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ETHNICITY

WORLD / Society
Oct 25, 2014
Alaska's indigenous languages now official along with English
Alaska's governor signed a bill on Thursday to officially recognize the state's 20 indigenous languages in a symbolic move that gives a nod to tribal efforts to save Native American tongues at risk of dying out.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 24, 2014
Old, cold and bold: Ice Age people dwelled high in Peru's Andes
In a bleak, treeless landscape high in the southern Peruvian Andes, bands of intrepid Ice Age people hunkered down in rudimentary dwellings and withstood frigid weather, thin air and other hardships.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Oct 22, 2014
Another island nation, idolized and imitated: Jamaica and I
Only in my 30s did I learn that I, too, had roots, or at least branches aside from my mother's, which only extended to some cotton plantation south of the Mason-Dixon line.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 18, 2014
Russia, Ukraine near deal on gas supplies after tough Milan talks
Russia and Ukraine made progress on Friday toward resolving a dispute over gas supplies in time for winter, but European leaders said Moscow still has to do much more to prop up a fragile cease-fire and end fighting in eastern Ukraine.
WORLD
Oct 16, 2014
EU, China agree to step up cooperation against terrorism
Leaders from China and the European Union agreed to step up cooperation to counter extremism and terrorism in the Middle East and Africa, the EU said on Thursday.
WORLD
Oct 15, 2014
Conflicts the Kurds are currently involved in
Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran all have large Kurdish minorities seeking varying degrees of autonomy from central government after decades of state repression. Here is an overview of their status.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 14, 2014
Ferguson protesters struggle to maintain focus on slain teenager
Young black protesters from Ferguson, Missouri, want to keep their anger focused on the fatal police shooting of unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown as their movement takes on a national dimension that threatens to dilute it.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 12, 2014
Archaeologists unearth ancient village in an Arizona national park
Archaeologists have unearthed a village believed to be about 1,300 years old containing more than 50 sandstone-walled homes at a U.S. national park in northeastern Arizona.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2014
Thousands will be massacred if jihadis take key Syrian-Turkish border town: U.N. envoy
Thousands of people most likely will be massacred if Kobani falls to Islamic State group fighters, a U.N. envoy said Friday, as militants fought deeper into the besieged Syrian-Kurdish town in full view of Turkish tanks that have done nothing to intervene.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 8, 2014
Missouri police plan for possible riots if white police officer is not indicted in shooting of black teen in Ferguson
Missouri authorities are drawing up contingency plans and seeking intelligence from U.S. police departments on out-of-state agitators, fearing that fresh riots could erupt if a grand jury does not indict a white officer for killing a black teen.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Oct 5, 2014
Daughters tell stories of 'war brides' despised back home and in the U.S.
Three daughters of Japanese 'war brides' plan to capture on film the struggles endured by this shunned and largely hidden immigrant group.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 27, 2014
For Obama, Holder exit leaves void on civil rights issues
The departure of U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder deprives the Obama administration of a powerful voice on civil rights at a time when riots in Ferguson, Missouri, have thrust the issue into the spotlight.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2014
Iraqi Christians fly to new life in France after escaping Islamic State
On a warm evening at Irbil International Airport in Iraqi Kurdistan, some 150 mostly Christian refugees anxiously waited to flee their homeland aboard a French government plane.
WORLD
Sep 14, 2014
Iraq leader vows to protect civilians after airstrikes against Islamic State
Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Saturday that he had ordered his air force to halt strikes on civilian areas, following attacks by both Iraqi and U.S. jets in large areas of the country held by fighters from the Islamic State group.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 13, 2014
Three get death sentence for China train station attack
A Chinese court sentenced three people to death and one to life in prison on Friday for an attack at a train station that triggered a sweeping crackdown on what Beijing calls militant violence.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 12, 2014
Faster trials of Xinjiang terrorism cases urged by China prosecutor
A call by China's top prosecutor for swifter trials of "terrorists, religious extremists and makers of firearms and explosives" in the troubled region of Xinjiang threatens to fuel abuse of suspects' rights, a human rights group said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 12, 2014
Isolated tribe risks human contact
Six Mashco Piro tribeswomen crouched low as they escaped back into the jungle after raiding a remote lodge in Peru's Manu National Park in the western Amazon, clutching newly prized tools: metallic cooking pots.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 10, 2014
China offers hefty rewards for 'terrorism' tips in Xinjiang
China is offering up to 1 million yuan ($160,000) in rewards to "terrorism" informants in its western Xinjiang region, state media said on Tuesday, in the latest policy aimed at getting a handle on unrest there.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

Construction takes place on the Takanawa Gateway Convention Center in Tokyo, slated to open in 2025.
A boom for business tourism in Japan?
By Kathryn Wortley

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