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Family members carry the body of Widman Alexander Tax Chinic on June 19 in Yepocapa, Guatemala. He drowned months earlier while trying to cross into the U.S.
WORLD / Society
Oct 26, 2024
In Guatemala, families mourn the migrants who never reached the U.S.
For the families in mourning, the U.S. election campaigning about immigration and the salvos about who is doing what to secure the border are far away.
Guatemalan Foreign Minister Carlos Ramiro Martinez said the China outreach could materialize as an "office of trade interests" that would help find a Chinese market for Guatemalan products.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 7, 2024
Taiwan ally Guatemala mulls commercial ties with China, foreign minister says
But the Central American country also plans to maintain existing ties with Taipei.
Bernardo Arevalo displays an inked finger after casting a ballot at a polling station during the runoff presidential elections in Guatemala City, Guatemala, on Sunday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 21, 2023
Anti-graft crusader wins Guatemala presidency by landslide
Bernardo Arevalo, a 64-year-old ex-diplomat and son of a former president, had built an unassailable advantage after 94% of the votes had been counted.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 2, 2023
At Mayan ruins, leaders of Taiwan and Guatemala reaffirm ties
Tsai's visit, which will also take her to Belize, comes days after neighboring Honduras broke diplomatic relations with Taipei to link up with Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 20, 2022
South Korean auto giant Hyundai investigating child labor in its U.S. supply chain
Migrant children from Guatemala found working at SMART Alabama and SL Alabama had been hired by recruiting or staffing firms in the region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2022
On the U.S. border, migrants' desperation outweighs fear
The reinforcement of security in the last few months has not stemmed the arrival of migrants without visas.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 7, 2020
Storms, coronavirus and drought spread hunger to millions in Central America
With measures to contain the coronavirus cutting off supplementary income for many, the number of people who suffer from severe food shortages has sharply increased.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 17, 2020
Over 1,000 migrants enter Guatemala as U.S.-bound caravan heads toward Mexico
At least 1,300 people have entered Guatemala in a new U.S.-bound caravan from Honduras, authorities said on Thursday, putting pressure on the region to satisfy Trump administration demands to contain northbound illegal immigration.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2019
Guatemala indicts fourth former top military official for Maya genocide
Guatemala's human rights prosecutor on Friday indicted another former top military official for genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the bloodiest phase of the Central American country's 36-year civil war.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2019
Guatemala election winner Alejandro Giammattei sets sights on changing U.S. migrant deal
Guatemalan conservative Alejandro Giammattei secured a crushing victory in a presidential election Sunday, and promised to seek better terms for his country from an unpopular migration deal agreed with Washington under duress last month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 15, 2019
Guatemala scrubs Trump summit, will not sign 'safe third country' deal
Guatemala said on Sunday it would postpone President Jimmy Morales' visit to Washington to discuss Guatemala's potential designation as a "safe third country" for asylum seekers, stressing that it has no plans to sign such an agreement.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 14, 2019
U.S.-bound migrants rush to enter Mexico ahead of security crackdown demanded by Trump
Central American migrants eager to beat a crackdown by Mexico on its southern border with Guatemala scrambled into the country on Thursday as the government prepared to send thousands of National Guard members to plug gaps in the porous frontier.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Apr 1, 2019
Trump aides repeat threat to shut down U.S.-Mexico border on 'melting point' migrant crisis
The Trump administration on Sunday doubled down on its threat to shut down the southern border with Mexico, a day after it cut aid to Central American countries which President Donald Trump accused of deliberately sending migrants to the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 23, 2019
Wife of Guatemalan president investigated for cashing illegal checks
The wife of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales will be investigated on suspicion of cashing illicit checks made out to her and her husband totaling more than $30,000, the country's top prosecutor said on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 27, 2018
Christmas funeral for Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. custody too much for grieving mom to bear
A crowd of mourners said goodbye to the 7-year-old Guatemalan migrant girl who died in U.S. custody this month, laying her to rest in a Christmas Day funeral that left her mother so crushed she could not bear to attend.
WORLD
Nov 22, 2018
Former Guatemalan soldier sentenced to over 5,000 years for taking part in 1982 massacre of 171
A Guatemalan court Wednesday sentenced a former soldier to 5,160 years in prison for the massacre of 171 people in what is considered one of the worst atrocities in that country's 36-year-long civil war.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 29, 2018
New U.S.-bound group of migrants sets off from El Salvador
A new group of migrants bound for the United States set off from El Salvador on Sunday, following thousands of other Central Americans fleeing poverty and violence who have taken similar journeys in recent weeks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 24, 2018
Second U.S.-bound migrant caravan moves through Guatemala toward Mexico
A group of more than a thousand Central Americans in Guatemala headed toward the Mexican border on Tuesday as the first caravan of migrants paused in southern Mexico on its planned journey towards the U.S. border.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2018
Migrant caravan halted on Mexico-Guatemala border as pressure to turn back mounts
Hundreds of people in a caravan of migrants that crossed from Honduras into Guatemala tried unsuccessfully to breach the Mexican border on Friday as local governments began making preparations to disperse the convoy.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 19, 2018
Trump threatens to send military, shut border as swelling U.S.-bound migrant caravan heads for Mexico
President Donald Trump threatened to deploy the military and close the southern U.S. border on Thursday as Hondurans and Salvadorans joined thousands of migrants in Guatemala hoping to travel north.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
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Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
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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
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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.

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