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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2014
UKIP victory sets stage for EU upheaval
Some 16,867 voters in southeast England ushered in a season of European political tumult that in an extreme scenario could lead to Britain exiting the European Union, Greece quitting the euro or Catalonia seceding from Spain.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 6, 2014
Italian floods hit agriculture, draw accusations of neglect
Floods coursed through Italy on Wednesday, damaging agriculture and reviving a controversy over environmental neglect.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 1, 2014
Migrants' lives in peril as Italy ends sea rescues
Italy said Friday it will close a sea rescue mission that has saved the lives of more than 100,000 migrants from Africa and the Middle East, a move one rights group warned could lead to a "surge of deaths" in the Mediterranean.
WORLD
Oct 31, 2014
Get your facts right: Italy, U.S. come bottom in modern life survey
Italians and Americans score worst when it comes to correctly assessing basic facts of modern life, such as what proportion of the population are immigrants or what percentage of teenage girls get pregnant.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health / FOCUS
Oct 21, 2014
Italy gives army troops a new job: grow cheap medical marijuana
Italy legalized marijuana for medical use last year, but the high cost of buying legal pot in a pharmacy meant few people signed up. Now, the government has found a solution: Get the army to grow it.
WORLD
Sep 22, 2014
Raft sinks near Libya; 40 migrants missing
Forty migrants were missing after the raft that carried them sank around 30 miles (48.28 km) from eastern Libya, an Italian coast guard official said on Sunday.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2014
Italy may begin weapons deliveries to Iraq Kurds by next week
Italy should be able to start deliveries of weapons to Kurdish forces by next week, once final arrangements with Iraqi authorities are completed, Defense Minister Roberta Pinotti told parliament on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 31, 2014
EU names Tusk, Mogherini to top jobs, readies Russian sanctions
European Union leaders on Saturday chose Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to chair the European Council and named Italian Federica Mogherini to run the bloc's foreign relations as it prepared to threaten Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine.
WORLD
Aug 7, 2014
Italian professor in hot water for hosting Costa Concordia captain
A professor who invited the disgraced captain of the capsized Costa Concordia to speak at a criminology seminar has been referred to the ethics committee at Rome's La Sapienza University, the university said on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Jul 28, 2014
Italian police seize $140 million from Nomura in Sicily fraud case
Police in Italy seize $140 million from Nomura Holdings, accusing the giant brokerage of defrauding the region of Sicily with complex financial products in the years leading up to the derivatives crisis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 27, 2014
Pope Francis renews attack on mafia in Italian region scarred by toxic waste
Pope Francis called for nature to be protected from criminal abuse on Saturday during a visit in the southern Italian town of Caserta, near Naples, in a region long blighted by illegal toxic waste dumps and the pervasive grip of the Camorra mafia.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 25, 2014
Sharp to pull out of last overseas solar panel venture
In a further reorganization of its solar business, Sharp Corp. is pulling out of its Italian solar venture, its last overseas panel manufacturing plant.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2014
Knox ex says he wasn't with her all evening
The ex-boyfriend of Amanda Knox, on trial with her for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher, distanced himself from his co-defendant Tuesday, saying the two had not been together for the whole evening when the crime took place.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 1, 2014
Rome's Trevi Fountain gets face-lift
Rome unveiled the most drastic face-lift for the Trevi Fountain in its 252-year history on Monday, the latest in a series of privately funded restorations to Italy's prized landmarks.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Jun 21, 2014
Costa Rica stuns Italy to reach last 16
Costa Rica buried predictions of its early demise to emerge into the knockout stages of the World Cup for only the second time with a 1-0 Group D win over Italy on Friday that sent England crashing out.
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
May 21, 2014
World Cup 2014 views from Tokyo: Bosnia, Switzerland and Italy
A Bosnian teacher, Swiss student and Italian businessman weigh up their teams' prospects in next month's FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2014
Eternal City celebrates legacy of first emperor
Rome, a city that thinks in millenniums, is going through a bout of "Augustus fever" to mark the 2,000th anniversary of the death of its first emperor, who left his mark on Rome and Western civilization like few others.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2014
Berlusconi gets community service for tax conviction
A court has ordered former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to serve a tax fraud sentence by doing community service with the elderly, in a ruling that restricts his movements but not his political activity.
WORLD
Mar 7, 2014
Sicilians send photo-snapping pastry into stratosphere
Sicilian amateur scientists have launched a model cannolo, a cream-stuffed pastry roll symbolic of the Italian island, into the stratosphere, capturing bizarre images of the dessert flying far above Earth last month.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 23, 2013
Italy volleyball team puts on clinic against Japan
Italy downed Japan in straight sets (25-16, 25-21, 25-21) at the FIVB Men's Grand Champions Cup on Saturday.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
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."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
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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