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COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2013
2013 Mideast twists give lessons in democracy
The news that Tunisia's competing political factions have broken months of logjam and appointed a technocrat as interim prime minister sets the stage for a yearend review of the events that have followed the Arab Spring.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Dec 19, 2013
Cairo zoo beset by tales of 'giraffe suicide' and 'bear riots'
A giraffe committed suicide, an Egyptian newspaper reported, and the government pulled a former zoo director out of retirement to deal with the resulting media storm.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 19, 2013
Morsi charged with espionage, plotting an Islamist takeover in 2011
Deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and 35 others will be tried on charges of espionage and aiding acts of terrorism, state prosecutors said Wednesday in the latest blow dealt by military-backed authorities to the former leader and his associates in the Muslim Brotherhood after a coup in the summer....
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 27, 2013
Egyptian protest crackdown begins
Egyptian police violently disbanded a small protest mounted Tuesday night by activists calling for democracy in central Cairo, arresting dozens of some of the country's best-known rights advocates just two days after the military-appointed interim president signed an acutely restrictive law regulating...
WORLD / FOCUS
Nov 13, 2013
Egypt's secular parties crippled by infighting
Plagued by infighting, disorganization and disparate ideologies, the non-Islamist parties that backed the July coup against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi are struggling to capitalize on the downfall of their chief political foe, four months after the leader and his Muslim Brotherhood backers were...
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 9, 2013
U.S. plans to scale back military aid to Egypt
The Obama administration will announce curbs on a significant part of nonessential military aid to Egypt within a few days, U.S. officials said Tuesday, marking a shift in American relations with one of its key Arab allies.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 29, 2013
West missed chances to cut arsenal
The United States and its allies may be headed for a war that they could have tried harder to prevent.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2013
The failure of Tahrir Square 2011
Two years ago, when I was in the Occupy movement, my comrades and I argued about revolution. Was revolution necessary? What is it? The split that destroyed our movement — as it did the Left during the 1960s — pitted revolutionaries against reformists. The most frustrating part of the debate, however,...
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2013
Chemical attack weakens drive to destroy world stockpiles
The shelling of suburban Damascus with a suspected nerve agent last week was potentially the third large-scale use of a chemical weapon in the Middle East and may have broken the longest period in history without such an attack.
EDITORIALS
Aug 25, 2013
Egypt explodes
The situation in Egypt has lurched from bad to worse, with Islamist leaders being arrested and former despot Hosni Mubarak being released from prison to house arrest.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 20, 2013
Riyadh vows to make up Egypt aid shortfall
Saudi Arabia is emerging at the forefront of a forceful effort by Persian Gulf monarchies to back Egypt's new military leaders, exacerbating a fierce struggle for influence in the chaotic and increasingly leaderless Arab world and putting the Saudis at odds with the U.S., a long-standing ally.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 16, 2013
Violence in Egypt bolsters jihadist message about democracy's dangers
Jihadists in the Middle East and beyond are moving to capitalize on the political crisis in Egypt, arguing that the crackdown on the Muslim Brotherhood vindicates their long-espoused view that democracy is a dangerous proposition.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2013
Enough of America's hypocritical foreign policy
Every new White House administration, irrespective of party, ignores the reality that the U.S., although wealthy and powerful, still cannot micro-manage the globe.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 8, 2013
Fear and loathing of the Egyptian military role
No one can defend the mistakes committed by Mohammed Morsi in Egypt. But there is much to fear in the recent deaths of more than 100 Morsi supporters.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 6, 2013
Political Islam loses legitimacy
The progress of political Islam depends on whether Turkey's AKP and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood commit to safeguarding the principles of pluralism and the rule of law.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 29, 2013
Egypt insurgency takes root in Sinai
More than three weeks after the military coup that ousted Egypt's first democratically elected — and Islamist — president from power, the roots of a violent insurgency are burrowing fast into the sands of the Sinai Peninsula.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 19, 2013
Panama detains ex-CIA operative convicted by Italy of kidnapping
A former CIA operative who was convicted by an Italian court of kidnapping a Muslim cleric in Milan in 2003 has been detained by authorities in Panama, raising the prospect that he could be extradited, according to Italian news reports.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 18, 2013
Expect the call of Islamism to endure in Egypt
Contrary to what the Facebook liberals proudly boast on Tahrir Square, the game is far from over in Egypt. We should expect the popularity of Islamism to endure.
EDITORIALS
Jul 17, 2013
When is a coup not a coup?
Deposed Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and his kind no doubt realize by now that '50 percent of the vote plus 1' is not a license to govern as they please.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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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