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TUNISIA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2015
Three Japanese women killed in Tunisia museum attack
The assault in the Tunisian capital, reportedly by two gunmen wearing military fatigues, also injured three Japanese, one of whom has spoken about her ordeal.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 19, 2015
Tunisia attack shatters nation's image among Japanese as safe travel destination
The death of three Japanese and wounding of three others at the hands of armed gunmen wearing military uniforms shattered the image among many Japanese of Tunisia as a comparatively safe tourist destination.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 16, 2015
Germany arrests suspected Islamic State fighter after return from Syria
German police arrested a suspected supporter of the insurgent group Islamic State who was recently in Syria and raided his apartment in the state of Lower Saxony, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 24, 2014
Landmark Tunisian presidential election seen heading for runoff
Tunisians have voted to pick their first directly elected president, with the two major parties expecting a run-off as the final step in the North African state's transition to full democracy following a 2011 revolution that ousted longtime ruler Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2014
Three elections that offer hope of better times
The results of each of three elections on Oct. 26 — in Brazil, Ukraine and Tunisia — at least offer the hope of better times.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 7, 2014
Tunisia lifts emergency rule in force since 2011 uprising
Tunis
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2013
2013 Mideast twists give lessons in democracy
The news that Tunisia's competing political factions have broken months of logjam and appointed a technocrat as interim prime minister sets the stage for a yearend review of the events that have followed the Arab Spring.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2013
How will Tunisia's Islamic wild card be played?
With implications that extend throughout the Arab world, Tunisia is trying to answer the question: Can political Islam help build a truly democratic system
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2013
Tunisian leader touts investment opportunities
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Sunday invited Japan's businesses to invest and play a major role in his country's transition toward democracy and a free-market economy.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Yen swings stir talk that Japan is in the FX market once again
An electronic screen in Tokyo displays the yen exchange rate against the U.S. dollar and the graph showing its recent swings, on Thursday.
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.
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.
Japan's May 1 intervention may have cost ¥3.66 trillion, BOJ data suggests
An electronic screen displays a graph showing Japanese yen exchange rates surging against the dollar amid signs of intervention by authorities, in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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