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REFUGEES

ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2015
'Boat people' likely posing as Rohingya for aid, says Myanmar general
Myanmar's military commander has said some "boat people" landing in Malaysia and Indonesia this month are likely pretending to be Rohingya Muslims to receive U.N. aid and that many had fled neighboring Bangladesh, state media reported on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
May 21, 2015
Rohingya refugee crisis shames Southeast Asia
ASEAN members are failing to adequately address the humanitarian crisis involving the Rohingya Muslim boat people.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 7, 2015
Nigerians recount deaths from lack of food, water while fleeing Lake Chad in Niger
Some of thousands of Nigerians told to leave neighboring Niger in the past week due to threats from Boko Haram militants have died en route from lack of food and water, evacuees said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2015
Almost 40,000 flee Burundi amid political crisis
Nearly 40,000 refugees have fled Burundi to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in the last month amid protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's bid for a third term, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2015
The EU's displacement activity
EU leaders are torn between seeing innocent people die, and a determination that millions of those innocent people cannot be allowed to come live in their countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 21, 2015
Ending the refugee shipwrecks
The most comprehensive solution for ending refugee casualties at sea would be to eliminate the causes of the illegal traffic or, failing that, to involve more countries in helping the refugees.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 20, 2015
EU policy takes deadly toll on migrants
The EU's decision late last year to end search and rescue missions in the Mediterranean Sea is taking a deadly toll on would-be migrants from Africa.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 20, 2015
Migrant deaths may shame EU over 'Fortress Europe' policy
The outrage Europe's leaders face over the deaths of hundreds of refugees trying to reach its shores may force a shift in a policy critics decry as letting people drown to deter others in desperate need.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 17, 2015
Most refugees snubbing Australia's offer for Cambodia resettlement
Australia is struggling to convince refugees held in offshore detention to voluntarily resettle in Cambodia under a bi-lateral deal, a refugee advocate group said on Friday, despite the government insisting that the first transfers are imminent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2015
800,000 children have fled Boko Haram violence in Nigeria in year, UNICEF says
The number of children fleeing the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria doubled in the past year to about 800,000, with women and girls targets of abduction for sexual abuse by the militants, according to a United Nations Children's Fund report.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 17, 2015
Syrian asylum seekers sue for refugee status
Four asylum seekers from strife-riven Syria sued the central government at the Tokyo District Court on Tuesday, demanding that they be recognized as refugees.
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2015
Asylum seekers in Japan soared to record level in 2014
The number of people seeking asylum in Japan jumped 53 percent in 2014 to a record 5,000, but only 11 were officially recognized.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2015
Four Syrian asylum seekers to sue for refugee status
Four asylum seekers from conflict-ridden Syria will soon initiate a lawsuit against the central government to seek official refugee status, the first from their nation to do so.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2015
Aid agencies see many more migrant deaths in Mediterranean amid curtailed patrols
Inadequate naval patrolling means ever more migrants from Africa and the Middle East will die trying to cross the Mediterranean, aid agencies warned on Tuesday, as Italy appealed for a "more vigorous" European response to tackle the crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2015
A dispossessed Palestinian advises a refugee from Syria
A dispossessed Palestinian writer advises Syrian refugees not to believe in promises from the international community and never to stop loving Syria.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 26, 2015
Hostage crisis puts work of aid groups on nation's public agenda
Groups with a stake in the Islamic State hostage crisis include aid teams who at times have struggled to keep the Syrian refugee crisis on the agenda back home.
JAPAN / Society
Jan 17, 2015
Home away from home: the plight of refugees in Japan
On a cold winter's day in December, an African man sits in a meeting room at the Japan Association for Refugees, a nonprofit organization in Tokyo. The man, whose name and country of origin have been withheld to protect his identity from those who wish him and his family harm, has been seeking refugee...
From France to Mali, a deportee's struggle far from home
Moussa Sacko, a Malian deported from France — where he had lived since he was a young child — stands on a street in Bamako, Mali, in December. Compared with his home in France, Bamako feels like a different planet, Sacko said.
Trump announces Nippon Steel-U.S. Steel ‘partnership’ deal
U.S. President Donald Trump points as he boards Air Force One en route to New Jersey, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, on Friday.
Travelers avoid trips to Japan over viral comic book’s quake prediction
Visitors walk along Nakamise-dori as they visit Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa district in March.
Tokyo's Yamanote Line resumes suspended train operations
All services on East Japan Railway's Yamanote Line in Tokyo were suspended for early Friday morning due to wire trouble.
Onosato set for yokozuna promotion after clinching Emperor’s Cup
Onosato after defeating Kotozakura at Ryokugikan in Tokyo on Friday. The win gave him a 13-0 record and clinched the Emperor's Cup, assuring him of promotion to yokozuna next week.
AI fiction is already here. Are humans ready?
After last year’s controversy over using AI to write about 5% of her novel, Rie Qudan was asked by an advertising magazine to write a short story where she uses AI for 95% of it. The resulting short story, “Kage no ame” (“Rain Shadow”), was published March 25.  
Six short films that capture our world in mere minutes
“Marion” provides a glimpse into the lives of bull dodgers, who perform a nonlethal version of bullfighting.
As Taiwan looks to boost ‘unofficial ties,’ Paraguay’s leader offers facilitator role
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena speaks during an interview with The Japan Times in Tokyo on Thursday.
GCAP next-gen fighter joint venture likely to be running by this summer
A concept model of the Global Combat Air Program's fighter jet is displayed during the DSEI Japan defense exhibition in the city of Chiba on Wednesday.
NTT develops world's first 'flying lightning rod' using drones
NTT's drone — aimed at triggering, then redirecting lightning — is described as a "flying lightning rod."

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