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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 25, 2015
Obama vetoes Republican attempt to force Keystone pipeline approval
President Barack Obama issued his third veto Tuesday to reject legislation that would allow construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, escalating a battle over the project with Republicans in Congress.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 3, 2015
Canadian foreign minister to quit amid talk of tensions with prime minister
Foreign Minister John Baird is unexpectedly set to resign from the federal Cabinet this week amid what sources said had been tensions with the prime minister's office.
WORLD
Jan 29, 2015
Canada spying on global downloads: report
Canada's electronic spy agency has been intercepting and analyzing data on up to 15 million file downloads daily as part of a global surveillance program, according to a report published on Wednesday.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 20, 2015
Sony to close all Canadian stores
Sony Corp. will shut down all 14 Sony Store outlets in Canada within about two months, a company official said on Monday, as the struggling electronics giant tries to turn itself around.
WORLD
Dec 18, 2014
Historic phone call sealed Cuba deal spurred by pope Francis
President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro sealed their landmark deal Tuesday in an almost hour-long phone call, capping 18 months of secret diplomacy spurred on by a personal appeal from Pope Francis to end Cuba's isolation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 18, 2014
Dramatic U.S. shift: Obama moves to normalize relations with Havana, end Cuba's isolation
Cuba and the U.S. will begin to normalize relations in a surprising move Wednesday by the Obama administration that will loosen a trade and travel embargo that is among the last remnants of Cold War policy.
WORLD
Dec 13, 2014
Canadian Navy bans most drinking at sea
The Royal Canadian Navy on Friday imposed an almost total ban on sailors drinking at sea, after a warship had to be recalled from an international exercise because inebriated crew members got into trouble.
WORLD
Dec 8, 2014
Canadian, British embassies in Cairo closed due to security concerns
Canada's Embassy in Cairo was closed Monday until further notice because of security concerns, an official answering its emergency telephone line said, the second diplomatic mission to shut its doors this week.
WORLD
Dec 8, 2014
Canada urges vigilance after online video calls for attacks
Canada's public safety minister on Sunday urged the country be vigilant after the release of an online video in which a man believed to be a Canadian fighting for the Islamic State called on Canadian Muslims to carry out lone wolf attacks.
JAPAN / Society
Dec 6, 2014
Second batch of children leaves Japan under Hague pact
Two children brought to Japan by their Japanese mother returned to their home in Canada last month under a treaty settling cross-border custody disputes, Foreign Ministry officials said.
WORLD
Dec 2, 2014
Kurds deny Canadian-Israeli woman captured by Islamic State militants
A Kurdish official in Syria denied Monday previous reports that Canadian-Israeli Gill Rosenberg was captured by militants from the Islamic State group and a Facebook message on her page read "I'm totally safe and secure."
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2014
Canadian media mogul Pierre Karl Peladeau joins race to lead Quebec separatists
Canadian media mogul Pierre Karl Peladeau has announced his candidacy to lead the separatist Parti Quebecois, declaring his focus would be on taking the mainly French-speaking province of Quebec out of Canada.
WORLD
Nov 28, 2014
Rob Ford's brother Doug says he won't run for leadership of provincial party
Doug Ford, the brother of former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, said he won't run for the leadership of Ontario's Progressive Conservative Party.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 22, 2014
Canadians plan to fight Islamic State
Several former Canadian soldiers plan to join Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in the coming weeks, with at least one already in Iraq, Canadian media reported Friday, bolstering the ranks of foreigners fighting alongside the Kurds.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2014
Turbulent path for Syrian Kurd fighters' 'first foreign female recruit'
A Canadian-born immigrant to Israel has become the first foreign woman to join Kurds battling Islamic State in Syria, a Kurdish source said on Tuesday, as details surfaced of the volunteer's turbulent past.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 3, 2014
Asian LNG buyers disappointed by slow pace of gain in U.S. gas exports
North American liquefied natural gas projects, once believed to be the panacea that would save Asia from paying top dollar for the super chilled fuel, are proving to be less of a game-changer than originally expected.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 27, 2014
Toronto holds disaster drill following last week's attacks by local radicals
About 100 police, firefighters and other emergency workers held a disaster-response drill in downtown Toronto's deserted financial district Sunday following a week that saw two soldiers killed on Canadian soil.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 24, 2014
Lone-wolf attacks on the rise in era of asymmetric war
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JAPAN
Oct 23, 2014
Wealthy Japanese quickest to get richer in Asia
Japan's millionaires increased their wealth at the fastest pace in the Asia-Pacific region last year as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's campaign for an economic revival drove the stock market higher.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 18, 2014
Son of ex-prime minister testifies at Canada dismemberment trial
The son of former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien and the sister of convicted serial killer Karla Homolka testified on Friday at the murder trial of a Canadian man who has admitted to killing and dismembering a Chinese student in 2012.

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