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WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 10, 2013

Online firearms loophole 'bigger than gun shows'

The marketplace for firearms on the Internet, where buyers are not required to undergo background checks, is so vast that advocates for stricter regulations now consider online sales a greater threat than the gun show loophole.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 3, 2013

China tunes in to public opinion

More than ever before, China's rulers are actually listening to their people, reacting quickly to contain potential crises that could threaten one-party control. With its ability to control the Internet increasingly challenged, China's Communist Party has had to change its game.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 1, 2013

Queen's secret speech for WWIII revealed

British government files from 1983, opened to the public for the first time Wednesday, include an official's view of the message Queen Elizabeth II would have broadcast to the nation in the event of World War III.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 30, 2013

A maddening category in which America soars

The focus on economic indicators has prevented consideration of the geopolitical implications of the ever-increasing rates of severe mental disease in America.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 28, 2013

Idaho mom sues Obama over surveillance program

Anna Smith is a mother of two who lives in rural Idaho, works the night shift as a nurse and goes to the gym a lot. She rarely follows the news and knows little about the debate over government surveillance and privacy that has rocked Washington in recent weeks.
WORLD
Jul 27, 2013

Manning portrayed as naive and brave

In his closing argument Friday, a lawyer for Pfc. Bradley Manning portrayed the former U.S. Army intelligence analyst as a naive but brave and conscientious objector to the wartime conduct of the United States.
EDITORIALS
Jul 21, 2013

Troubling justice in Russia

Sergei Magnitsky's trial and conviction on July 11 has been called 'one of the most shameful moments for Russia since the days of Joseph Stalin.'
Japan Times
CULTURE / Music
Jul 18, 2013

Vampire Weekend to go 'Modern' at Fuji Rock

Over the course of three albums, Vampire Weekend has cultivated a unique sound from a wide spectrum of influences, including experimental rock musician Keigo Oyamada (aka Cornelius). Vampire Weekend lead singer and songwriter Ezra Koenig has a fond memory of the musician, often described as Japan's counterpart...
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 16, 2013

Declassify Yahoo data decision: FISA court

The secret surveillance court that approved the U.S. government's broad collection of millions of Americans' telephone and email records called Monday for the White House to declassify and release as much as it can of one of the court's early legal decisions sanctioning that collection.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 15, 2013

NSA chief on quest to 'collect it all'

In late 2005, as Iraqi roadside bombings were nearing an all-time peak, the National Security Agency's newly appointed chief began pitching a radical plan for halting the attacks that then were killing or wounding a dozen Americans a day.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jul 14, 2013

Major parties both fall short

It should be of concern to Japan's voters that the LDP's proposed constitutional revisions run counter to the principles of freedom and democracy.
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Jul 13, 2013

'Black' business tales cast shadow on candidate

Elections for the House of Councillors will be held a week from today. The election is being billed as historic in that candidates are permitted to appeal to voters via the Internet.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 8, 2013

Ellsberg: Leaker Snowden made the right call

Edward Snowden made the right call in fleeing the United States after leaking classified documents about NSA surveillance. So says the 1971 leaker of the 'Pentagon Papers.'
EDITORIALS
Jul 8, 2013

Reducing rate of recidivism

A Criminal Law revision passed by the Diet last month provides a suspended sentence and probation procedure for convicts in a certain category as a way to reduce recidivism.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 7, 2013

Britain to Google: Fix privacy policy or face legal action

Google is facing increased pressure over its privacy policies, as British regulators ordered the tech giant Friday to give users more insight into how the information it collects on them is used.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 5, 2013

Desperately seeking Snowden in Sheremetyevo: Fugitive eludes all at Moscow airport

Every year, around 25 million passengers enter Sheremetyevo airport — and usually they come out again. Not Edward Snowden. The guy who was made famous by spilling the beans about U.S. surveillance programs has managed to keep his own whereabouts strictly hush-hush.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 3, 2013

Preparing for cyberwarfare

Washington expects cyberspace missions to become a dominant factor in military operations. But what will the rules of engagement be in the lawless, digital frontier
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / HOME TRUTHS
Jul 2, 2013

Moved by the benefits of mobile-home housing

The model house sat on an empty patch of brown land along a commercial stretch of road in southern Ibaraki Prefecture. Few people would have identified it as a model house. It had a forlorn, out-of-place look to it. Technically, it was a mobile home — "trailer house," in Japanese parlance — propped...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 27, 2013

Snowden's stay in H.K. filled with intrigue

The message was blunt and was delivered Friday night by a shadowy emissary who didn't identify himself but knew enough to locate Edward Snowden's secret caretaker: The 30-year-old American accused of leaking some of his country's most sensitive secrets should leave Hong Kong, the messenger said, and...
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 26, 2013

U.S. spying aimed at citizens

The U.S. government's efforts to monitor digital communications are more dangerous to civil liberties than they are to al-Qaida and other organizations like it.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jun 25, 2013

Snowden eyes friendly soil in Latin America

The three Latin American countries said to be helping Edward Snowden flee from U.S. authorities are united in their opposition to the White House and pursue foreign policy objectives designed to counter U.S. influence.
LIFE / Food & Drink / Japan Pulse
Jun 22, 2013

Euglena — the little single-celled organism that could save the world

Look in that pond! It's a wonder organism! A CO2 killer! a biofuel! A latte! It's euglena!
WORLD
Jun 22, 2013

Papers define limits of NSA's spy program

The National Security Agency may keep the emails and telephone calls of citizens and legal residents if the communications contain "significant foreign intelligence" or evidence of a crime, according to classified documents that lay out procedures for targeting foreigners and for guarding Americans'...
WORLD
Jun 13, 2013

ACLU sues over NSA phone spy program

The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the U.S. government's surveillance program that collects from U.S. phone companies the call records of tens of millions of Americans.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 13, 2013

Is NSA's snooping worse than TSA's groping?

A former NSA contractor who washes up in a Chinese city-state to rail against the state of U.S. privacy doesn't hold a lot of credibility with many Americans.

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