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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 24, 2016
Bombings are a sign of Islamic State's panic
The Brussels attacks by Islamic State may be a sign of a group feeling cornered and on the run.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2016
Abdeslam's lawyer slams French prosecutor for divulging 'suicide bomber' admission
The lawyer defending the prime surviving suspect for the Nov. 13 Paris attacks said on Sunday he would sue a French prosecutor for divulging his client's admission that he had planned to blow himself up with fellow Islamic State militants.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: GAMES
Feb 27, 2016
Pikachu finds his voice
Pikachu finds his voice
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 26, 2016
Bangkok shrine bombers planned vast carnage, targeted China tourist pier first
The perpetrators of last year's deadly explosion at a Bangkok shrine originally chose a pier packed with Chinese tourists as their primary target and had amassed enough chemicals to make 10 equally powerful bombs, the chief of Thailand's police bomb squad told Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 20, 2016
Pakistan Taliban kill at least 19 as they storm university
Islamist Taliban militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and wounding dozens as the army hunted for any gunmen still holed up on the campus, officials said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 19, 2016
Radicals seen easily spreading jihadi word in Indonesia's poorly run prisons
Afif was an inmate in a high-security Indonesian jail when he transformed from aspiring radical Islamist to soldier for Islamic State, ready to sacrifice his life for a group based thousands of miles away in the Middle East.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 16, 2016
French ambassador says 27 killed in Burkina hotel attack
France's ambassador to Burkina Faso said Saturday 27 people had been killed in a hotel attack by militant Islamists in the capital Ouagadougou, slightly higher than a death toll of 23 given earlier by the West African nation's president.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2016
Iran complains to U.N. about Saudi "provocations"
Iran's foreign minister has complained to the United Nations about Saudi Arabia's "provocations" towards Tehran, as a diplomatic crisis between the region's two major powers entered its second week.
WORLD
Jan 7, 2016
Saudi-led coalition says investigating Iran embassy attack claim
The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen will investigate an accusation by Iran that coalition jets targeted the Islamic republic's embassy in Sanaa on Wednesday night, coalition spokesman Brig. Gen. Ahmed Asseri said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 1, 2016
Pope urges media to play up the positive to counterbalance abundant 'arrogance of evil' coverage
The media should give more space to positive, inspirational stories to counterbalance the preponderance of evil, violence and hate in the world, Pope Francis said on Thursday in his year-end message.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 8, 2015
U.S. band Eagles of Death Metal stages strong post-massacre Paris return
Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was performing when the deadliest of the Islamic State attacks took place in Paris on Nov. 13, made an emotional, powerful appearance at a U2 concert in the city on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 2, 2015
Paris puts seven accused jihadis on trial, including Islamic State executioner in absentia
The trial began in Paris on Tuesday of seven suspected Islamists, including an alleged Islamic State 'executioner' in Syria — the first such case to go to court since the group killed 130 people in the French capital last month.
WORLD
Dec 1, 2015
Terrorists among EU-bound Syrian refugees, Assad tells Czech TV
There are terrorists among the Syrian refugees making their way to Europe, Syrian President Bashar Assad told Czech Television in an interview, excerpts of which were broadcast on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 27, 2015
Brussels ratchets alert level down notch; raids turn up nil; white powder at mosque just flour
Belgium lowered the security threat level in Brussels on Thursday, ending six days on maximum alert, but the prime minister warned that the risk of a Paris-style attack remained serious.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 26, 2015
Amid U.S. global travel alert, Obama assures Americans they can safely take Thanksgiving trips
President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans they are safe as millions of people traveled on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday, with security heightened at airports, New York City's parade festivities and other venues after the Paris attacks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 25, 2015
Paris attack architect returned near Bataclan amid shootout, planned to blow self up in business district
The ringleader of the Paris attacks returned to the scene of the shootings and was near the Bataclan concert hall while police were still trying to oust the gunmen who killed 89 people there, the Paris prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 25, 2015
Hostages safe after apparent robbery-linked standoff in north France; no link with Paris attack seen
A hostage situation in the northern French town of Roubaix was apparently not linked to the Paris attacks earlier this month and has ended with the hostages now safe, officials said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 25, 2015
Five U.S.-bound Syrian men caught in Honduras with fake Greek passports face charges
A judge in Honduras on Tuesday ordered that five Syrians allegedly caught traveling with fake Greek documents as they tried to head north to the United States must remain behind bars as they await trial to face charges of falsifying documents.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 25, 2015
Canada delays deadline for taking in 25,000 Syrian refugees beyond Jan. 1
The Canadian government on Tuesday pushed back to the end of February its deadline for accepting 25,000 Syrian refugees, in a concession that its original Jan. 1 target was too difficult to meet.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 25, 2015
Ban blasts Balkan border curbs, 'profiling' of refugees; Greece arrivals ebb
The United Nations on Tuesday condemned new restrictions on refugees that have left around 1,000 migrants stuck at the main border crossing into Macedonia from Greece, denied entry due to their nationalities in violation of international law.
As ‘Buy Canadian’ grows, more U.S. firms say retailers turning away products
Empty shelves with "Buy Canadian Instead" signs are seen in the American Whiskey section of the BC Liquor in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 10.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
Trump unveils 10% global tariff, with Japan levy set at 24%
Trump tosses a MAGA hat to the crowd during an event in which he unveiled new tariffs in the White House on Wednesday.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
Meiji says sayonara to bottled milk, a staple of Japan's bathhouses
Meiji bottled milk lined up in a fridge at Kosugiyu, a bathhouse in Tokyo. The sticker urges patrons to enjoy the milk one last time before it’s gone.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

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