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Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2018

Syrian army advances as Russia and allies position for U.S. pullout

Syrian government forces rolled into a key region held by U.S.-backed Kurds, winning praise from Russia and heading off a threatened Turkish advance as Moscow and its allies move quickly to fill the void left by a planned U.S. pullout.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 28, 2018

Chinese police detain students protesting crackdown on Marxist group

Chinese police detained a group of students on Friday who were protesting against a crackdown on a campus Marxist society, whose former head was held by police on the 125th birthday of the founder of modern China, Mao Zedong.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Dec 28, 2018

U.K. charity says 10 worst climate-linked disasters this year caused an estimated $85 billion in damage

From floods to extreme heat, 10 of the worst climate-linked disasters in 2018 caused at least $84.8 billion worth of damage, a study released by the charity Christian Aid said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 28, 2018

Amid an influx of tourists, Japan grapples with how to accommodate foreign visitors with food allergies

Two of the first kanji Conner Lowe learned were the ones that make up the word daizu, meaning soybeans.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 28, 2018

Bangladesh election campaigning closes; weakened opposition hopes for change

Campaigning for Bangladesh's general election this weekend ended on Friday after weeks of violence, mainly against workers and officials from an opposition alliance, that has been criticized by the United States and others.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2018

Killer storm blasts U.S. Midwest and Southeast

A motorist was killed in Kansas on Thursday in a crash blamed on a fierce blizzard slamming the U.S. Midwest and Southeast that also canceled or delayed thousands of airline flights and injured two people on a commercial jet over the Dallas area.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Invest in Italy Roadshow
Dec 28, 2018

Potential in numerous economic fields for investment

The Invest in Italy Roadshow was held on Dec. 13 to promote Japanese direct investment into Italy, organized by the Ministry of Economic Development of Italy, the Italian Trade Agency, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc., Invitalia and the Embassy of Italy, and supported by the Japan External Trade Organization....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2018

White House mum as trade war slaughters hog industry worldwide

Ken Maschhoff, chairman of the largest U.S. family-owned pork producer, has watched profits fall as trade tensions rise between the United States and China.
EDITORIALS
Dec 27, 2018

We should brace for economic troubles next year

Policymakers must begin preparing for the anticipated downturn, ensuring that they have the tools to respond.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 27, 2018

2019: Reasons to be bullish or bearish

It was in September 2008 that the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered an economic shock leading to a global recession. Since then, most countries have gradually recovered, and in recent years what came to be called a Great Moderation permeated the world's economies.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2018

Two Japanese death row inmates executed over 1988 robbery-murders of Cosmo Research president and employee

The executions were the first carried out since 13 former members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult were hanged in July.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2018

Alleged leader of China consulate attack in Pakistan reported killed in Afghanistan

One of the alleged masterminds of an attack by a Pakistani separatist group on the Chinese Consulate in Karachi last month has been killed in Afghanistan along with five associates, the insurgent group that claimed the attack said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 27, 2018

Christmas funeral for Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. custody too much for grieving mom to bear

A crowd of mourners said goodbye to the 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl who died in U.S. custody this month, laying her to rest in a Christmas Day funeral that left her mother so crushed she could not bear to attend.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 27, 2018

Three key Congo opposition cities excluded from presidential poll ostensibly on security and health grounds

Voters in three Congolese cities known as anti-government strongholds will be excluded from Sunday's presidential elections on security and health grounds, officials said, prompting calls for protests from angry opposition leaders.
EDITORIALS
Dec 26, 2018

Does the longest postwar boom cycle mean much?

The Japanese economy needs efforts to turn the current boom into a sustained expansion.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 26, 2018

Cats outnumber dogs as pets in Japan for second straight year

The estimated number of cats being kept as pets outnumbered that of dogs for the second straight year in 2018, the Japan Pet Food Association said Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 26, 2018

New Delhi residents spend Christmas indoors as smog crisis stretches into fourth day

Many Delhi residents were forced to spend Christmas indoors this year as air quality remained at "severe to emergency" levels for a fourth day, in the Indian capital's worst smog crisis this year.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 26, 2018

Head of Rothschild in Russia pens fairy tales between flights

Giovanni Salvetti, the head of Rothschild in Russia and CIS, takes five flights a week in his job managing the bank's operations from Kazakhstan to Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2018

Trump claims that federal workers idled by shutdown want Mexico border wall

President Donald Trump said that federal workers furloughed in a partial government shutdown support his effort to force Democrats to vote to spend billions of dollars for a wall on the Mexican border.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2018

German police find Islamic State flag and Arabic text at site of railway sabotage

German police said on Tuesday they had found a flag of the Islamic State (IS) militant group near the site of a suspected attack on a railway track in Berlin and that investigators were examining whether the perpetrators had any political motives.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2018

China would be unwise to follow the U.S. and turn inward

While both countries may be tempted to turn inward, there are five reasons why they would be wise not to.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2018

Nationalism doesn't have to be a dirty word

Like any political ideology, nationalism has many faces and some are beneficial and worthy of affirmation.
Snowfall in Tokyo as storm sweeps country
Snow falls on a narrow drinking alley in Tokyo's Bunkyo Ward on Wednesday morning.
‘DEI’ purge prompts Pentagon to remove webpage on Iwo Jima flag-raiser
A signed picture by photographer Joe Rosenthal of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima is shown as part of a display at the new National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Virginia, in November 2006.
China sends most military aircraft near Taiwan since October
A Taiwanese military honor guard holds Taiwanese flags during an open day event for the public at the Keelung port on the island Monday.
Tokyo pub hit with first-ever closure order for illegal street tables
One pub in Tokyo's Shimbashi district received more than 60 warnings from law enforcement for setting up tables on the street, blocking the way for traffic.
Japanese singer and actor Ayumi Ishida dies at 76
Singer and actor Ayumi Ishida was well known for her hit song "Blue Light Yokohama."
At Tokyo Dome, a stage so big that even Shohei Ohtani felt nervous
Shohei Ohtani tips his batting helmet during the opening game of the MLB season between the Dodgers and Cubs on Tuesday at Tokyo Dome
Assassin’s Creed Shadows puts samurai style over substance
Releasing on March 20, Assassin's Creed Shadows excels in atmosphere and open-world gameplay but falls short of narrative expectations.
At Ventinove, Tuscan specialties taken to new heights
Tucked away behind the historic Tsuchida sake brewery, Ventinove's location and sleek, angular architecture make for impressive destination dining.
Private clubs quietly open in Tokyo for free-spending Chinese businesspeople
Sources say a hui suo — a private club, which in Japan caters mainly to Chinese businesspeople — will soon open on the upper floors of the Moutai Building in the Ginza district of Tokyo.
Japan’s youth climate activists still searching for a breakthrough
While climate demonstrations around the world often draw thousands of participants, in Japan such demonstrations rarely break the 100-person barrier.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Passengers that were on a morning train attacked by members of the Aum Shinrikyo group wait for medical assistance outside Kasumigaseki Station on March 20,1995.
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