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WWI

Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 25, 2015
Germany says 1915 massacre of Armenians genocide
Armenia marked the centenary on Friday of a mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks with a simple flower-laying ceremony attended by foreign leaders as Germany became the latest country to respond to its calls for recognition that it was genocide.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2015
1915 Armenian killings amounted to genocide, European Parliament votes
The European Parliament backed a motion on Wednesday calling the massacre a century ago of up to 1.5 million Armenians a genocide, days after Pope Francis used the same term.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2015
Chicago artist marks Armenian genocide with work the size of 'Guernica'
One hundred years after the mass killing of Armenians, a Chicago artist has created a monumental painting to honor the victims and celebrate a culture that nearly vanished.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 19, 2015
Volunteers bled and led U.S. entry into World War I
Missing from chapters on World War I in most U.S. textbooks is the name of Edward Mandell Stone, a 27-year-old Harvard graduate from Chicago who made history with his death as a machine gunner in France 100 years ago this month.
COMMUNITY / Voices / COMMUNITY CHEST
Jan 1, 2015
Readers' letters: Roppongi, Ferguson, 'Massan,' Julien Blanc and more
Some emails received in response to Community articles at the tail end of 2014.
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 7, 2014
Drug-resistant superbug found in 1915 soldier killed by dysentery
Scientists who unlocked the genetic code of bacteria grown from a soldier who died of dysentery in World War I say it revealed a superbug already resistant to penicillin and other antibiotics decades before they were in common use.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 3, 2014
Foreign servicemen find final resting place on Japanese soil
There are several largely overgrown graves dedicated to European and American servicemen who died in the early 19th and early 20th century on Japanese soil.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Nov 3, 2014
Yokohama ceremony to remember 'the war to end all wars'
Several hundred retired and serving soldiers, sailors and airmen, as well as civilians from around the world, will gather in Yokohama on Nov. 9, to honor the fallen.
JAPAN
Oct 12, 2014
Abe eyes summit with Palau leader by next spring
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering holding a summit with Palau President Tommy Remengesau by next spring in Japan, ahead of the planned visit to the Pacific island country by the Emperor and Empress, government sources said Saturday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 5, 2014
The legacy of World War I
The 'storm of steel' of World War I, which for Britain began 100 years ago this week, began the process of people questioning how useful the whole institution of war was.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 5, 2014
Europe marks 100 years since outbreak of 'war to end all wars'
Lights across Britain switched off for an hour on Monday night in a tribute to the dead of World War I inspired by the prophetic observation of Britain's foreign minister on the eve of war 100 years ago.
JAPAN
Jul 24, 2014
Britain felt Japan's WWI support 'adequate'
Britain appreciated Japan's assistance during World War I but felt Tokyo could have done more and sometimes questioned its loyalty, according to today's historians.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 11, 2014
If only the U.S. had stayed out of WWI
Did U.S. intervention in the latter stage of World War I end up in just prolonging the European slaughter? David A. Stockman, first-term budget director for President Ronald Reagan, says it did as well as trigger a cascade of offenses later on in the 20th century.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 24, 2014
Abe's remarks on WWI parallels to be clarified
The government will make clear to other countries what Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meant earlier this week when he compared the rocky relations between Japan and China to those of Britain and Germany prior to World War I, officials say.

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