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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 19, 2017
Inada-led watchdog mulls interim report on GSDF activity log probe
Inspector general's office looking into whether Defense Ministry intentionally concealed documents.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 17, 2017
Probe into GSDF peacekeeping logs to focus on Defense Ministry heavyweights
A watchdog led by the Defense Ministry will investigate whether the ministry's upper echelons systematically concealed records about conditions faced by Ground Self-Defense Force peacekeepers stationed in South Sudan, a source said Friday.
WORLD
Mar 16, 2017
Attack on aid convoy in South Sudan kills two, wounds three
Gunmen in famine-hit South Sudan killed two people and wounded three when they attacked a humanitarian convoy in the center of the country, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said in a statement on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 16, 2017
Beleaguered Inada refuses to step down in face of fresh cover-up allegations
Beleaguered Defense Minister Tomomi Inada on Thursday refused to step down despite fresh allegations over the ministry's institutional coverup of daily activity logs of the Ground Self-Defense Forces in war-ridden South Sudan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 12, 2017
After SDF withdrawal announcement, Japan to offer $6 million aid to help South Sudan fight famine
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida indicates Japan will offer South Sudan $6 million in aid to help the war-torn African nation fight famine.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Mar 11, 2017
2017 looks more like '1984' than 1984 ever did
Goerge Orwell's '1984' is a fitting best-seller for 2017, a year of 'post-truth,' 'fake news' and 'alternative facts.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 10, 2017
Japan to end SDF's South Sudan mission in May
The decision puts an end to participation in a U.N.-led peacekeeping operation that has been in place for over five years, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 18, 2017
Defense chief Inada confirms all of GSDF's daily activity logs from South Sudan mission exist
Copies of last year's Self-Defense Force logs citing the deadly combat that prompted the Japanese evacuation from South Sudan last year exist, Defense chief Tomomi Inada confirms.
EDITORIALS
Feb 15, 2017
South Sudan mission and semantics
The government shouldn't downplay the security situation in South Sudan to justify the deployment of SDF troops there.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 11, 2017
U.N. agency calls war-stricken South Sudan biggest refugee crisis in Africa
More than 1.5 million people have been forced to leave South Sudan as intense fighting spreads, making it Africa's largest refugee crisis, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 9, 2017
Democratic Party demands Inada quit for obfuscating fighting in South Sudan
The Democratic Party demands that Defense Minister Tomomi Inada resign for using semantic games to downplay the danger facing the Self-Defense Forces from South Sudan's civil war.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 7, 2017
Government says it has 'found' lost activity logs of GSDF troops in South Sudan
The Defense Ministry said Tuesday it has found daily activity logs of Japanese troops in South Sudan for last July when the security situation there sharply deteriorated during U.N. peacekeeping operations, reversing its earlier position that the documents had been entirely discarded.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 24, 2016
Activity logs of GSDF peacekeepers in South Sudan thrown out amid doubt over cease-fire
The daily activity logs compiled by SDF troops in South Sudan were thrown out, which will make it difficult to examine what their U.N. peacekeeping activities entailed.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2016
Japan, other nations abstain in U.N. Security Council South Sudan arms embargo vote
The U.N. Security Council failed Friday to adopt a U.S.-drafted resolution to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan after Japan and seven other nations abstained despite warnings that the world's newest country is on the verge of possible genocide.
JAPAN
Dec 21, 2016
Japan will oppose South Sudan arms embargo, government source says
Japan will oppose a U.S.-backed draft U.N. Security Council resolution to impose an arms embargo on South Sudan, government sources said Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 19, 2016
U.S. presses Japan to back South Sudan arms embargo despite fears of backlash against peacekeepers
Tokyo is under pressure to back a U.N. Security Council resolution that would impose an arms embargo on South Sudan.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2016
Japanese troops settle into heavily secured camp in South Sudan
The Ground Self-Defense personnel who recently arrived in South Sudan for U.N. peacekeeping duty find themselves in a heavily secured and isolated camp far removed from the locals they are here to help.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 12, 2016
Japanese peacekeepers take up new role in South Sudan
Japanese troops in South Sudan take on new responsibilities, including the possible rescue of U.N. staff and other personnel under attack.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 10, 2016
SDF troops in South Sudan could withdraw if security worsens: defense chief
Defense Minister Tomomi Inada said Self-Defense Force personnel taking part in U.N. peacekeeping operations in South Sudan could be withdrawn if the security conditions deteriorate in the troubled African nation.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 6, 2016
SDF personnel in South Sudan get pay hike with riskier new duties
The government said Tuesday it will offer extra pay to Self-Defense Forces members involved in a United Nations peacekeeping mission in South Sudan who engage in new duties under recently enacted security laws.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Harajuku strives to reclaim its former glory — and surpass it
Laforet Harajuku, which celebrated its 45th anniversary last year, has been a witness to the district's evolution over the years.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
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