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JAPAN / History
Mar 14, 2015

Cult attraction: Aum Shinrikyo's power of persuasion

Ahead of the 20th anniversary of Aum Shinrikyo's deadly sarin attack in Tokyo, we talk to three people with intimate knowledge of the cult in a bid to find out how it was able to exert so much influence over its followers.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Mar 14, 2015

Failing to rebuild communities in Tohoku

The NHK travel program "Tsurube no Kazoku ni Kampai" ("Tsurube Toasts Families") recently aired a two-parter about the town of Watari in Miyagi Prefecture, which was devastated in the March 11, 2011, tsunami. In the series, rakugo storyteller Shofukutei Tsurube and a celebrity guest visit small towns...
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JAPAN / UN WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER RISK REDUCTION
Mar 14, 2015

Sustainability begins in Sendai

WORLD
Mar 13, 2015

Lion spotted in Gabon for first time in 20 years

A lion has been spotted in Gabon for the first time in nearly 20 years, raising hopes the animals long feared extinct in the country could be returning, conservationists said on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2015

U.S. students losing interest in China as dream jobs prove elusive

American students are getting cold feet about studying Chinese in China, with many study abroad programs in the country seeing a substantial drop in enrolment over the last few years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2015

Police swarm home in St. Louis suburb after 'ambush' of two Ferguson cops

The shooting of two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, during a protest rally sparked an intense manhunt on Thursday and ratcheted up tensions in a city at the center of a national debate over race and policing.
LIFE / Travel / HOTELS & RESTAURANTS
Mar 12, 2015

Surrounded by nature at El Bosco; ninja invasion at Hilton Odawara; Swissotel Nankai Osaka promotions

Surrounded by nature at El Bosco
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CULTURE / Film
Mar 11, 2015

Capturing Raf Simons and the ghost of Christian Dior

You may not "J'adore Dior," but it's hard not to be fascinated by the goings on within the French fashion house, which is now one of the fashion industry's two remaining haute couture maisons.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 11, 2015

Frenchman gets three years for helping girl of 14 to go to Syria to marry Islamic State fighter

A French court sentenced a man on Tuesday to three years in jail for helping a 14-year-old girl who wanted to travel to Syria to marry an Islamic State fighter there.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Mar 10, 2015

Monkey ski, monkey brew as Shiga Kogen hosts annual beer-and-bands festival

Two of the bigger booms of the last few years in Japan seem like they would be a great match. But nobody thought to merge the worlds of craft beer and music festivals until Eigo Sato did so in 2012.
SOCCER / J. League
Mar 7, 2015

Frontale dominate opener against F. Marinos

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JAPAN / Politics
Mar 7, 2015

Japan, North Korea eye abduction talks in late March

Tokyo and Pyongyang are working to recommence stalled high-level talks on North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals.
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JAPAN / FOCUS
Mar 7, 2015

Chasing Chinese planes 400 times a year stretches Japan's top guns

Fighter pilot Jun Fukuda sits edgily on the couch in his flight suit, waiting for the call that sends him sprinting to his jet. On any given day, he will chase and warn off Chinese military planes nearing Japanese airspace.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 6, 2015

Astronomers find star speeding out of the galaxy

Astronomers have found a star hurtling through the galaxy faster than any other, the result of being blasted away by the explosion of a massive partner star, researchers said on Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2015

Chinese desire for fancy toilet seats spurs 1,400% rally in Laox shares

Thousand-dollar rice cookers and toilet seats that know when you enter the room.
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COMMENTARY / World
Mar 3, 2015

Joining Islamic State is stupid, but why is it illegal?

As with so many other basic legal precepts, the right of Americans to serve in a foreign army has been eroded since 9/11.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 3, 2015

On global stage, North Korea's top diplomat is man of mystery

The young Kim Jong Un may be the public face of isolated North Korea, but the man who represents Pyongyang on the international stage is an urbane 75-year-old who lived under an assumed name for decades and survived a vicious purge over a year ago.
EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2015

New phase of the Ebola battle

As the spread of Ebola slows, the Japan Social Development Fund, on the ground in Liberia, has announced the start of an effort to battle the psychological effects of the virus.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2015

Why the squeeze is on middle-class incomes

A right-wing think tank from among President Barack Obama's top economists blames the slow growth of productivity, mainly, for the squeeze on middle-class incomes.
WORLD
Mar 2, 2015

CCTV reportedly shows British schoolgirls in Istanbul on their way to Syria

Security footage appears to show three British schoolgirls, believed to be on their way to join Islamic State militants, waiting for hours at a bus station in Turkey before traveling to a city near the Syrian border, media reported on Sunday.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 26, 2015

Astronomers find giant black hole in early universe

A black hole 12 billion times more massive than the sun has been found in a glowing quasar that existed when the universe was just a fraction of its current age, scientists said on Wednesday.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2015

Three Brooklyn residents charged with supporting Islamic State

Two Brooklyn residents who sought to go to Syria and join the Islamic State group were charged with conspiring to support the terror group that has taken control of a swath of Iraq and Syria and publicly executed its captives. A third resident of the New York borough was also charged.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan