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Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 25, 2015
Hunt for ancient royal tomb at Teotihuacan pyramid turns up mysterious mercury
A Mexican archaeologist hunting for a royal tomb in a tunnel deep beneath a pre-Aztec pyramid has made a discovery that may have brought him a step closer: liquid mercury.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Apr 18, 2015
History problems cast a shadow over Abe's Japan
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is dogged by history problems largely because he courts controversy with his revisionist views and efforts to rehabilitate Japan's wartime past. It's not only moderates and leftists who worry about this: Liberal Democratic Party Vice-President Masahiko Komura has also urged...
WORLD
Apr 15, 2015
Flag raising at Fort Sumter recalls end of Civil War, 150 years ago
Civil War re-enactors raised an American flag at the Fort Sumter National Monument during a ceremony on Tuesday commemorating the 150th anniversary of the symbolic end to the four-year conflict in the place where it began.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 14, 2015
Possible Lincoln deathbed blanket to get DNA test 150 years after his death
A bedspread that may have covered Abraham Lincoln as he lay dying will be tested for his blood in Wisconsin on Tuesday, 150 years to the day after the 16th U.S. president was fatally shot while watching a play in Washington.
WORLD
Apr 8, 2015
German official slams Greek demands for WWII reparations as 'stupid'
Germany's economy minister branded Greece's demand for €278.7 billion in reparations from World War II as "stupid" on Tuesday, while the German opposition said Berlin should repay a forced loan dating from the Nazi occupation.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / JUST BE CAUSE
Apr 5, 2015
Viewed through a religious lens, Japan makes more sense
Ever noticed how Japan — and in particular, its ruling elite — keeps getting away with astonishing bigotry?
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Apr 5, 2015
Valuable 18th-century painting rediscovered in California home
An 18th-century painting long considered lost has been found in the home of a California lawyer whose family had held the piece for generations but was unaware of its origins.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 1, 2015
Beijing risks a no-show at WWII events as Western leaders fear jingoism
China is trying hard to get world leaders to attend events marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Beijing this year, including a military parade, but some diplomats said President Xi Jinping could be left standing on the stage with few top Western officials.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 28, 2015
China's Xi preaches peace in keynote address
Chinese President Xi Jinping said Saturday that turmoil at home or abroad were not in the country's interests as its bitter past has shown, pledging that Beijing will never stray from its proclaimed path of peaceful development.
EDITORIALS
Mar 26, 2015
A trilateral summit, maybe
Despite the agreement among Japan, China and South Korea to hold a trilateral summit at the earliest convenient time, it is unrealistic to think the relationship between Japan and the other two will thaw soon.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2015
Where political 'fox' LKY stands in Singapore history
The late Lee Kuan Yew showed the world that economic self-improvement in Singapore had to have public policies grounded in best-practice pragmatisms rather than in ideological schematics.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 18, 2015
Russia says Chinese, North Korean leaders to attend WWII commemorations in Moscow
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Tuesday Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will attend celebrations in Moscow to commemorate the end of World War II.

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