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GERMANY

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 5, 2018
Weakened Merkel tasked with performing delicate balancing act to keep coalition intact
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) have bought Chancellor Angela Merkel time with their vote to join her conservatives in another coalition, but she risks losing her long grip on power if she fails to balance the awkward allies' conflicting demands.
WORLD
Mar 2, 2018
German government shores up defenses after cyberattack breaches foreign ministry network
Germany's government was marshaling its defenses on Thursday against a powerful cyberattack that lawmakers said had breached the foreign ministry's computer network and whose origins were unclear.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / TELLING LIVES
Feb 28, 2018
Florian Busch, the architect who floated the Tokyo 2020 Olympic stadium
Japan-based German architect warns that Tokyo risks squandering a historic chance to offer an ambitious, sustainable vision in 2020.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 25, 2018
German squad completes sweep of bobsled gold medals
Francesco Friedrich's four-man German bobsleigh team won gold on Sunday with their victory at the Olympic Sliding Centre completing Germany's sweep of the bobsleigh gold medals.
WORLD
Feb 21, 2018
German newspaper gets dog registered as a Social Democrat
Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) were forced on Tuesday to declare that a 3-year-old dog called Lima would not be allowed to vote with party members on a coalition deal with Angela Merkel's conservatives, despite joining the party.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 8, 2018
Merkel's conservatives make big concessions in coalition deal
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Wednesday her conservatives had made painful concessions to the Social Democrats (SPD) to secure a coalition deal that should give Europe's powerhouse a new government after months of political paralysis.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2018
German Chancellor Angela Merkel closes in on fourth term with her familiar coalition ally
Chancellor Angela Merkel moved forward in her bid to form a fourth-term government after her prospective coalition partner agreed to swallow its misgivings and enter negotiations on a common policy platform for Germany.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2018
While Germany slept
The country's current political insecurity may well be just it needs to give rise to new ideas and voices, and a better future.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 21, 2017
German police nab alleged Islamic State militant in ice rink truck attack plot
German police arrested a 29-year-old man they said was an active member of Islamic State who was plotting a truck attack on an ice rink.
EDITORIALS
Dec 18, 2017
An SPD reversal offers Merkel hope
The German Social Democratic Party's decision to engage in coalition talks with the Christian Democratic Union is a hopeful development for Germany, Europe and the world.
BUSINESS
Dec 18, 2017
Coal still king in Germany despite new renewables record
For all the new wind parks, solar farms and hydro plants that will help Europe's biggest economy generate yet another renewable energy record this year, the world's dirtiest power fuel still rules in Germany and sets the price for how much factories are paying for electricity.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 11, 2017
More than 1,000 Santas brave the cold to run through streets of German town
More than a thousand people kitted out in red Santa suits trimmed with white fur and pointed hats ran through the streets of the small town of Michendorf near Berlin on Sunday in an annual Christmas-themed event.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 6, 2017
German passenger train hits freight near Duesseldorf; several injured
Several people were injured in a train crash on Tuesday near the German city of Duesseldorf, fire department and police spokesmen said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 4, 2017
To halt slide to war, Germany bids to reopen North Korea channels
The North Korean Embassy in Berlin is a gray, monolithic office block notable only for the tall surrounding fence, red-star flying from a flagpole in the courtyard — and its prime real-estate location.

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