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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 6, 2018
Trump tax overhaul may drain $2 trillion from foreign projects as funds shift to U.S.: U.N. report
U.S. President Donald Trump's tax reform could bring almost $2 trillion back to the United States as U.S. firms repatriate cash piles from foreign affiliates, a U.N. report said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2018
North Korea earned $200 million from banned exports, U.N. report says
North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity exports, according to a confidential report by independent U.N. monitors, which also accused Pyongyang of supplying weapons to Syria and Myanmar.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 31, 2018
Syria-backed airstrikes on hospitals in rebel areas affecting hundreds of thousands: U.N.
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned a recent wave of airstrikes on medical centers in rebel-held parts of Syria, including one that put a hospital serving 50,000 people out of action.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 30, 2018
60,000 North Korean children may starve as sanctions slow aid, UNICEF warns
An estimated 60,000 children face potential starvation in North Korea, where international sanctions are exacerbating the situation by slowing aid deliveries, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jan 22, 2018
Ski lift: North Korea may capitalize on joint Olympics training visit
South Korea's offer to send athletes to a North Korean ski resort for joint training ahead of next month's Olympics risks giving Kim Jong Un's regime legitimacy and some much-needed cash, North Korean defectors and experts say.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 22, 2018
Congolese security forces kill six, wound scores while dispersing anti-Kabila protest
Congolese security forces shot dead at least six people and wounded dozens more as they fired tear gas to disperse a rally against President Joseph Kabila organized by the Catholic Church on Sunday, a U.N. peacekeeping mission in the country said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 12, 2018
Japan toughens screening rules for refugees; automatic work permits ditched
The Justice Ministry gets tough on immigrants seeking refuge in Japan with new rules designed to weed out those who are primarily seeking jobs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 12, 2018
Warming set to breach Paris accord's toughest limit by middle of century, draft report says
Global warming is on track to breach the toughest limit set in the Paris climate agreement by the middle of this century unless governments make unprecedented economic shifts from fossil fuels, a draft U.N. report said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2018
Toward a new global compact on migration
Developing an international network of legal migration would go a long way toward reducing refugee crises.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 7, 2018
Iran stages pro-government rallies, derides Trump's 'blunder' at U.N.
Thousands of government supporters staged rallies in Iran for a fourth day on Saturday in a backlash against widespread anti-government protests that the clerical establishment has blamed on the country's enemies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 3, 2018
U.S. warns Pyongyang against new missile test and plays down Kim-proposed talks with Seoul
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, warned North Korea on Tuesday against staging another missile test and said Washington would not take any talks between North and South Korea seriously if they did not do something to get Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 2, 2018
Pakistan plans takeover of charities run by hard-line figure the U.S. has targeted
Pakistan's government plans to seize control of charities and financial assets linked to Islamist leader Hafiz Saeed, whom Washington has designated a terrorist, according to officials and documents reviewed by Reuters.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2017
South Korea seizes second ship suspected of transferring oil to North
South Korean authorities have seized a Panama-flagged vessel suspected of transferring oil products to North Korea in violation of international sanctions, a customs official said Sunday.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Dec 30, 2017
Who can we trust during these new wars of the world?
Swords into ploughshares. Spears into pruning hooks. Three thousand-odd years ago, when civilization was rough and passions raw, an extraordinary visionary saw peace dawning. His words, recorded in the Biblical book of Isaiah, transcend religious denomination and national affiliation. They belong to...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 30, 2017
Russian tankers fueled North Korea via transfers at sea, sources say
Russian tankers have supplied fuel to North Korea on at least three occasions in recent months by transferring cargoes at sea, according to two senior Western European security sources, providing an economic lifeline to the secretive communist state.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2017
Libya flies 142 migrants back to Guinea with U.N. agency's help
Libya put 142 illegal migrants on a flight back to Guinea on Wednesday with the help of the U.N. migration agency, officials said, as the North African country steps up deportations to ease severe overcrowding in its detention centers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 21, 2017
China's border city with North Korea eases tourism curbs: sources
Chinese tourists are still visiting Pyongyang from China's border city of Dandong, tourism sources say, even after authorities unofficially halted the tours just ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump's visit to China last month.
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.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 19, 2017
Number of international migrants jumps to 258 million, up by half since 2000: UN
An estimated 258 million people are international migrants, a figure that has surged by a half since the turn of the century, the United Nations said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 16, 2017
Myanmar faces mounting calls for release of Reuters journalists
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Friday that the United States was demanding "the immediate release" of two Reuters reporters arrested in Myanmar "or information as to the circumstances around their disappearance."
Foreign residents closely follow Japan's election and party pledges
A police officer walks past posters of Liberal Democratic Party candidates, as well as one showing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, outside the party's headquarters in Tokyo on Sunday. As Japan’s foreign population continues to rise, one of the talking points during Sunday’s election was how the country should deal with the increase of international residents.
‘Japanese First’ Sanseito emerges as powerful force after Upper House poll
Sanseito leader Sohei Kamiya in Tokyo on Sunday night
The rise of AI companionship in a lonely Japan
In 2020, 38% of all households were single-person. That figure is projected to rise to 44.3% by 2050.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Ishiba clings to leadership after election setback
“As the first party in parliament, we have to fulfill our responsibility with the public so as to prevent politics from stagnating or drifting away,” Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said at a news conference at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan’s top brands get tied up in the great sunscreen debate
A coral reef in Okinawa in July 2022. Some jurisdictions around the world have moved to ban certain sunscreens in a bid to protect coral reefs, but some say the impact on reefs is far from clear.
Pentagon looks to unleash ‘military drone dominance’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth hosts a drone demonstration at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 10.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.

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