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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2018
Fiancee says Riyadh behind Jamal Khashoggi's murder, slams Trump response
The fiancee of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has said Saudi authorities are responsible for his murder, and the kingdom should give more details so that those who ordered and carried out the killing can be brought to justice.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 29, 2018
From Shimoda Conferences to Mount Fuji Dialogue
It's high time for the people and the government of Japan to change the postwar approach, because endless discussions will never make a difference.
JAPAN
Oct 29, 2018
U.S. launches new missile defense command in Japan
U.S. forces in Japan are set to establish a new command for the U.S. Army's ballistic missile defense unit in the Asian country, and have started stationing personnel, it has been learned.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 29, 2018
U.S. defense chief looks to calm European allies nervous about INF pact withdrawal
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday that the United States was in consultation with its European allies on an arms control treaty, as NATO members urge Washington to try to bring Russia back into compliance with the pact rather than quit it.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 29, 2018
New U.S.-bound group of migrants sets off from El Salvador
A new group of migrants bound for the United States set off from El Salvador on Sunday, following thousands of other Central Americans fleeing poverty and violence who have taken similar journeys in recent weeks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2018
Jim Mattis calls for transparent investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's killing during talks with Saudi minister
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday that he met Saudi Arabia's foreign minister and called for a transparent investigation into the killing earlier this month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2018
Chinese state media claims Pittsburgh mass shooting highlights need for 'anti-extremism education' similar to that of Xinjiang camps
Chinese state-run media has pointed to the mass shooting Saturday at a synagogue in Pittsburgh as highlighting the need for "anti-extremism education" measures similar to the widely criticized internment camps it operates in the country's far-west Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 28, 2018
Canada said to be fifth country to ratify Japan-led CPTPP trade deal, with Australia close behind
A sprawling Pacific trade deal led by Japan is on the verge of kicking in provisionally after Canada announces its intention to be the fifth country to sign off on the pact.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2018
North Korean hospital director says Otto Warmbier torture allegations 'total distortion' of truth
The director of the Pyongyang Friendship Hospital, which treated American student Otto Warmbier, who died last year after being detained for months in the country, has dismissed new allegations that his death resulted from torture.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 28, 2018
Rouhani reshuffles economic team, says U.S. isolated against Iran
Iran's parliament approved a government economic reshuffle on Saturday, days before new U.S. sanctions on Tehran's oil exports take effect, after President Hassan Rouhani said Washington was isolated among its allies in its confrontation with Iran.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 28, 2018
China still poring over little-noticed Pence speech weeks later
In Washington, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's Oct. 4 speech ripping China was largely lost amid the uproar over the midterms and Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 27, 2018
How Republicans are using immigration to scare voters to the polls
Analysis
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2018
Saudis trumpet $56 billion in mainly U.S. deals as confab ends amid partial boycott over journalist's slaying
Saudi Arabia said it signed $56 billion in deals at an investment conference this week and expected the United States to remain a key business partner despite a partial boycott of the event over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 25, 2018
U.S. is more engaged than ever in Indo-Pacific
The U.S. involvement in the Indo-Pacific region benefits not only itsinterests, but the interests of its partners, allies and neighbors.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2018
Trump, U.S. defense industry work to save much-touted $110 billion Saudi arms deal
The Trump administration and the U.S. defense industry are scrambling to save the few actual deals in the much-touted $110 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia as concerns rise about the role of the Kingdom's leadership over the death of a prominent critic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2018
A U.S.-China great power competition?
Asian nations are anxious about Trump's aggressive approach toward China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2018
Human rights situation in North Korea 'has not changed' despite Pyongyang's warming ties with Seoul and Washington, U.N. investigator says
The ongoing detente between North Korea and the United States has done little, if anything, to improve Pyongyang's abysmal rights record, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in the nuclear-armed country said Tuesday, just weeks before the expected passage of a Japan-led resolution condemning...
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 24, 2018
Amazon pitched facial recognition to ICE to monitor immigrants amid misgivings of workers, rights groups
Amazon.com Inc. in June pitched its facial recognition technology — which can identify people from surveillance footage using image databases — as a tool for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, showing that Amazon continued to push the software to law enforcement agencies as criticism swirled...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2018
Putin and Trump look to meet in Paris on Nov. 11
U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin plan to meet in Paris next month, officials said on Tuesday, their first encounter since a summit in Helsinki that unleashed a storm of criticism that Trump was cozying up to the Kremlin.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 24, 2018
Second U.S.-bound migrant caravan moves through Guatemala toward Mexico
A group of more than a thousand Central Americans in Guatemala headed toward the Mexican border on Tuesday as the first caravan of migrants paused in southern Mexico on its planned journey towards the U.S. border.

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