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CASUALTIES

Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 25, 2018
Airstrike kills at least 10 civilians in Yemen's Hodeida, medics and residents say
At least 10 people were killed on Wednesday in an airstrike that hit a group of farmers in a vegetable market in Yemen's Hodeida province, medical workers and residents said.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2018
Afghan gunships killed and wounded 107 boys and men at religious ceremony in attack last month: U.N.
Rockets and heavy machine guns fired from Afghan government helicopters killed and wounded at least 107 boys and men attending a religious ceremony near the northern city of Kunduz last month, according to a United Nations report on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2018
Tens of thousands of civilians trapped as Syrian army readies 'huge' assault on holdout rebels' last bastion
The Syrian army is preparing to launch a "huge" operation against the last rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta unless the Jaish al-Islam insurgent group agrees to hand over the area, a pro-Syrian government newspaper reported on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 19, 2018
Rebels in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta discussing cease-fire with U.N.
The main rebel group in the southern pocket of Syria's opposition-held eastern Ghouta said on Sunday it was negotiating with a United Nations delegation about a cease-fire, aid and the evacuation of urgent medical cases.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2018
Syrian civilians in Ghouta waiting their 'turn to die' as more regime bombs fall
Residents of Syria's eastern Ghouta district said they were waiting their "turn to die" on Wednesday, amid one of the most intense bombardments of the war by pro-government forces on the besieged, rebel-held enclave near Damascus.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 13, 2018
'Dozens' of Russians allegedly killed in clash with U.S.-led forces in Syria
Russian fighters were among those killed when U.S.-led coalition forces clashed with pro-government forces in Syria this month, former associates of the dead said on Monday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 5, 2018
Civilian toll mounts as Russia steps up airstrikes on Syria's Idlib after jet's downing, pilot's killing
Russian jets intensified their raids on rebel-held towns and cities in Syria's northern Idlib province on Sunday night, a day after rebels shot down a Russian warplane and killed its pilot.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 28, 2017
Syria lets some patients leave besieged rebel area near Damascus for treatment
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EDITORIALS
Jul 13, 2016
Drones and the new way of war
Civilian casualties are undercutting the military advantage of U.S. drones and raising moral questions about accountability and the ease of killing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2016
Deadly U.S. East Coast blizzard causes billions in damage, to take days to clear
Washington will need several more days to return to normal after a weekend blizzard dropped more than 2 feet (60 cm) of snow along the U.S. East Coast, likely causing billions of dollars in damage and killing more than 30.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Dec 26, 2015
Civilian casualties of WWII left out in the cold
'Unbroken," Angelina Jolie's 2014 film about the late American Olympic athlete Louie Zamperini, will finally receive a theatrical release in Japan next year after inciting the ire of local groups who claim its depiction of Japanese prisoner of war camps is sensationally harsh and thus an expression of...
EDITORIALS
May 27, 2013
Firebombing victims waved off
Japan's top court waves off allegations by civilian victims of the 1945 Tokyo firebombing raids that state relief to them was inferior to what military victims got.
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.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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