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WORLD / Politics

May 18, 2016

In call with White House, Duterte tells Obama he may go bilateral on Beijing talks

U.S. President Barack Obama telephoned Philippine President-elect Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday to congratulate him on his election win, saying the high voter turnout reflects Manila's "vibrant democracy."

JAPAN

May 11, 2016

Obama steps into regional spat over victimhood

A plan for the first-ever visit to Hiroshima by a sitting U.S. president was expected to draw a mixed reaction in the region, where China and South Korea have accused Japan of glossing over its actions in World War II and playing up its own victimhood.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

May 3, 2016

North Korea party congress set to be Kim's coronation

As its "70-day campaign of loyalty" wraps up, North Korea on Friday will hold its first Workers' Party Congress in nearly 40 years, with young Kim Jong Un looking to cement his position as the country's supreme leader — showing his people and the world who's in charge.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 27, 2016

North Korea announces rare policy-making congress next week

North Korea announced Wednesday it will convene a rare congress of its ruling party late next week — the first such policy-making meeting in more than three decades.

JAPAN

Apr 21, 2016

U.S. commander of Yokosuka naval base is fired

Capt. David Glenister, the commander of the U.S. Navy's Yokosuka Naval Base, is relieved of duty over his poor leadership abilities.

JAPAN / Society

Apr 14, 2016

Japan human rights improve but problems persist: U.S. State Department

Human rights in Japan have improved in some areas, the U.S. State Department said Thursday in an annual survey of nations worldwide, but it listed a slew of failings that remain unaddressed.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Apr 12, 2016

North Korea close to fielding missile that could hit Washington: analyst

North Korea made a "significant step forward" with a test last week of a new rocket engine that could propel a nuclear warhead to New York or Washington, a report released Monday said.

JAPAN / Crime & Legal

Apr 6, 2016

Amnesty slams Japan over death penalty as global executions soar

A human rights group says recorded executions worldwide surged by more than 50 percent last year to the highest level in a quarter-century.

Japan Times

WORLD

Apr 5, 2016

China squelches Panama allegations, but Russia media note contents

China moved to block access to documents leaked from a Panamanian law firm after the data came to light Monday, and its state media characterized the data's release as political.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 22, 2016

U.S.-Japan security pact still fodder for Trump, but numbers paint different story

U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Monday called again for the country's security arrangement with Japan to be renegotiated, saying Washington's allies should pay a higher price for their defense.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Mar 9, 2016

Kim says North Korea has mastered nuclear warhead minaturization

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has asserted for the first time that Pyongyang can field nuclear-tipped missiles, state media reported Wednesday. A North Korean newspaper printed photographs of him meeting staff at a missile facility with a spherical silver object on a stand that appeared to be a mock-up...

JAPAN / Society

Feb 13, 2016

Pope meets Orthodox patriarch but reunion of churches unlikely, Tokyo priests say

Several Tokyo-based priests on Saturday welcomed the meeting in Cuba between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, calling it an important development but one that is unlikely to lead to reunion.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Jan 28, 2016

Japan, U.S., South Korea brace for possible launch of North Korean long-range ballistic missile

Japan, South Korea and American military forces in the region were braced Thursday for a potential launch by North Korea of a banned long-range ballistic missile.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jan 13, 2016

Warnings emerge of Islamic State in Philippines, latest nation in region to face threat

There are growing signs of support for the Islamic State group in the southern Philippines, despite assertions by Manila that militants in the region are little more than criminal gangs.

JAPAN / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS

Dec 18, 2015

Japan hangs prisoners days after lawyers' call for death penalty review

The executions of two death row inmates on Friday was a blow to the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, which only last week reiterated a call for a moratorium on hangings and for a national debate on the matter.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Dec 16, 2015

Chinese sub targeted U.S. carrier, report says

A Chinese submarine conducted a simulated missile attack on the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier near Japan in October, a report said Tuesday.

Japan Times

WORLD

Nov 30, 2015

Russian oil tanker runs aground off Sakhalin, spills part of load

Cleanup operations are underway on the Russian island of Sakhalin after a tanker laden with oil grounded close to a fishing port, ripping open at least one of its tanks and polluting several kilometers of coastline.

Japan Times

WORLD / Crime & Legal

Nov 17, 2015

Anti-nuclear firebrand's case heads to Canadian court over death threats against Fukushima environmental scientists

An activist who alleges a global cover-up over the extent of pollution from the Fukushima No. 1 disaster is due in court in Victoria, Canada, on Wednesday over threats he allegedly made against the lives of two environmental scientists.

Japan Times

JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS

Nov 4, 2015

Beijing's pragmatic Taiwan-China summit has implications for Japan

Some observers see the announcement of the first talks in 66 years between China's president and the leader of Taiwan as a further sign of Beijing's readiness to take risks.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Nov 2, 2015

Decorated U.S. sailor turned missionary, who served at Okinawa leprosy facility, dies at 88

The Rev. Charles Brozat, an American missionary whose 54-year service in Japan included a decade ministering to leprosy sufferers in Okinawa, has died at the age of 88.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.

As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals

By Alex K.T. Martin

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