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U S EMBARGO

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2021
Time to give Cubans a chance
If anything, the U.S. embargo has only succeeded in subjecting Cubans to a life of privation and misery.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jul 17, 2018
Communist-run Cuba starts rolling out internet on mobile phones
Communist-run Cuba has started providing internet on the mobile phones of select users as it aims to roll out the service nationwide by year-end, in a further step toward opening one of the Western Hemisphere's least connected countries.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 5, 2018
Woes deepen at Cuba's flagship airline as fleet gets effectively grounded, customers demand refunds
In the busy summer travel period in Cuba, a long line of people wait for hours in the sweltering heat outside the Havana office of state-owned airline Cubana, many of them eager to visit families in the provinces.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2017
North Korea spy agency runs arms operation out of Malaysia, U.N. says
It is in Kuala Lumpur's "Little India" neighborhood, behind an unmarked door on the second floor of a rundown building, where a military equipment company called Glocom says it has its office.
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.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 13, 2016
Rwanda aiding Burundi rebels, North Korea arming Congo forces, report to UNSC says
A confidential report to the United Nations Security Council accuses Rwanda of providing training, financing and logistical support through early 2016 for Burundian rebels seeking to oust Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2015
Break the embargo with medical exchanges
President Barack Obama should begin the normalization of U.S. relations with Cuba after a half-century by allowing medical communication between American and Cuban doctors.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2014
Cuba Derangement Syndrome strikes again
Cuba Derangement Syndrome, a recurring fever, afflicts U.S. senators and others who argue that U.S. diplomatic relations and economic interactions lead to legitimizing Cuba's regime.
EDITORIALS
Dec 21, 2014
Ending 50 years of failure in Cuba
The surprise U.S.-Cuba agreement to end a 50-year U.S. embargo that had failed to accomplish any of its stated objectives could bring about the long-sought liberalization of the island 150 km off the Florida coast.
WORLD
Aug 14, 2014
Germany ready to arm Kurds in fight against Islamic State militants
Germany is prepared to bend its restrictive policies on weapons exports and arm Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State militants in northern Iraq, Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said on Wednesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 1, 2014
Abe eases weapons export rules
The Cabinet approves eased principles and guidelines for weapons exports, ending a strict ban that lasted nearly 50 years as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sets the stage for Japan to play a more active role in global security.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 5, 2013
Parts for F-35 would evade export ban
Defense contractors are assured that Japanese-made parts for the U.S. F-35 stealth fighter would be exempt from the ban on weapons exports — even if they go to third countries.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on