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Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 2, 2022
Burkina Faso's self-declared military leader says 'situation is under control'
Burkina Faso's self-declared military government said on Sunday that the situation is under control following the coup in the West African nation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2021
Sudan says coup by ousted president's loyalists thwarted
A government spokesman said remnants of Omar al-Bashir's government had participated in the coup attempt.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 11, 2021
Japan must rethink its Myanmar policy
As a regional leader, Japan has a particularly important role to play in shaping a democratic path for Myanmar.
WORLD
Apr 30, 2019
Venezuela's Guaido says troops join him for coup; government says it is firmly in control
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido said on Tuesday he had begun the "final phase" of his plan to oust President Nicolas Maduro, calling on Venezuelans and the military to back him to end Maduro's "usurpation."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2018
Maduro says he may not attend U.N. assembly because he is being targeted for assassination
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he was evaluating whether he would attend this week's United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York, citing concerns about his safety.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2018
Foes of Ortega go into hiding, vow no surrender after deadly clampdown
Hundreds of opponents of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega are in hiding in safe houses and planning their next steps to push for his resignation after Ortega loyalists, supported by police, took over a stronghold this week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 8, 2018
With decree, Turkey sacks more than 18,000 personnel ahead of expected lifting of emergency rule
Turkey on Sunday issued a decree dismissing more than 18,000 civil servants, half of which were from the police force, ahead of this month's expected lifting of a two-year-old state of emergency imposed after an attempted coup in July 2016.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 14, 2017
A year after attempt to oust Erdogan, crackdown shakes pillar of Turkish state
Late one night in early February, Ibrahim Kaboglu learned that he had been targeted in the sweeping crackdown that followed Turkey's failed coup a year ago.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 10, 2017
Tillerson lauds Turkish 'courage' during failed coup, skips mention of ensuing crackdown
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday praised the courage of the Turkish people in defending democracy from an attempted coup almost exactly a year ago, although he made no mention of the widespread crackdown that has followed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 10, 2017
Ankara-Istanbul march culminates in huge rally against Turkey's post-coup crackdown
Turkey's main opposition leader told a huge protest rally on Sunday that the country was living under dictatorship and pledged to keep challenging the crackdown launched by the authorities after last year's failed military coup.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 29, 2017
Venezuela hunts rogue cop in chopper attack skeptics regard as staged to justify more repression
The Venezuelan government hunted on Wednesday for rogue policemen who attacked key installations by helicopter, but critics of President Nicolas Maduro suspected the raid may have been staged to justify repression.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 28, 2016
Turkey axes 40% of military brass, shuts 131 media outlets as post-coup purge continues
Turkey on Wednesday deepened a crackdown on suspected followers of a U.S.-based cleric it blames for a failed coup, dismissing nearly 1,700 military personnel and shutting 131 media outlets, moves that may spark more concern among its Western allies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 20, 2016
Police, judges, teachers among over 50,000 targeted in Erdogan purge after failed Turkish coup
Turkey vowed to root out allies of the U.S.-based cleric it blames for an abortive coup last week, widening a purge of the army, police and judiciary on Tuesday to universities and schools, the intelligence agency and religious authorities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 18, 2016
Armenia gunmen kill cop, take hostages at police station, demand release of opposition politicians
Armed men seized a police station and hostages in Armenia's capital Yerevan on Sunday, killing one police officer in the process before demanding Armenians take to the streets to secure the release of jailed opposition politicians.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 1, 2015
Jonathan's good luck streak ends; Nigeria ex-coup leader Buhari wins historic poll
Three decades after seizing power in a military coup, Muhammadu Buhari became the first Nigerian to oust a president through the ballot box, putting him in charge of Africa's biggest economy and one of its most turbulent democracies.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 22, 2015
Nothing will silence anti-coup Thais in Japan
It is difficult to estimate how many Thais who oppose the current military government in Bangkok reside in Japan, but clearly some of them have become more politically active than their counterparts living in Western countries.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 28, 2014
Thai regime plays royal card to silence critics
The military regime in Thailand appears to be trying to silence political critics of the monarchy by charging them with lese-majeste offenses.
BUSINESS
Sep 3, 2014
Since MH370 vanished, Thai coup erupted, Chinese tourists steering clear of Southeast Asia
China's biggest online travel agency is offering a 30 percent discount on trips to Southeast Asia's beaches and malls. The Chinese aren't buying it.

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