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ETHNICITY

WORLD / Politics
May 21, 2014
Russia turns fire on dual citizens
Parliament approved legislation on Tuesday requiring Russians to declare dual citizenship or face criminal prosecution after President Vladimir Putin endorsed the measure as part of a more nationalist course taken since his annexation of Crimea.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2014
Kiev's election plans falter in east
From a cramped office in residential Donetsk, election officials Sunday frantically worked to prepare for next Sunday's Ukraine presidential poll, despite what they described as intimidation and threats from pro-Russian separatists.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 19, 2014
Norwegian 'human zoo' puts nation's racist history on display
Displaying 80 people in a human zoo in Oslo's most elegant park, two artists hope their "Congo Village" project will help erase what they say is Norwegians' collective amnesia about racism.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 19, 2014
In Indonesian first, ethnic Chinese becomes capital's acting governor
Indonesia's presidential race isn't until July. But there is already one winner.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
May 17, 2014
Xinjiang attack suspects arrested
Chinese police have arrested seven people suspected of involvement in an attack and bombing at a train station last month in the western city of Urumqi, the Global Times newspaper reported Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2014
Front-runner Abdullah wins key ally in Afghan presidential race
Former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah received a boost in the race for the Afghan presidency on Sunday when one of the pre-election favorites dropped out and backed his team ahead of next month's expected run-off.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 7, 2014
Economic divide fueling surge in Xinjiang unrest
Hundreds of migrant workers from distant corners of China pour daily into the Urumqi South railway station, their first waypoint on a journey carrying them to lucrative work in other parts of the far western Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2014
China militants show new daring
A bombing in western China that killed three people and wounded 79 on Wednesday has raised concerns about the apparent sophistication and daring of the attack, which possibly was timed to coincide with a visit to the heavily Muslim region by President Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 25, 2014
Republican senators blast rebellious Nevada rancher's racist remarks
Two Republican U.S. senators who voiced support for a Nevada cattleman in his showdown with federal agents over grazing rights on public land condemned recent remarks by the rebellious rancher musing about whether African-Americans would be "better off as slaves."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2014
Top U.S. court upholds Michigan ban on college affirmative action
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday further undermined the use of racial preferences in higher education by upholding a voter-approved Michigan law that banned the practice in decisions on which students to admit to state universities.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Apr 21, 2014
Adopting a child from Japan: one U.S. couple's story
Chicago residents Mari, a Japanese national, and Jonathon, an American, considered adopting from the U.S. or South Korea, but cultural and citizenship concerns sealed their decision to adopt from Japan. The new addition is one of only a handful of children adopted from Japan into the U.S. each year.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 11, 2014
Obama hails civil rights achievements of President Lyndon Johnson
Barack Obama on Thursday praised the civil rights legacy of former President Lyndon B. Johnson, saying his 1960s pursuit of equality helped clear the way for an African-American to one day become U.S. president.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 6, 2014
EFL for all? Leeds school highlights growing trend
Georgiana Sale, the head teacher at City of Leeds School, has had numerous racial insults directed at her. Ever since it was reported, wrongly, that her school was to give all its pupils Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) lessons, her phone has been ringing off the hook.
WORLD / Society
Apr 3, 2014
New Zealand tops world social index; Japan leads in health
Japan leads the world in health and wellness in a new global index that ranks countries by social and environmental performance.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2014
No ethnic link seen to Kunming knife attack
A deadly knife attack at a Chinese train station last week should not be linked to ethnicity, a senior government official said, days after authorities blamed the incident on separatists from its troubled Xinjiang region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 3, 2014
Loyal to Ukraine, Muslim Tatars in Crimea lie low as Russia seizes region
Only last Wednesday, thousands of Tatars living in the Ukrainian region of Crimea turned out, chanting "Allahu akbar" in a show of loyalty to the new authorities in Kiev and in opposition to separatist demands by the region's Russian ethnic majority.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 2, 2014
China says 33 killed in Xinjiang rebel strike
China on Sunday blamed militants from the restive far western region of Xinjiang for an attack at a train station on the other side of the country by knife-wielding "terrorists" in which at least 33 died, including four of the assailants, who were shot dead.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 2, 2014
Crimean port turns out for Russians
When a convoy of Russian military vehicles unloaded dozens of armed troops into this sleepy Crimean port town Saturday, residents thronged around them honking car horns, snapping pictures and waving Russian flags.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Feb 19, 2014
Osaka: What did you make of ANA's 'blond, big-nosed foreigner' ad?
All Nippon Airways caused quite a stir last month with the release of an ad many foreign residents found offensive. But what did foreigners and natives in Japan's comedy capital make of it
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / LABOR PAINS
Feb 12, 2014
ANA caricature speaks volumes about Japan's outdated mind-set
My personal opinion is that the ad is a disappointing anachronism, and a reminder of the parochial outlook of large Japanese corporations. The ad appeals to the facile formula that 'foreigner = white = blonde and big-nosed = English-speaking = globalization.
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

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