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WIKILEAKS

Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2019
U.S. has two months to finalize extradition case against WikiLeaks' Assange
U.S. prosecutors have just under two months to present British authorities with a final and detailed criminal case to justify the possible extradition of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a U.S. government official said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 12, 2019
Trump's 'I Love WikiLeaks' praise fades as U.S. charges Julian Assange
Donald Trump made no secret during the 2016 campaign that he appreciated WikiLeaks and founder Julian Assange for publishing thousands of hacked Democratic emails, many of them damaging to Hillary Clinton.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 11, 2019
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange arrested by British police at Ecuadorian Embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was expelled from his hideout in Ecuador's embassy in London Thursday and promptly arrested by London police as his lawyer said he faces extradition to the U.S.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2019
Assange shouldn't be extradited to U.S.
Leave it to European courts to decide whether to treat him as a spy or an investigative journalist.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2019
Ecuador leader says WikiLeaks' Julian Assange breached terms of London embassy asylum
President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador told radio stations Tuesday that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has "repeatedly violated" the terms of his asylum in the nation's London embassy, where he has lived for nearly seven years.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2019
Megaphones, hacking, propaganda: Robert Mueller details Russian U.S. election meddling
From breaking into computers to paying for a megaphone, Russian efforts to undermine the U.S. political system have been spelled out in detail by special counsel Robert Mueller, who has described an elaborate campaign of hacking and propaganda during the 2016 presidential race.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 16, 2019
Mueller says searches yielded evidence of Stone-WikiLeaks communications
U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller disclosed for the first time Friday that his office has evidence of communications between Roger Stone, a longtime adviser to President Donald Trump, and WikiLeaks related to the release of hacked Democratic Party emails.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 31, 2019
Civil rights lawyer Margaret Ratner Kunstler seen as Roger Stone's possible WikiLeaks link
Tucked into last week's indictment of Roger Stone, the brash longtime confidante of President Donald Trump, was a fleeting reference to an attorney who had the ability to contact WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 29, 2019
Roger Stone's arrest may hurt Trump's 'love' of Wikileaks
"WikiLeaks," Donald Trump said at a campaign rally on Oct. 10, 2016. "I love WikiLeaks."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 28, 2019
Ex-Trump adviser Roger Stone hints he may cooperate with Robert Mueller's Russia probe
Roger Stone, an ally of President Donald Trump and a longtime Republican operative, did not rule out on Sunday cooperating with special counsel Robert Mueller in his investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
WORLD
Jan 7, 2019
WikiLeaks tells reporters 140 'false and defamatory' things not to say about Julian Assange
WikiLeaks on Sunday advised journalists not to report 140 different "false and defamatory" statements about its founder Julian Assange, who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London since June 2012.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 24, 2018
Ecuador to no longer act on Julian Assange's behalf in negotiations with British government, foreign minister says
Ecuador does not plan to intervene with the British government on behalf of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to negotiate a way for him to leave the South American country's embassy in London, where he has lived under asylum since 2012, Ecuador's foreign minister said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 27, 2018
'I've never been in favor' of Wikileaks' activities, Ecuador president says
Ecuador's president, signaling his government's desire to end the long sojourn of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in its London embassy, said on Friday he had never supported Assange's leaking activities.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 14, 2018
U.K. judge refuses to stop legal action against WikiLeaks' Assange
A British judge refused on Tuesday to halt legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for jumping bail and fleeing to the Ecuadorean embassy in London in June 2012.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jan 30, 2018
Russian bots retweeted Trump's Twitter 470,000 times ahead of 2016 election
Russian-linked Twitter bots shared Donald Trump's tweets almost half a million times during the final months of the 2016 election, Twitter Inc. said in a submission to Congress.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 9, 2017
Axed Google memo writer draws jeers, cheers and job offer from Assange
The male Google engineer fired for circulating a memo decrying the company's diversity hiring program became the center of a heated debate on sexism, drawing scorn, cheers and even a job offer on Tuesday from WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange.
WORLD
May 30, 2017
Assange a 'hacker' but can stay at London embassy, Ecuador's new president says
Ecuador's new leftist President Lenin Moreno said on Monday Julian Assange is a "hacker," making his strongest comments to date against the WikiLeaks founder while still stressing he could stay on in the country's London embassy.
WORLD
Mar 9, 2017
Contractors likely behind CIA leak: U.S. officials
Contractors likely breached security and handed over documents describing the Central Intelligence Agency's use of hacking tools to anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks, U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials said Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2016
Charges of Russian hacking fall flat without evidence
Why are the very same media outlets that let themselves get duped 13 years ago dutifully transcribing what amounts to nothing more than unsubstantiated allegations?
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2016
Hacked memo reveals details of Bill Clinton's 2009 meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong Il
During a 2009 visit to Pyongyang to seek the release of two detained American journalists, former U.S. President Bill Clinton raised the issue of abducted Japanese nationals with then-leader Kim Jong Il, a hacked document released by the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks has shown.
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.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
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.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
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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