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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 1, 2018
Prince William visits British troops in Kenya, trains with them
Prince William visited British troops in Kenya on Sunday, participating in a training exercise north of the capital Nairobi.
WORLD
Aug 9, 2018
Suspected al-Shabab militants kill five soldiers in Kenya's Lamu county
Five Kenyan soldiers were killed in an attack claimed by the Somali group al-Shabab in Lamu County on Kenya's north coast on Wednesday, a senior official said.
BUSINESS / Companies
Apr 6, 2018
Nissan eyes bigger share of East Africa market with vehicle plant in Kenya
Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. plans to start assembling vehicles in Kenya, bolstering government plans to develop a regional auto-manufacturing hub in East Africa's biggest economy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 14, 2017
Jordan switches on world's largest solar plant — in refugee camp
Jordan has switched on the world's largest solar plant inside a refugee camp, providing renewable energy to nearly 80,000 Syrians, the United Nations refugee agency said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 29, 2017
In Kenya, polarizing election re-run rekindles ethnic tensions
Kenya's repeat presidential election, boycotted last week by millions, has reignited long-running tensions between ethnic communities in some areas, leading inhabitants of one small village in the west to pick up traditional arms on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2017
Kenyan opposition leader Odinga, who withdrew from vote re-run, calls for protests despite ban
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga, who withdrew from a presidential election re-run set for Oct. 26 saying it should only take place once wide-ranging reforms are undertaken, urged his supporters on Sunday to hold protests.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 5, 2017
Arson blamed for Kenya girls school inferno deadly to nine, seen as part of a trend
Kenya's education minister said on Monday that arson was to blame for a weekend blaze that killed nine pupils at a girls' boarding school, part of a rising trend of deliberate school fires.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 28, 2017
Kenya imposes world's toughest law against plastic bags
Kenyans producing, selling or even using plastic bags will risk imprisonment of up to four years or fines of $40,000 as the world's toughest law aimed at reducing plastic pollution came into effect Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2017
Elderly Swiss couple found slain in Mombasa; caretaker missing
The bodies of an elderly Swiss couple were found dumped by a country road in Kenya's coastal city of Mombasa with severe injuries on Sunday, police said, and the caretaker of a property where they had been due to stay was being sought for questioning.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 2, 2017
Kenyans demand probe into torture-slaying of election tech official, fear rigged polls next week
Protesters marched on the offices of Kenya's election commission on Tuesday, demanding a speedy investigation of the murder of a senior official that has raised fears over the legitimacy of next week's national elections.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2017
Kenya debuts $3.2 billion Chinese-built railway linking Nairobi to Mombasa
Kenya inaugurated a $3.2 billion railway funded by China linking the capital Nairobi to the port of Mombasa on Wednesday, the country's biggest infrastructure project since independence more than 50 years ago.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 15, 2017
Asuka Takita: Veterinarian embraces life on the African plains
The king of the jungle is among the many acquaintances of Japan-born Asuka Takita since she made Kenya her home almost a decade ago.
MORE SPORTS
Feb 10, 2017
Jepchirchir establishes women's half marathon world record
Peres Jepchirchir set a world record in the women's half marathon on Friday, the Kenyan clocking a time of 1 hour, 5 minutes and 6 seconds as runners from the East African nation swept the podium places.
WORLD / Society
Feb 2, 2017
Trump 'dismantling dreams' of 26,000 refugees stranded in Kenya, half of them after years of vetting
Somali refugee Ahmed Omar Bihi said on Wednesday that he fears for his wife's sanity following Donald Trump's travel ban and accused the U.S. president of "dismantling all our dreams.
OLYMPICS
Aug 27, 2016
Kenyan police arrest three Olympic officials over Rio mismanagement
Kenya has arrested three top members of its Olympic committee, a Reuters witness said, after mismanagement of the contingent nearly derailed the country's participation in the Rio Games.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 13, 2016
Kenya looks to close mass refugee camps, send scared Somalis packing
Kenya's plan to close the two refugee camps, including the world's largest, and send Somali refugees home has upset Somalia's government and sparked fear among some who have sought shelter there.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 5, 2016
Kenyan rescuers race to free woman trapped in rubble of collapsed building
Rescue workers on Thursday were racing to dig out a woman found alive under the rubble of a building in Kenya's capital that collapsed six days earlier, a senior official said.
MORE SPORTS
Apr 22, 2016
Kenyan president authorizes anti-doping bill
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta signed into law an anti-doping bill required to avoid a ban from the Rio Olympics of a nation famed for its runners, the president's office said on Wednesday.
WORLD
Mar 21, 2016
Kenya reports killing 34 al-Shabab fighters in Somalia, losing two of its own
Kenyan troops killed 34 al-Shabab militants in two separate incidents on Saturday and Sunday in Somalia and two of its own soldiers were killed in an ambush, a military spokesman said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 5, 2016
Prehistoric cousin of wildebeest boasted dinosaur-like nasal horn
In an ancient streambed on Kenya's Rusinga Island, scientists have unearthed fossils of a wildebeest-like creature named Rusingoryx that boasted a weird nasal structure more befitting of a dinosaur than a mammal.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Japan to set up 'control tower' for crimes by foreign residents
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Over 800 people found to be involved in TOEIC cheating scheme
An English conversation test paper and bubble answer sheet. A Chinese graduate student from Kyoto University is suspected of having attempted to use a small microphone under a mask to tell other takers of a popular English-language proficiency test the correct answers.
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.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

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