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JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 5, 2018

Australian woman renews plea for Japan's government to amend U.S. forces agreement after rape ordeal

An Australian woman who was raped by a U.S. military serviceman more than a decade ago renewed on Thursday her request to Japan's government to amend the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), which critics claim allows both countries to evade responsibility for misconduct linked to U.S. bases....
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JAPAN / Politics
Apr 5, 2018

Disclosure that GSDF hid discovery of Iraq logs reignites doubts over civilian control of Japan's armed forces

The ministry acknowledged the activity logs, from an Iraq mission, had been kept hidden from top officials for more than a year ,despite an earlier claim that they didn't exist.
EDITORIALS
Mar 29, 2018

Japan must take a unified stance on terrorism in U.K.

Japan must stand strong against the lawlessness of the Skripal attack together with its partners in London and elsewhere.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 26, 2018

Exiled Catalan ex-leader Carles Puigdemont detained in Germany on Spanish warrant

Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont was detained in Germany on Sunday, five months after entering self-imposed exile from Spain, where he faces up to 25 years in prison for organizing an illegal secession referendum last year.
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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 25, 2018

Former chief of Japanese Communist Party lauds Emperor for staying out of politics

Former Japanese Communist Party leader Tetsuzo Fuwa has praised Emperor Akihito for, unlike his father, staying away from politics as stipulated by Article 4 of the Constitution.
EDITORIALS
Mar 25, 2018

China's coming propaganda offensive

Beijing is overhauling its state media to better control domestic content and to create a propaganda behemoth that will spread its message around the world.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Mar 21, 2018

Macron says too much English spoken in pre-Brexit Brussels

The English language is too dominant in Brussels, especially with Britain soon to exit the European Union, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday as he vowed to fight for a wider use of French in EU institutions and abroad.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / Deep Dive
Mar 20, 2018

Children of condemned Aum guru Shoko Asahara reviled by society as criminals

In the early hours of May 16, 1995, police raided the Aum Shinrikyo cult's facilities in Kamikuishiki, Yamanashi Prefecture. At 9:45 a.m., cult founder Shoko Asahara, whose real name is Chizuo Matsumoto, was arrested and taken into custody.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Stage
Mar 20, 2018

Force and fragility meet and merge in 'Dunas'

There are mutual squeals of delight when Belgian dance artist Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Spanish flamenco dancer Maria Pages are reunited after "far too long" at a Tokyo rehearsal studio.
Japan Times
Places
Mar 20, 2018

20 sakura (cherry blossom) spots to visit across Japan

By Len Kitagawa and Max Burt
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 19, 2018

Driverless drift: Robotics firms are developing virtual 'Fast and Furious'-style sims to boost safety

Self-driving cars will rarely have to deal with a pack of drivers who think they are in a "Fast and Furious" movie, but training them to do so might just be what it takes to reach true autonomy.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 19, 2018

China's 'silver fox' foreign minister and former ambassador to Japan promoted

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi retained his job and was also promoted to a state councillor on Monday, meaning he now has the country's two top diplomat roles, in a vote of confidence for his strong defense of China's interests.
Japan Times
LIFE / Style & Design
Mar 18, 2018

Amazon Fashion Week Tokyo: Menswear brands give streetwear some long-overdue cred

Japan Times fashion contributors select eight menswear and unisex collections to look out for during Tokyo fashion week
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2018

Stephen Hawking taught us it was right to be wrong

By making bets he was happy to lose, the English physicist showed that science progressed with each mistake.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Mar 17, 2018

The other side of crime: 'Victims left behind'

The 1995 Aum sarin gas attacks in Tokyo laid the foundations for the creation of support networks to help protect those affected by the incident.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books / ESSENTIAL READING FOR JAPANOPHILES
Mar 17, 2018

In 'The Rape of Nanking' Iris Chang deconstructs the horrors of war

Iris Chang's groundbreaking work, "The Rape of Nanking" is widely credited with publicizing the World War II atrocity that many in Japan continue to deny or belittle as exaggeration. Graphically observant to multiple atrocities, it is not a book for the faint-hearted. Despite this, it is immensely readable....
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WORLD
Mar 16, 2018

West calls on Russia to explain nerve toxin attack on former double agent

Britain, the United States, Germany and France jointly called on Russia on Thursday to explain a military-grade nerve toxin attack in England on a former Russian double agent, which they said threatened Western security.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2018

May visits U.K. city where Russian double-agent was poisoned

British Prime Minister Theresa May visited Salisbury on Thursday, the elegant cathedral city that became the unlikely backdrop to a chemical attack against a Russian former double-agent this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 12, 2018

May faces calls to retaliate against Russia after spy attack

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May faces calls to crack down on Russian influence in Britain amid reports that investigators have linked Vladimir Putin's regime to last week's poisoning of a former spy in a city southwest of London.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Mar 9, 2018

Two millennia of heritage along Wakayama's Kumano Kodo trail

The Kii Peninsula is a land of ancient spiritual paths and holy mountains. Part of Wakayama Prefecture, the area is famous for onsen, temperate rainforests, mountains and a beautiful coastline. The prefecture is known as a place of rich cultural heritage, in part because of its connection to the Kii Province and the Kumano Kodo trail.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 9, 2018

Trump agrees to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on denuclearization

U.S. President Donald Trump has accepted an invitation to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un by the end of May — a stunning and unexpected announcement that comes as the two historic adversaries dial back threats of nuclear annihilation and attempt to reach a deal on the issue of scrapping the North's...
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2018

Britain warns Russia over double agent's mysterious illness

Britain warned Russia on Tuesday of a robust response if the Kremlin was behind a mysterious illness that has struck down a former double agent convicted of betraying dozens of spies to British intelligence.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 6, 2018

Report says Ichiro poised to return to Mariners

The Mariners and Ichiro Suzuki are close to finalizing a one-year deal for the franchise icon to return to Seattle, according to multiple reports Monday.

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