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DRONES

Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2013
A drone of your own in the near future?
Kevin Good thought there was an 80 percent chance he could successfully deliver his brother's wedding rings with a drone.
WORLD
Aug 18, 2013
For fledging UAV industry, droning on is a no-no
When is a drone not a drone? When the people who manufacture them say so. That's their hope, at any rate.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 18, 2013
Surveillance prompts creation of covert clothing
At the Pentagon and CIA, they are known as "countermeasures," the jargony adaptation of Newton's Third Law: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Aug 13, 2013
Al-Qaida's Yemen branch eyes a new haven
Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen is focusing on expanding its presence in a remote eastern province that is the ancestral homeland of Osama bin Laden, even as it remains the target of U.S. drone strikes and Yemeni military assaults, according to Yemeni officials.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 22, 2013
Pentagon shifts drone army to new hot spots worldwide
The steel-gray U.S. Air Force Predator drone plunged from the sky, shattering on mountainous terrain near the Iraq-Turkey border. For Kurdish guerrillas hiding nearby, it was an unexpected gift from the propaganda gods.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 11, 2013
U.S. Navy lands drone on aircraft carrier for first time
A bat-winged experimental navy drone executed landings on an aircraft carrier for the first time, marking a major advance in robotic aviation.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 26, 2013
U.S. drone program 'tough to dismantle'
The White House is ready to hand U.S. drone operations back to the military from the CIA, but counterterrorism officials are convinced the Pentagon hasn't improved enough yet.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 24, 2013
U.S. admits drones killed four Americans
The White House admits it killed four Americans in overseas counterterrorism operations since 2009, the first time it has publicly taken responsibility for the deaths.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2013
The paradox of the Boston bombing
Essentially the Boston bombers' stories are not so different from those of America's home-grown 'lone wolves' — typically white and equally disenchanted.
COMMENTARY / World / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Apr 29, 2013
Photos of carnage would check war sentiment
Would most Americans remain indifferent to the wars their government wages in far-off lands if their media broadcast videos each day of the shattered bodies?
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2013
Time for U.S. to curb drone flights over Yemen
As Yemen's democratic transition proceeds, it's time Washington switched its anti-terror drone campaign to a policy favoring stability and prosperity.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2013
Lift the veil of secrecy on U.S. drone program
The White House is still weaving on whether to share legal opinions on targeted killing, including justifications for killing U.S. citizens without trial.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2013
Killer robots must be stopped, say campaigners
A new global campaign to persuade nations to ban "killer robots" before they reach the production stage is to be launched in the United Kingdom by a group of academics, pressure groups and Nobel peace prize laureates.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 16, 2013
Mr. Obama, did you or did you not kill Anwar al-Awlaki?
The big problem with U.S. drone policy is that it lets the government kill its citizens in secret and then refuse to acknowledge later that it has done so.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2013
Armed drones stir debate in pacifist Germany
The debate over the legality of drone warfare is stretching from Capitol Hill into the shadow of the Brandenburg Gate, as Germany considers purchasing armed drones for the first time.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2013
Even stealth drone wars need rules
President Barack Obama is presiding over a changing form of warfare, including drones and cyber attacks, that need a firmer political and legal foundation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 21, 2013
CIA drone war exempt from counterterror 'playbook'
The Obama administration is nearing completion of a detailed counterterrorism manual that is designed to establish clear rules for targeted-killing operations but leaves open a major exemption for the CIA's campaign of drone strikes in Pakistan, U.S. officials said.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.

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