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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 22, 2005

Special court can right Haitian wrongs

PORT-AU-PRINCE -- Known as the "Perle des Antilles" at the time of its independence in 1804, Haiti has gone through several periods of upheaval and terror that have stymied a once promising future. Human rights violations are widespread, and justice is nonexistent in the country today.
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JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2017

15 years after landmark Koizumi visit to Pyongyang, little progress on abduction issue

Little progress has been made on efforts to repatriate Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea since Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made a historic visit in 2002.
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JAPAN / History
Dec 11, 2015

Fifty Japanese scholars attack McGraw-Hill, U.S. academics on 'comfort women' issue

The “comfort women” dispute heats up as 50 Japanese scholars chide the author of a U.S. textbook and his backers for “errors” they claim no Japanese scholar would support.
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JAPAN / DAVOS SPECIAL 2013
Jan 23, 2013

Managing the Japan-China Row

At a time when official Japan-China dialogue has come to a standstill over conflicting territorial claims, the Tokyo Foundation hosted an important Track 2 meeting of foreign policy experts from Japan, China, and the U.S.
EDITORIALS
Apr 15, 2006

Abduction issue not resolved

The Japanese government has announced DNA analysis results that indicate that the daughter of Ms. Megumi Yokota, a Japanese abducted by North Korean agents in 1977, was very likely fathered by a South Korean man also abducted by the Pyongyang regime in the 1970s, a Mr. Kim Young Nam. There is now a strong...
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WORLD / Society
Jan 31, 2022

Book ban efforts spread across the U.S.

Challenges to books are nothing new, but according to educators, librarians and free-speech advocates, the tactics and venues where they play out are changing.
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COMMENTARY / World
May 6, 2021

Japan must use its special relationship with Myanmar to facilitate peace

Japan can play a unique role here. Tokyo has ties and contacts with the Tatmadaw, Aung San Suu Kyi and other domestic political forces and citizen groups in the country.
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BUSINESS / Davos Special 2020,Tackling Marine Plastic Waste
Jan 20, 2020

Islands of abundant nature spoiled by ocean waste

Situated in the Sea of Japan and wedged between the Kyushu region of southwestern Japan and the Korean Peninsula, Tsushima is a group of islands with a resident population of 30,000 people. The blue, clear ocean waters encircling Tsushima are a popular spot for fishing and marine sports, while on the...
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COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 26, 2019

Let will of the people decide succession issue

The emperor's position is determined by the will of the people, irrespective of the historical background of the imperial system.
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Special Supplements / G20 Osaka Summit Special
Jun 27, 2019

Space biomedical technology utilized in university project for a healthy life

Inside the biomedical engineering labs at NASA, scientists are charged with developing advanced life-support machines to help astronauts breathe for longer in space.
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JAPAN / CABINET INTERVIEW 2018
Oct 26, 2018

Tasked with bringing North Korea abduction issue to a close, Suga vows to do all in his power

As the government's new point man on the abduction of Japanese citizens by North Korean agents, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said he will do all in his power to bring the issue to a close and secure the safe return of all who were kidnapped.
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WORLD / Politics
Jul 22, 2017

Special counsel asks White House to save documents, mails, recordings from Trump Jr.-Russians meeting

The special counsel investigating possible collusion between President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and Russia has asked White House officials to preserve any records of a meeting last year between the president's eldest son and a Russian lawyer, according to a source with knowledge of the request.
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BUSINESS / DAVOS SPECIAL 2017
Jan 17, 2017

Uncertain future fed by growing populism, protectionism

The year 2017 started with a significant level of uncertainties in global politics and economies — certainly true for the world economies over the last decade since the global financial crisis in 2007 — after the surprising outcome of the U.S. presidential election in November.
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JAPAN / G7 ISE-SHIMA SUMMIT SPECIAL
May 25, 2016

United front needed in fight against global infectious diseases

The international community trembled in fear over the recent Ebola virus disease epidemic, which taught us many lessons. Public health is now a global issue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / G7 ISE-SHIMA SUMMIT SPECIAL
May 25, 2016

Lixil, Saraya working to address hygiene issues

In a bid to save lives and improve the quality of life for millions of people in the world, Japanese companies have worked over the years to improve poor sanitation in developing countries.
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JAPAN / 2016 NEW YEAR SPECIAL
Jan 1, 2016

Helping refugees requires more than financial help

Children wrapped in emergency blankets stand on a beach after crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey. Long lines of refugees wait to enter a camp in Macedonia. Trains packed with hundreds of refugees arrive at the Munich railway station. Such images of desperate Syrians fleeing their war-torn country were...
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JAPAN / DAVOS SPECIAL 2015
Jan 21, 2015

Forging better Japan through 'quiet revolution'

Entrepreneur Yoshito Hori has a strong sense of mission to guide Japan to become a better place as it undergoes what he calls a "quiet revolution," and he thinks his role is outside of politics.
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BUSINESS / Economy / 'SUMMER DAVOS' SPECIAL 2014
Sep 10, 2014

Meeting the challenge of diversity

The latest views on the new roles of leadership and the changing issues leaders are facing are two of the themes that entrepreneur Yoshito Hori is keen to check on at this year's Summer Davos conference.
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WORLD / EU SPECIAL 2014
May 9, 2014

EU continues commitment to security and peace

The European Union is now at its most critical stage ever. It is facing what European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called "a disgrace in the 21st century."
CULTURE / TV & Streaming / CHANNEL SURF
Oct 20, 2013

"SPEC" backstory special; Tohoku medical care update; CM of the week: TopValu

The hero of "SPEC" (TBS, Wed., 9 p.m.) is Toma (Erika Toda), who works for Section 5 of the Metropolitan Police Department's Public Security Division. Her exploits in the crime-fighting organization were the subject of a 2010 series, but this week's two-hour special explains how she became a member,...
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LIFE / Travel / TRAVEL INSIDER
Jun 12, 2013

Cathay Pacific special campaigns; KLM summer fare sale; Singapore Airline's new mobile services

Cathay summer specials
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WORLD / EU SPECIAL 2013
May 9, 2013

Japan, EU look to trade pact as way to lift up economies

Japan and the European Union have taken an important step toward deepening their relationship by starting formal negotiations on a free trade agreement in April, seeking to boost their faltering economies by creating one of the world's largest free-trade accords that will account for about 30 percent...
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COMMUNITY / Issues / THE ZEIT GIST
Oct 28, 2008

WWII forced labor issue dogs Aso, Japanese firms

After evading the issue for more than two years, Taro Aso conceded to foreign reporters on the eve of becoming prime minister that Allied POWs worked at his family's coal mine in Kyushu during World War II.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2007

Japan's Antiterrorism Special Measures Law and confusion over U.N. authority

Once again there is political debate over military-related legislation under the shadow of Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution, and once again it has revealed confusion over the international law and constitutional issues involved. The debate is over the extension of the Antiterrorism Special Measures...

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