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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 11, 2017
Italy arrests siblings for hacking into emails of ECB's Draghi, former Italy PM Renzi
Italian police arrested two siblings on Tuesday for hacking the emails of European Central Bank President Mario Draghi, former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and thousands of others.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 9, 2017
Founder of Italy's 5-Star proposes divorce with anti-EU party in European Parliament
Italy's maverick 5-Star Movement should cut ties with the anti-European Union U.K. Independence Party (UKIP) and consider hooking up with the Liberals in the European Parliament, 5-Star founder Beppe Grillo said on Sunday.
EDITORIALS
Dec 6, 2016
Europe shaken by Italian vote
Matteo Renzi's decision to resign ushers in a political and economic crisis for Italy — and for Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 6, 2016
Italy's was just the latest stupid referendum
Like David Cameron's Brexit fiasco, this didn't have to happen.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 1, 2016
Rights groups: Rape so prevalent female refugees, migrants taking contraceptives before journey
Women migrants fleeing wars, political instability and poverty are taking contraceptives in the expectation of being raped but are so desperate they still embark on the journey, a human rights group said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2016
Temblors reshaping, lowering landscape in central Italy mountains
A series of earthquakes that rocked central Italy last week reshaped more than 600 sq. km (230 sq. miles) of land, lowering areas around the epicentre by up to 70 cm (28 inches), according to data released on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 30, 2016
Central Italian region again rattled by powerful earthquake; no deaths reported
A powerful earthquake struck Italy on Sunday in the same central regions that have been rocked by repeated tremors over the past two months, with more homes and churches brought down but no deaths reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 26, 2016
Year's 155,000 migrant arrivals too much for Italy to handle, Renzi says
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Tuesday said that the country cannot handle the same number of migrant arrivals next year that it has seen in 2016, calling on other European countries to do more.
COMMUNITY / Voices / OVERHEARD
Oct 8, 2016
Wake up and smell the coffee
One espresso please.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 4, 2016
Italian coast guard says over 5,600 migrants rescued in single day off Libya
At least 5,650 migrants were rescued on Monday as they tried to reach Europe on about 40 boats, one of the highest numbers in a single day, Italy's coast guard said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 28, 2016
Death toll up to 202 as Egypt finds 33 more corpses while salvaging sunken migrant boat
Thirty-three bodies were recovered on Tuesday as the wreck of boat that sank off Egypt last week with hundreds of migrants aboard was lifted from the depths, raising the confirmed death toll to 202, a local official said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 31, 2016
Italy rescues 3,000 more migrants in Mediterranean as arrivals surge
Some 3000 migrants were saved in the Strait of Sicily in 30 separate rescue missions on Tuesday, the Italian coast guard said, bringing the total to almost 10,000 in two days and marking a sharp acceleration in refugee arrivals in Italy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 25, 2016
Italian quake toll nears 250 as rescuers struggle to find survivors
The death toll from a devastating earthquake in central Italy rose to at least 247 people early on Thursday after rescue teams worked through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble of flattened towns.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 23, 2016
EU must move forward after Brexit, agree Germany, France, Italy
The leaders of the eurozone's biggest economies held talks on Monday in the aftermath of Britain's shock decision to leave the European Union and said Europe had to turn its back on populists who blamed Brussels for all its problems.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Aug 1, 2016
July saw over 120 migrant bodies wash up on shores of Libya's Sabratha
More than 120 bodies of migrants who died trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe have washed up around Sabratha in western Libya this month, the city's mayor said on Sunday.
WORLD / Society
Jul 6, 2016
Italy rescues 4,500 migrants in Mediterranean after seas calm
Some 4,500 migrants were rescued from rubber dinghies and a wooden boat in the Mediterranean on Tuesday, Italy's coast guard said, as the sea calmed after a rough weekend.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 2, 2016
Italy's biggest Chinese community clashes with police in textile town near Florence
Violent clashes broke out this week between Italian police and the Chinese community in Prato, a town near Florence that is home to one of the largest concentrations of Chinese-run industry in Europe.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
Brexit: The Apocalypse . . . or not
The advantages of the single market will probably be enough to hold the EU together, especially if the members have a horrible example of Britain as a warning.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 20, 2016
After the British vote on the EU, Italy may be next in line
Germany will have to change its policies if it wants to avoid the exit of other countries from the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 29, 2016
Ship sank off Italy with hundreds aboard, rescued migrants say
Migrants rescued from two boats in the Mediterranean this past week told humanitarian workers in Italy that they saw another vessel carrying some 400 migrants sink, Save the Children said on Saturday.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
Heatstroke alert issued for 19 prefectures as Japan enters 'once-in-a-decade' heat wave
Japan will experience a heat wave through mid-July on a “level only seen once in a decade,” the Meteorological Agency said on June 30.
Hidden AI prompts in academic papers spark concern about research integrity
Waseda University is one of 14 institutions in eight countries found to have used hidden prompts in research papers.
Tokyo and Kyoto feature among top ‘noctourism’ destinations
Tokyo ranked second after New York and ahead of Dubai and Singapore in a ranking of the top global cities for nighttime tourism.
Elon Musk says he has created a new U.S. political party
Elon Musk looks on during a news conference with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on May 30.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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