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Albania's players greet their fans after a UEFA Euro 2024 Group B soccer match between Albania and Spain in Duesseldorf on Monday.
SOCCER
Jun 25, 2024
Albania proud of battling with great teams despite Euros exit
"My players left everything on the pitch and they will remember this for the rest of their lives," said Albania's coach Sylvinho.
Croatia fans let off a flare in the stands during the team's match against Albania on Wednesday in Hamburg, Germany.
SOCCER
Jun 21, 2024
Serbian soccer association demands punishment for Croatia and Albania
The head of the Football Association of Serbia said a formal complaint had been submitted, claiming that Croatia and Albania fans chanted "Kill, kill, kill the Serb."
An Albanian communist hangs a banner with Enver Hoxha's image in a public cemetery in Tirana in April 2012 to mark the anniversary of the hard-line Stalinist dictator's death.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 27, 2023
When freedom does not bring about justice
From communism to capitalism, Lea Ypi's book,"Free: Coming of Age at the End of History" reflects on Albania's transition to freedom.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 23, 2023
Japan and Albania vow stronger sanctions against Russia
The Albanian leader said that it would be an honor if his country can play an active role at the U.N. Security Council with Japan.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 17, 2022
Balkan countries sign deal to unlock EU enlargement talks
The EU-backed deal seeks to alleviate doubts among Balkan countries that the bloc is still committed to enlargement, amid concern of growing Russian influence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 31, 2021
NATO has a responsibility to save Afghans
Just as Albania has offered shelter to thousands of refugees fleeing the Taliban, all NATO members must recognize their responsibility as well.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 29, 2019
Rescuers find mom and three kids dead in Albanian house as earthquake toll hits 46, aftershocks top 500
Search teams pulled the bodies of a mother, her 2-year-old twins and 7-year-old son from the rubble of a house in the western Albanian town of Durres on Thursday, as the death toll from the country's worst ever quake climbed to 46.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 25, 2019
On Albania border patrol, EU's Frontex helps tackle migrant flow
Patrolling dirt paths on sun-baked hills bordering Greece, a European police team is helping Albania intercept more of the migrants trying to reach European Union states to the north.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 5, 2019
UNHCR warns of false rumors as migrants gather near Greece's northern border, seeking to cross
Dozens of refugees and migrants stuck in Greece gathered in a field near the country's northern border on Thursday, seeking to travel onward to Northern Europe.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2018
Iran says Twitter shut legitimate accounts but not anti-government ones
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday accused Twitter of closing accounts of "real" Iranians, while allowing anti-government ones backed by the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 9, 2016
During Vatican event, Pope Francis promotes 17 prelates to cardinals, adding to potential successors
Pope Francis on Sunday promoted 17 Roman Catholic prelates from around the world to the high rank of cardinal, including 13 who are under 80 years old and thus eligible to succeed him one day.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2014
EU should embrace Albania's pot industry
If Brussels considered legalizing marijuana throughout the EU, then Albania, with its well-developed cannabis industry, could be welcomed to the union as a country with a legitimate, honorable specialization.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 16, 2013
Albania refuses to accept Syria's chemical weapons
The agency in charge of destroying Syria's chemical weapons says it is on track to eliminate the entire stockpile next year, but for one hitch: It hasn't yet found a place to do the actual destruction.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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