law after the city had been wrested back from Islamic State militants.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2015
U.S.-led coalition said planning to carry out Tikrit airstrikes
The U.S.-led coalition is planning to carry out airstrikes in support of Iraqi operations against Islamic State in the city of Tikrit, a U.S. official said on Wednesday, confirming comments by Iraq's president in an interview with Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2015
Iraq request for U.S.-led Tikrit airstrikes "imminent": diplomat
Iraq's request to the U.S.-led coalition for airstrikes in the campaign to retake Tikrit from Islamic State insurgents is "imminent," a senior diplomat from a Western nation that is part of the coalition said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2015
Attacks on Islamic State militants highlight bubbling anger with group
Almost two years since Islamic State militants started taking territory to form their so-called caliphate, residents of a Syrian town are showing how people are now fighting back.
WORLD
Mar 22, 2015
Nine British medical students believed to have traveled to Syria
Nine British medical students have traveled to Syria, apparently to work in hospitals controlled by Islamic State, Britain's Observer newspaper reported Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2015
Islamic State urges backers to kill U.S. military personnel after posting names, addresses, photos online
The Islamic State group has posted online what it says are the names, U.S. addresses and photos of 100 American military service members, and called upon its "brothers residing in America" to kill them.
WORLD
Mar 18, 2015
U.S. Air Force veteran accused of trying to assist Islamic State
A U.S. Air Force veteran has been charged with trying to provide support for the Islamic State militant group, U.S. prosecutors said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 17, 2015
Balance of power tips toward Iran
With Iraq essentially neutralized, Iran is set to become the dominant power in the gulf region.
WORLD
Mar 13, 2015
Islamic State leader accepts allegiance of Nigeria's Boko Haram
The leader of the Islamic State militant group that controls parts of Syria and Iraq has accepted a pledge of allegiance from Nigerian Islamists Boko Haram, his spokesman said in an audio message transmitted on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2015
Iraq calls for air power to protect antiquities
Iraq urged a U.S.-led military coalition on Sunday to use air power to protect the country's antiquities from Islamic State fighters looting and destroying some of the world's greatest archaeological treasures.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 7, 2015
Future of Syria's Nusra Front in doubt after commander killed
Al-Qaida's Syrian branch was left reeling Friday after its military chief was killed in an apparent army airstrike, adding to confusion over the future path of the most powerful group opposing both President Bashar Assad and the Islamic State group.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 6, 2015
Islamic State torches oil field near Tikrit as militia advance
Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells northeast of the city of Tikrit to obstruct an assault by Shiite militiamen and Iraqi soldiers trying to drive them from the Sunni Muslim city and surrounding towns, a witness said.
Inside Tokyo's 'phantom' stations — and the stories they tell
Mamoru Iwai, stationmaster of Keisei Ueno Station, says that, other than earthquake-proofing, the former Hakubutsukan-Dobutsuen (Museum-Zoo) Station has remained untouched.
At first summit with Trump, Takaichi pledges 'new golden age' for alliance
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi raises her fist as U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech in front of U.S. Navy personnel on board the U.S. Navy's USS George Washington aircraft carrier at the American naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
Abe shooting suspect Yamagami pleads guilty to murder
Members of the media gather outside the Nara District Court in the city of Nara on Tuesday hours before the start of the trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, the man accused of fatally shooting former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in July 2022.
Takaichi buys time and builds trust with ‘near-perfect’ Trump summit
U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi aboard the USS George Washington aircraft carrier during a visit to the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Tuesday.
JPYC, world’s first yen stablecoin, is issued
Noritaka Okabe, head of Japanese startup JPYC, at a news conference for the first yen stablecoin in Tokyo on Monday
Oasis returns to Tokyo: Rain, rapture and rock
Fans wait to get into the Oasis show at Tokyo Dome on Saturday. While lining up in the rain, some broke into impromptu versions of the British rock group's hits.
Kyushu banzuke sets the stage to cement 2025’s sumo narratives
Onosato ahead of his bout against Aonishiki at The Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Oct. 18
Tokyo Film Festival opens with global stars and a spotlight on Asian storytelling
Director Junji Sakamoto (left) walked the Tokyo International Film Festival red carpet with Sayuri Yoshinaga (center) and Non (right), who both play mountaineer Junko Tabei, the first woman to summit Mount Everest, in the biopic "Climbing for Life."
Spanish artist and Japanese writer duos diversify the manga talent pool in Japan
"Menheim” is a dark fantasy manga with a story that centers on a girl’s quest to find a cure for her ill brother.
Japan’s youth are apathetic toward the climate crisis. Could anime change that?
“Future Kid Takara,” a series of anime shorts to be aired on NHK Educational TV in November, attempts to educate children about climate change.

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