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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2019
New documents link Huawei to suspected front companies in Iran and Syria
The U.S. case against the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies, who was arrested in Canada last month, centers on the company's suspected ties to two obscure companies. One is a telecom equipment seller that operated in Tehran; the other is that firm's owner, a holding company registered...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2018
Reuters reporters who exposed Myanmar military abuses are jailed for seven years
In a landmark case seen as a test of progress toward democracy in the Southeast Asian country, a Myanmar judge on Monday found two Reuters journalists guilty of breaching a law on state "secrets," sentencing them to seven years in prison.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 16, 2018
In apparent test of Myanmar democracy, jailed Reuters journalists to testify in court
Two jailed Reuters reporters on trial in Myanmar accused of obtaining secret state documents will testify in court from Monday, in a case that is seen as a test of press freedom in the fledgling democracy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 9, 2018
Myanmar court set to rule on whether detained Reuters pair should be tried under secrets act
A Myanmar court will rule on Monday on whether to charge two Reuters reporters accused of obtaining secret documents, a decision that could either see them freed after nearly seven months in jail or move the landmark press freedom case to trial.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 29, 2018
Witness says Myanmar police searched Reuters pair's phones without warrant
Police in Myanmar examined the mobile phones of two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret documents without a search warrant after their arrests in December, an officer told a court on Monday, in what has become a landmark press freedom case.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
May 25, 2018
Sexual harassment policies unchanged at most firms in Japan, despite growing awareness amid global Me Too movement: poll
Three-quarters of Japan's companies have made no changes to sexual harassment policies in the past year and don't plan to do so, a poll finds.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2018
Myanmar police witness testifies arrested Reuters reporter's home was searched 'for news'
Police in Myanmar searched the family home of Reuters reporter Wa Lone looking for material "related to news" the night after he and a colleague were arrested on suspicion of violating the Official Secrets Act, an officer told a court on Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2018
Gravediggers say Myanmar forces and Buddhist villagers executed Rohingya after torching their homes
Bound together, the 10 Rohingya captives watched their Buddhist neighbors dig a grave. Soon afterward, on the morning of Sept. 2, all 10 lay dead. At least two were hacked to death by Buddhist villagers. The rest were shot by soldiers, two of the gravediggers said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Dec 20, 2017
Myanmar mum on whereabouts of Reuters journalists week after their arrest
Two Reuters journalists completed a week in detention in Myanmar on Tuesday, with no word on where they were being held as authorities proceeded with an investigation into whether they violated the country's colonial-era Official Secrets Act.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 17, 2016
Reuters/Ipsos poll puts Clinton 6 points ahead of Trump
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has a 6-percentage-point lead over Republican rival Donald Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos tracking poll released on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2015
Most Japan firms back bringing in low-skilled foreign labor: poll
Three-quarters of Japanese companies support opening up the country to more foreign workers in low-skilled jobs to cope with a rapidly worsening labor shortage, a Reuters poll shows — a stark contrast to deep-seated government reluctance to do so.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 14, 2013
Media outlets rethink news embargo ethics
It's said that the news never stops. But often, its timing is stage-managed.

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