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JAPAN TIMES GONE BY

Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 31, 2015
Emperor Yoshihito's coronation; crowds pack Tokyo dance halls before ban; Hikari superexpress now world's fastest; nearly 600 dolphins slaughtered in Nagasaki
100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 3, 2015
Germans at Kurume 'getting arrogant'; Throne Assistance body meets; hope abandoned for 208 missing fishermen; Kaifu congratulates unified Germany
100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 5, 2015
Accord reached with French Indo-China; Tepco reveals atomic power generation plans; Tokyo civil servants get reusable chopsticks
100 YEARS AGOWednesday, Sept. 22 1915
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 1, 2015
Steamer races German submarine; suspected foreign spies arrested; Indoor angling curbs urged; Tokyo regrets Iraq invasion of Kuwait
100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jul 4, 2015
Emperor photographed; gendarmes arrested; teen held after Tokyo shooting spree; work becoming easier
100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 6, 2015
Japan goods popular in India; Nazis roll into Paris; mine death toll passes 160; Japan passes U.S. as top donor
100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 2, 2015
Japanese Red Cross opening in Paris; Tokyo inns to ban rice; U.S. nuclear submarine arrives; Emperor regrets colonial 'sufferings'
100 YEARS AGOSaturday, May 15, 1915
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 4, 2015
Women's participation in elections questioned; sake labels mandatory; Tokyo bathhouses call for one-day lockout; automatic ticket gates employed
100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Feb 28, 2015
Japanese sword sent to teacher; 12,800 war heroes to be enshrined in Yasukuni Shrine; Russian steps into outer space; Japanese-language 'Satanic Verses' raises Muslim ire
100 YEARS AGOTuesday, March 30, 1915
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jan 31, 2015
German prisoners 'fare better than Russians'; Emperor urges cooperation; Sato promotes peace; Gorbachev accepts multiparty system
The German prisoners of war in Japan fare far better than the Russian ones did 10 years ago, says a high officer of the Army, and that is largely due to the decisions of the Hague Conference to pay their salaries on top of other allowances.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jan 3, 2015
Debate over WW1 role; 21 Nazis snatched off Yokohama; new Red China policy adopted; Nagasaki mayor shot
100 YEARS AGOTuesday, Jan. 26, 1915
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Dec 6, 2014
Opening WWI naval operations ended; U.S. architect plans Manchuria housing; Tokyo smog more poisonous; Ebola monkeys spur warning
The Navy Department yesterday published a survey of the operations of the different squadrons and divisions of the Imperial Navy since the outbreak of the world war, and announced that the first part of the operations has come to an end.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Nov 1, 2014
That vexatious 'so desu ka'; Dalai Lama installed; Ikeda picked to be prime minister; Shibuya police box top lender nationwide
100 YEARS AGOTuesday, Nov. 10, 1914
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Oct 4, 2014
Mao Tse-tung seeks to quell internal friction; Shinkansen starts operations; Tokyo Olympics open; America's No. 1 threat?
The XVIII Olympiad, the first to be held in Asia, opened Saturday afternoon amid a profusion of pomp and youthful enthusiasm at the National Stadium before an over-capacity crowd of 80,000 spectators.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Sep 6, 2014
Japan guns now bear on Kiaochou; German Army enters Poland; Olympic Village opens; agency seeks funds to compile Emperor's annals
100 YEARS AGOSunday, Sept. 13, 1914
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Aug 2, 2014
Emperor, councilors weigh war declaration; simplified Japanese created for foreigners; Russian musicians defect; foreigners' office hears thousands of problems
100 YEARS AGO
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jul 5, 2014
Servia strikes first blow; first private air raid shelter unveiled in Tokyo; torrential rain kills 106; LDP loses Upper House
100 YEARS AGO
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 31, 2014
Japan called lackadaisical; simple-living laws introduced; tourist recommendations questioned; China's use of force deplored
'Of course it may be all that you say it is, and all that the guide books assure that it is, but to me Tokyo is insufferably dull, very muggy and generally uninteresting!'
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
May 3, 2014
Empress-Dowager Shoken laid to rest; crackdown in Shanghai's foreign quarters; Olympic preparations; Lebanese businessman Japan's top tax-payer
One of the notable landmarks in the modern history of Japan was the funeral ceremony held Saturday night for Her Majesty, the late Empress-Dowager (Shoken, empress consort of Emperor Meiji), who passed away on April 9.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Apr 5, 2014
Pulmonary pest ravages; study of racial hygienics urged; Japan mourns Gen. MacArthur; Takeshita resigns over Recruit scandal
The dreadful pulmonary pest (pneumonic plague) has plunged districts of Omikawa and Moriyama-mura, Chiba, into consternation.

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