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ARMED CONFLICTS

Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 7, 2017
Trump saw Syria gas attack as test of mettle before globe
U.S. President Donald Trump and his advisers saw the chemical attack in Syria as a test of his mettle as adversaries around the globe size up the new administration.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 6, 2017
More Americans view China in positive light amid easing economic concerns: poll
As U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet Thursday and Friday at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, it will be against a backdrop of softening American views toward China — despite a series of thorny issues the two powers face.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 2, 2017
Italy wins G-7 backing for U.N. peacekeeping force for culture
The Group of Seven committed on Friday to pursuing the creation of a U.N. peacekeeping force to protect World Heritage sites from destruction in conflict and combating the trafficking of plundered treasures.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2017
U.S. may deepen effort against Iran-allied rebels in Yemen
The United States is considering deepening its role in Yemen's conflict by more directly aiding its Persian Gulf allies battling Iran-aligned Houthi rebels, officials say, potentially relaxing a U.S. policy that limited American support.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 29, 2017
A year after taking power, regal Suu Kyi struggles to move Myanmar on from conflict
At the beginning of this year, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi sat down with one of her advisers to go through priorities for the coming months. She began with an apology for the slow pace of economic reform.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2017
Iran steps up support for Shiite ally in Yemen proxy war
Iran is sending advanced weapons and military advisers to Yemen's rebel Houthi movement, stepping up support for its Shiite ally in a civil war whose outcome could sway the balance of power in the Middle East, regional and Western sources say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2017
Afghans plan to double special forces from 17,000 as threats grow, sources say
Afghanistan plans to double the number of elite special forces from 17,000 troops, officials said, part of a long-term strategy to bolster units stretched and exhausted by persistent attacks from Taliban insurgents and other Islamist militants.
WORLD
Mar 28, 2017
Iran says Russia can use its military bases 'on case by case basis'
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told Reuters on Tuesday that Russia could use Iranian military bases to launch airstrikes against militants in Syria on a "case by case basis."
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2017
After six years, Assad now secure but country is carved up as war thunders on
More than six years since the start of the uprising against President Bashar Assad, he is winning on the battlefield but Syria's civil war is far from over, with his once stable country broken into fiefdoms ruled by rebels and warlords.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2017
Street fighter to peacemaker: Northern Ireland's Martin McGuinness dies at 66
Martin McGuinness, a former Irish Republican Army commander and deputy first minister of Northern Ireland who was a key figure throughout five decades of conflict and peace, has died at 66, his party, Sinn Fein, said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2017
North Korean state-run propaganda website depicts U.S. aircraft carrier, bomber engulfed in flames
The YouTube channel of North Korea's state-run Uriminzokkiri propaganda website has released a video showing images of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier and strategic bomber engulfed in flames.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2017
Syrian Kurdish YPG says Raqqa attack on IS will start in early April
The head of the Syrian Kurdish YPG militia said a U.S.-backed assault to drive the Islamic State from its de-facto capital Raqqa will begin at the start of April and that the YPG would take part, despite fierce opposition from neighboring Turkey.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 7, 2017
North Korea says missile launches were training for striking U.S. bases in Japan
North Korea said Tuesday its launch exercise a day earlier involving multiple missiles simulated an attack on U.S. bases — a type of saturation attack that experts say could leave Japan vulnerable.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 4, 2017
Chinese envoy accuses Japan, U.S. of treating Beijing as an 'enemy'
Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cheng Yonghua has lashed out at Japan and the United States, criticizing the two countries' agreement to further boost their bilateral security alliance as a move to position Beijing as an "enemy."
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2017
CIA-backed aid for Syrian rebels frozen after Islamist attack: sources
CIA-coordinated military aid for rebels in northwest Syria has been frozen since they came under major Islamist attack last month, rebel sources said, raising doubts about foreign support key to their war against President Bashar Assad.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2017
Syrian jets bomb Idlib towns after rebels fire at Shiite villages as truce talks near
Syrian government warplanes carried out several airstrikes against towns in mostly rebel-held Idlib on Tuesday after insurgents fired on two besieged Shiite villages in the province, a pro-Damascus media outlet and war monitors said.
WORLD
Feb 16, 2017
Ukraine charges Russia with new cyberattacks on infrastructure
Ukraine on Wednesday accused Russian hackers of targeting its power grid, financial system and other infrastructure with a new type of virus that attacks industrial processes, the latest in a series of cyberoffensives against the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2017
Russian jets pound Syrian city of Deraa near Jordan after rebel gains
Russian jets pounded rebel-held areas of the Syrian city of Deraa on Tuesday for a second day in the first such intensive bombing campaign since Moscow's major intervention in Syria more than a year ago, rebels and witnesses said.
WORLD
Feb 13, 2017
Rebel commander, at least three others killed in U.N. airstrike in CAR
A top militant and three others were killed in Central African Republic when a U.N. helicopter fired on fighters advancing toward the town of Bambari, a rebel group said on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2017
More than 1,000 feared killed in Myanmar crackdown on Rohingya, U.N. officials say
More than 1,000 Rohingya Muslims may have been killed in a Myanmar army crackdown, according to two senior United Nations officials dealing with refugees fleeing the violence, suggesting the death toll has been a far greater than previously reported.
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.
Paris Olympics kick off with rain-soaked — but grandiose — opening ceremony
Japan's 2024 Olympic team moves down the Seine River in Paris during the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday.
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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