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AFRICA

WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 10, 2014
Lawmakers want U.S. to bar entry of West Africans over Ebola fears
More than two dozen lawmakers want the United States government to ban travelers from the West African countries hit hardest by the Ebola virus until the outbreak is under control.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 7, 2014
U.S. airline group to meet with health officials on Ebola
A U.S. airlines trade group said it would meet with health and safety officials on Monday to discuss whether additional screenings for Ebola could improve on measures already in place to contain the spread of the deadly virus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 3, 2014
Cuban doctors, nurses head to West Africa to help in Ebola fight
Cuban President Raul Castro has dispatched the first group of 165 Cuban doctors and nurses to West Africa to help combat an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, official media reported on Thursday.
BUSINESS
Oct 3, 2014
Exxon sees some disruption from Ebola outbreak
Exxon Mobil Corp has seen some of its oil and gas activities in West Africa disrupted by the Ebola outbreak, including plans to drill offshore Liberia, the company's chief executive officer said on Thursday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 30, 2014
Rains complicating delivery of Ebola supplies in West Africa
The rainy season in West Africa is compounding difficulties in getting supplies delivered and new treatment centers built as donors rush to isolate people infected with the deadly Ebola virus and stop its rapid spread, U.S. officials said.
EDITORIALS
Sep 26, 2014
Ebola's challenge to the world
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has prompted the U.N. Security Council, for the first time, to declare a disease 'a threat to international peace and security.' Governments are now pitching in to help, but health experts lament that national contributions were so stingy a month ago.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 26, 2014
Ebola spread stabilizing in Guinea but still spreading elsewhere: WHO
The spread of Ebola seems to have stabilized in Guinea, one of three West African states worst-hit by the disease, but a lack of beds and resistance in affected communities means its advance continues elsewhere, the World Health Organization said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 25, 2014
Russia policy needs dialogue, Abe tells Hollande
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe met with French President Francois Hollande on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, where the two leaders discussed efforts to combat the Islamic State and how best to deal with Russia's activities in Ukraine.
JAPAN
Sep 24, 2014
At U.N., Abe to vow more active role for Japan in Africa peacekeeping
Japan will take a more active role in U.N.-led peacekeeping operations in Africa, according to a draft version of a speech that Prime Minister Abe plans to deliver at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 21, 2014
Ebola burial team attacked in Sierra Leone despite lockdown
A team burying Ebola victims was attacked in Sierra Leone's capital on Saturday, a member of parliament said in Freetown, as a small group defied a three-day lockdown aimed at halting the worst outbreak of the disease on record.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 12, 2014
Pistorius found guilty of culpable homicide
Oscar Pistorius was convicted of culpable homicide on Friday, having escaped the more serious charge of murder for the killing of his girlfriend, and the Olympic and Paralympic track star could face a lengthy prison sentence.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2014
Ebola highlights slow progress in war on tropical diseases
Some of the world's most gruesome diseases are finally getting a bit of attention.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 12, 2014
Microsoft co-founder Allen to give $9 million for Ebola fight
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen's charitable foundation on Thursday will announce it is donating $9 million to support U.S. efforts to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, a source said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 8, 2014
Tottori man starts walk across Africa with two-wheeled cart
A 33-year-old Tottori man began walking across Africa on Sunday with a two-wheeled cart after completing a cart-pulling walk through three continents last year.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 7, 2014
The ethics of managing anti-Ebola treatments
As the Ebola virus grips an unprecedentedly wide swath of Africa, many are asking whether it is ethical to begin administering untested drugs and vaccines, and to decide who should receive them.
WORLD
Sep 4, 2014
Boko Haram battles for land in northeast Nigeria, 26,000 displaced
Boko Haram militants have driven more than 26,000 people from the northeastern town of Bama amid fierce fighting, witnesses and security sources said on Wednesday, as the Islamists focus more on taking and holding territory.
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 2, 2014
Poor response to Ebola causing needless deaths, World Bank head says
The world's "disastrously inadequate response" to West Africa's Ebola outbreak means many people are dying who could easily be saved, the head of the World Bank said Monday, as Nigeria confirmed another case of the highly contagious virus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2014
Zuma summons Lesotho leaders for emergency talks after army attempts coup
Lesotho's political leaders were summoned by South African President Jacob Zuma for emergency talks after the military in the landlocked kingdom carried out an attempted coup.
WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 31, 2014
Health workers strike at major Ebola clinic in Sierra Leone
Health workers have gone on strike at a major state-run Ebola treatment center in Sierra Leone, hospital staffers said on Saturday, a further blow to efforts to contain the deadly virus.
WORLD
Aug 29, 2014
Africa's militants may be inspired by Islamic State gains, officials told
African Islamists may be emboldened by the Islamic State's gains in the Middle East, and local security services need to cooperate to counter the continent's militants, African intelligence officials heard on Thursday.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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