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IS TERRORISM

Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 14, 2021
The Afghan military was built over 20 years. How did it collapse so quickly?
The Taliban's advance has made clear that U.S. efforts to turn the country's military into a robust fighting force have failed, with its soldiers feeling abandoned by inept leaders.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2021
The world told Afghan women it had their backs — it doesn’t
More women and children were killed and wounded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in the first six months of any year since records began in 2009.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 11, 2021
Painting transformed by 9/11 attacks displayed at memorial museum
A Japanese artist's painting transformed by the Sept. 11 terror attacks in 2001 has been displayed at a memorial museum built at ground zero in New York.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2021
Biden’s Afghan blunder
Joe Biden's approach entails effectively admitting that a terrorist militia has defeated the world's most powerful military, and then handing Afghanistan back to that militia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 9, 2021
Taliban resurgence raises terrorism fears from Moscow to Beijing
The Taliban have dramatically expanded their hold on Afghan territory in recent months, leaving the U.S.-backed government in control of little more than 20% of the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 7, 2021
After Afghanistan falls, what next?
Afghanistan's neighbors — Pakistan, Iran, China, India and the Central Asian countries — are wondering just how much it will cost them to maintain security after the United States is gone.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2021
Era ends and uncertainty looms after U.S. forces leave main Afghanistan base
U.S. troops pulled out of their main military base in Afghanistan on Friday, leaving behind a piece of the World Trade Center they buried 20 years ago in a country that could descend into civil war without them.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 9, 2021
Pakistan’s Taliban monster
And next, he would slyly add, historians would state that the ISI, with the help of America, defeated America.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2021
Taliban look to grab power as U.S. departs Afghanistan, U.N. warns
Taliban militants are gathering across Afghanistan in preparation for a possible takeover of the country by force as U.S. and NATO troops exit over the next few months, the United Nations has warned.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 19, 2021
Israel faces greater dangers than Hamas
The mob violence between Jews and Arabs should not be underestimated: It represents a watershed in the history of Israel.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 17, 2021
After years of quiet, Israeli-Palestinian conflict exploded. Why now?
A little-noticed police action in Jerusalem last month was one of several incidents that led to the current crisis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 15, 2021
New Zealand PM vows to fight hate and study social media algorithms
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday that world leaders and tech firms looking to stamp out violent extremism online would need to focus efforts on understanding social media algorithms that drive content.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 21, 2021
Chad leader Idriss Deby, a key Western ally, killed in battle
Deby visited troops on the front line Monday after rebels based across the northern frontier in Libya advanced hundreds of kilometers south toward the capital, N'Djamena.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2021
With Afghanistan withdrawal, Biden focuses on the big picture
By eliminating a distraction for U.S. decision-makers and ending the drain on their resources, it allows the U.S. to better address real dangers it faces. For many, that is China.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2021
Belfast petrol bombs are a Brussels problem, too
The clashes followed a decision by authorities not to prosecute 24 Sinn Fein politicians who last year attended a funeral for an IRA man, in defiance of COVID-19 restrictions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2021
Smaller armies and better defenses in a new world
Concern has been raised that the United Kingdom is once again reducing the size of its armed forces. A chorus of complaints has come from retired generals, from defense experts and from politicians, all bemoaning the planned reduction in military manpower and in tanks and other equipment, as well as in warships.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 14, 2021
Biden offers false hope to sell his Afghanistan surrender
The Taliban announced it will not participate in peace talks in Turkey. That means the U.S. will be leaving Afghanistan's government to fend for itself in the midst of a civil war.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 28, 2021
Suspected suicide bombing at Indonesian church wounds 14 people
Two suspected suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a Catholic church in the Indonesian city of Makassar on Sunday, wounding 14 people on the first day of the Easter Holy Week, the country's national police said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 21, 2021
Philippine troops kill Abu Sayyaf leader and rescue Indonesian hostages
Majan Sahidjuan, alias Apo Mike, was severely wounded in a gunbattle with the marines on Saturday night in Languyan town in southern Tawi-Tawi province, and later died.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2021
The Guantanamo nightmare has to end
U.S. President Joe Biden's avowed intention to close the Guantanamo detention camp offers hope to end an embarrassing episode in the most recent history of the United States.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Three men rearrested over brokering of overseas prostitution
A woman speaks of her experience of being sent to Macau by an overseas prostitution broker during an interview in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 8.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Money stolen via online transfers up fivefold in Tokyo
Special fraud cases in Tokyo in which stolen money was sent via online banking services grew some fivefold from the previous year in 2023.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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