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Japan Times
PARALYMPICS / Summer Paralympics
Sep 2, 2021
Turkey closes the door on Japan's gold medal hopes in women's goalball with an 8-5 win
Japan will face the loser of the other semifinal for bronze on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 21, 2021
Japan offers $410 million in aid to support Turkey's hosting of refugees
Japan will provide up to u00a545 billion ($410 million) in yen loans to Turkey to help ease its financial burden of hosting refugees from war-torn Syria.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Aug 5, 2021
Investors are ignoring a dangerous crackdown on press freedom
In an era when environmental, social and governance investing is increasingly in the spotlight, press freedom is still low on most investors' list of concerns.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2021
The Sea of Marmara, a ‘sapphire’ of Turkey, is choking from pollution
The Marmara has been sickening for a long time, and this year, it suffered a paroxysm that choked its waters and suffocated marine life.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 30, 2021
Vexed but vulnerable, Erdogan avoids escalating genocide dispute with Biden
The response is consistent with Turkey's broader goal since late last year of mending frayed international ties after years of military interventions and assertive foreign policy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 24, 2021
Biden tells Turkey leader he’ll brand Armenian massacres as genocide
U.S. President Joe Biden told Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday that he intends to recognize the 1915 massacres of Armenians as a genocide, according to people familiar with a call between the leaders, a move that will likely strain already tense U.S.-Turkish relations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 12, 2021
A new Syria process cuts out Iran to bring in Gulf Arabs
The goal, it would appear, is to pave the way for broader Gulf Arab re-engagement with Syria, and a concomitant marginalization of Iranian influence.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2021
Looming China extradition deal worries Uyghurs in Turkey
Beijing approved an extradition treaty between the two nations in December and the deal is awaiting ratification by Ankara's parliament.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 1, 2021
The five places where food prices are getting people worried
Global food prices are at the highest in more than six years because of demand from China, vulnerable supply chains and adverse weather.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Feb 19, 2021
Residency rules impoverish Kurdish refugees as pandemic strips away support
Many who seek asylum in Japan, and are released from detention on condition that they do not work, now find they can't afford medical care or food.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 28, 2020
Battered Turkish economy puts a powerful Erdogan to the test
Turks had been grappling with a falling currency and double-digit inflation for two years when the pandemic hit in March, sharply worsening the country's deep recession.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2020
Turkey warns Libya's Hifter and supporters against attacking its forces
Turkey is the main foreign backer of Libya's internationally recognized government based in Tripoli, which for years has been fighting Hifter's Libyan National Army.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2020
Erdogan's political challengers are getting tougher
Neither investors nor the general public seem to be buying Erdogan's promise of a new economic era for Turkey.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2020
The message of Islamist beheadings
Jihadis represent a tiny minority of the world's Muslims. But, by making clear their willingness to behave inhumanely, they have ensured that few dare defy them.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 4, 2020
Bad blood: Why France-Turkey cartoon row could leave lasting impact
Slights and barbs have marred relations between France's Emmanuel Macron and Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan for years, but the row over cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad has dragged them to a new low which could have more lasting consequences.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 19, 2020
Russia’s post-Soviet hegemony is fading
Moscow's backyard is not what it was. A multi-polar world is emerging, but not the one Vladimir Putin has sought to promote.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 17, 2020
U.S. warns Turkey after Ankara apparently tests Russian-made defense system
A missile was fired into the sky on Friday on Turkey's Black Sea coast where the military was expected to test its Russian-made S-400 defense systems, according to local video obtained by Reuters, drawing a strong warning from the United States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2020
War in the Caucasus will spread to Russia and Turkey
What is particularly dangerous in this latest flare-up is that Moscow and Ankara are strongly backing different horses.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2020
Fiercest clashes since 1990s rage in Azerbaijan's ethnic Armenian enclave
Fighting escalated sharply on Monday between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and at least 55 people were killed in a second day of heavy clashes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2020
Lukashenko and Erdogan are laughing at the EU
The EU still requires unanimity for all foreign policy decisions. This has been one factor, amid many, that's neutered European foreign policy over the years.
America wasn’t made for walking, and it’s killing them
A 2010 study found that U.S. adults averaged 5,117 steps daily and that this was lower than the averages found in similar studies in Switzerland, western Australia and Japan.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
Saudi crown prince seeks soft power in game hub Japan
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman welcomes Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, last July.
Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
Nippon Steel boosts efforts to woo U.S. Steel workers and politicians
Nippon Steel, Japan’s top steelmaker, is sending Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President Takahiro Mori to Pittsburgh next week where he’ll meet with local staff and elected officials.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Local theater in Japan is more than a hobby — it’s a community
Japan Times contributor Laura Pollacco (front right) was offered the role of one of her all-time favorite heroines, Elizabeth “Lizzie” Bennet, in the Tokyo International Players’ production of “Pride and Prejudice.”
Can AI-generated inventions be patented? A Tokyo court says no.
The Tokyo court's ruling comes amid ongoing debates on how to regulate generative AI and is part of a transnational class action lawsuit.
Massimo Bottura: 'The Japanese let ingredients express themselves'
Italian chef and restaurateur Massimo Bottura is increasingly focusing on passing on his knowledge to chefs such as Antonio Iacoviello.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.

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