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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2019
Paris knife attacker had USB drive with info on police HQ colleagues: media
An IT worker who killed four people at Paris police headquarters with a knife last week had a USB drive with personal details about his colleagues, French daily Le Parisien reported on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 21, 2019
Two injured as gunmen ambush French rapper Booba's video shoot
At least two people were injured after gunmen ambushed a video shoot involving French rapper Booba, authorities said on Wednesday, in the latest incidence of violence marring the suburbs of Paris.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jun 26, 2019
Parched tourists seek gelato and shade in sweltering Paris and Rome
Tourists in Rome and Paris scaled back their sightseeing in sweltering temperatures on Tuesday, dousing themselves at fountains and cooling down with ice cream as a heatwave continued in continental Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 18, 2019
Notre Dame to get temporary wooden cathedral during rebuilding
Catholic worshippers feeling orphaned by the fire that ravaged part of Notre Dame will be welcomed in an "ephemeral cathedral" of wood in front of the Paris monument until it reopens, Notre Dame's chief priest said Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2019
A day after Notre Dame blaze, Parisians and tourists still in shock
Early morning runners stopped in their tracks, dumb-founded. Across the river, still smouldering, loomed the burnt-out form of Notre Dame Cathedral, its spire collapsed, its bell towers and buttresses standing silent in the dawn light.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2019
YouTube flags Notre Dame fire as 9/11 conspiracy, then says system made 'wrong call'
Soon after a fire engulfed Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Monday, news outlets began streaming live broadcasts on YouTube. Below several of the clips was an odd box of text: A snippet from Encyclopedia Britannica about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 17, 2019
Yellow vest protest violence flares as demonstrations enter fourth month
Rioters set fire to a bank and ransacked stores on Paris's Champs Elysees avenue on Saturday in a new flare-up of violence as France's yellow vest protests against President Emmanuel Macron and his pro-business reforms entered a fourth month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2019
Turnout in French 'yellow vest' protests falls to lowest yet
Turnout at "yellow vest" protests across France, a backlash against high living costs that has lasted nearly four months, fell on Saturday to its lowest level yet.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 28, 2019
'Red scarves' march in Paris in riposte to 'yellow vests' in wake of violence
Thousands of protesters marched through Paris on Sunday to condemn violence in the "yellow vest" movement that has rocked France for weeks with angry protests over President Emmanuel Macron's rule.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 20, 2019
French 'yellow vest' protests, in 10th week, relatively peaceful
Clashes broke out throughout France on Saturday as an estimated 84,000 "yellow vest" demonstrators took to the streets in a 10th consecutive weekend of protests against President Emmanuel Macron's government.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 13, 2019
'Yellow vest' protests hit with police water cannons and tear gas in Paris
Paris police fired water cannons and tear gas to push back "yellow vest" demonstrators from around the Arc de Triomphe monument on Saturday, in the ninth straight weekend of protests against French President Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms.
WORLD
Dec 26, 2018
Two held for sparking panic with dummy guns at Paris CDG airport
French police arrested two people who brandished dummy guns at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris on Wednesday, causing panic and a temporary evacuation of a terminal, airport authorities and local media said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 3, 2018
Macron mulls state of emergency after worst unrest in decades, Arc de Triomphe vandalism
President Emmanuel Macron considered declaring a state of emergency as he met security chiefs on Sunday seeking a way out of nationwide protests after rioters turned central Paris into a battle zone and vandalized the Arc de Triomphe monument.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Nov 10, 2018
Motomi Morii: Japanese roots, Nordic aesthetic
Since 2009, Motomi Morii has lived and worked in New York. There, she indulges in her love of experimental and improvised music, and takes part in various Japanese cultural events around the city. Most importantly, New York provides her with constant inspiration and opportunity for her career in architectural design.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2018
Putin and Trump look to meet in Paris on Nov. 11
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin plan to meet in Paris next month, officials said on Tuesday, their first encounter since a summit in Helsinki that unleashed a storm of criticism that Trump was cozying up to the Kremlin.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 21, 2018
Paris police bust knock-off Eiffel Tower network exploiting migrants, bag tons of trinkets
French police have broken up a suspected criminal gang who sold miniature copies of the Eiffel Tower at tourist sites around Paris often using illegal immigrants.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2018
French police detain suspect in viral video attack of woman
French police have arrested a man suspected of having punched a young woman in front of a Paris terrace in an attack which prompted widespread outrage after CCTV footage of the assault went viral.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Art
Aug 28, 2018
The Louvre has a new seat of power
Kohei Nawa talks about his 3-ton golden 'Throne,' which takes a seat of honor at the Louvre as one of the works for Japonismes 2018, Paris' large-scale event celebrating 160 years of France-Japan relations.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 2, 2018
Eiffel Tower shuts as workers strike over 'monstrous' visitor lines
Staff at the Eiffel Tower walked out on strike on Wednesday in a dispute over lengthening lines at the Paris landmark, forcing it to close during the peak summer tourist season.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2018
Tightrope walker stuns Parisians with netless Montmartre performance
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