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FRANCE

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2015
Sink or sell? Russia standoff sees France saddled with two unused, unwanted warships
For sale: two French-built helicopter carriers, tested by Russians. Buy now for only €1.2 billion. Shipping extra.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2015
Kerry breaks hip, cuts Europe trip short just as Iran nuclear deal talks look set to heat up
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry cut short a trip to Europe to return home to Boston after breaking his right thigh bone in a bicycling accident Sunday in eastern France.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 23, 2015
Eiffel Tower closes as staff strike over pickpockets
A strike closed the Eiffel Tower for most of Friday as staff demanded more help to deal with pickpockets operating around the Paris landmark, tower officials and unions said.
LIFE / Language / COMMUNICATION CUES
May 11, 2015
France bans super-skinny models
France will ban excessively thin fashion models and expose modeling agents and the fashion houses that hire them to possible fines and even jail, under a new law passed on April 3.
BUSINESS
May 8, 2015
Chinese conglomerate treats 6,400 of its workers to holiday in France
China's Tiens Group Co. Ltd. is treating more than half of its 12,000 employees to a four-day holiday in France and has booked up 140 hotels in the capital Paris as part of the package, a French Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Thursday.
WORLD
Apr 29, 2015
Nepal man trapped for 80 hours in collapsed building is pulled out alive
A Nepali-French search and rescue team pulled a 28-year-old man, Rishi Khanal, from a collapsed apartment block in the Nepalese capital of Kathmandu on Tuesday after he had spent around 80 hours in a room with three dead bodies.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2015
France, U.K.'s right bark louder than they bite
France and Britain's nationalist parties attract great attention because of their dramatic character but are hard to take too seriously.
WORLD
Apr 16, 2015
German air traffic controllers urge industry to build radio-controlled jetliners
The German air traffic control authority has urged the aviation industry to develop technology that ground staff could use in an emergency to take remote command of a plane, a principle which might help prevent a repeat of the Germanwings crash last month.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 9, 2015
Turkish journalists face jail for Charlie Hebdo cartoon
A Turkish prosecutor is seeking prison terms for two journalists who republished the cover of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo featuring an image of the Prophet Mohammed, their newspaper said on Wednesday.
WORLD
Apr 5, 2015
EU found 'issues' with German aviation regulator
A European regulator found "issues" with Germany's aviation authority in a regular review of air safety enforcement, the European Commission said on Saturday.
WORLD
Apr 4, 2015
Germanwings copilot increased speed as jet went down
The pilot at the controls of a Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps accelerated the plane into the mountainside, killing all 150 people on board, according to French investigators.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 3, 2015
Co-pilot Lubitz researched suicide, cockpit door locks on Net; second black box found
The co-pilot suspected of deliberately flying a Germanwings plane into the French Alps searched the Internet for ways to commit suicide shortly before the crash that killed 150 people, German prosecutors said on Thursday.
WORLD
Apr 1, 2015
Video showing chaotic final seconds of Germanwings flight is unearthed: reports
A video showing the chaotic final seconds on board the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps last week has been discovered near the site, Germany's Bild daily reported Wednesday, saying it had seen the footage.
WORLD
Mar 27, 2015
No sure way to prevent pilot suicides: psychologists
As investigators probe why a young German pilot deliberately crashed an Airbus A320 passenger jet into the French Alps on Tuesday, pilots and psychologists warned there is no foolproof way to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2015
German co-pilot said to have suffered from depression, anxiety
The German co-pilot who is believed to have deliberately crashed a plane in the French Alps, killing 150 people, broke off his training six years ago due to depression and spent over a year in psychiatric treatment, a German newspaper reported on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2015
German police search house of co-pilot who flew A320 into mountain
A young German co-pilot locked himself alone in the cockpit of Germanwings Flight 9525 and set it on course to crash into an Alpine mountain, killing all 150 people on board including himself, prosecutors said on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 26, 2015
Cockpit voice tape hoped to unravel Germanwings Airbus crash riddle
Investigators have retrieved cockpit voice recordings from one of the black boxes of the German Airbus plane that smashed into the Alps, killing everyone onboard, and they expect a preliminary read-out of their content in days, an official said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2015
Crash experts face mystery of eight-minute drop without a mayday; black box found
Investigators probing the crash of a Germanwings jetliner in the foothills of the French Alps will seek to determine why the aircraft made a rapid descent spanning eight minutes without a single mayday call.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 17, 2015
France likely to pass bill banning super-skinny models
The French government is likely to back a bill banning excessively thin fashion models as well as potentially fining the modelling agency or fashion house that hires them and sending the agents to jail, the health minister said on Monday.
Japan's biggest beef bowl chain Sukiya to shut nearly 2,000 stores after rat and bug contamination
Zensho Holdings, operator of fast-food chain Sukiya, said it will close all of its stores in Japan, except for a small number in shopping centers, between Monday and Friday following recent contamination incidents.
Alert raised for volcano in southwestern Japan
Shinmoedake, a volcano located between Miyazaki and Kagoshima prefectures, in November 2019
Japan considers all possible options as Trump threatens new auto tariffs
Subaru cars awaiting export at a port in Yokohama on Thursday.
Nankai Trough earthquake could kill 298,000 people, government says
Residents participate in an evacuation drill held with West Japan Railway in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture, in January 2024 to prepare for a Nankai Trough earthquake and a possible tsunami following the quake.
Japan, South Korea and China vow to strengthen trade ties amid looming U.S. tariffs
Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Yoji Muto (left), South Korean Trade Industry and Energy Minister Ahn Duk-geun (center) and Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao during a trilateral meeting in Seoul on Sunday
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.
Tokyo tech failures lean into misfortune, mistakes and missteps
Tsuyoshi Domoto in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on March 28. As an entrepreneur, Domoto experienced plenty of setbacks but maintains a positive attitude and continues to pursue his dreams.
Who among the opposition would join the ruling coalition?
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba enters his office in Tokyo on Friday.
Traveling the Three-Star Road, the tourist route made from thin air
Scenes like this snow-covered bridge leading to the village of Shirakawa-go are what make the Three-Star Road worth traveling — its name notwithstanding.
Recent spate of wildfires in Japan and South Korea linked to climate change
Smoke and flames rise from a wildfire in Andong, South Korea, on Tuesday.

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