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UFC President Dana White speaks during the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18, 2024.
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Jan 31, 2025
UFC President Dana White condemns fighter's comments about Hitler
White said UFC would not take disciplinary action, citing freedom of expression.
Elon Musk makes a stiff arm salute during an inaugural event for U.S. President Donald Trump at Capitol One Arena in Washington on Monday. A time when the far right is once again on the rise, the interpretation of Musk's gesture was straightforward for many — especially in Germany.
WORLD
Jan 25, 2025
‘Awkward gesture’? ‘Roman salute’? In Germany, its meaning is clear.
A gesture associated with the Nazis has a surprising history. But in Germany, there was little doubt about its meaning.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump leaves the court after a pre-trial hearing in a hush money case in New York on March 25. As Trump faces a slew of trials, his opponents should take the comparison to Hitler's court room dramas seriously.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 3, 2024
The Hitler trial’s lessons in the Trump era
As former U.S. President Donald Trump faces a slew of trials, his opponents should take the comparison to Hitler's court room dramas seriously.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2022
We have to talk about Adolf Hitler
“Hitler Kitsch,” “Nazi Porn” and Godwin's Law have given us the frightening ignorance of people like Kanye West.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2022
What makes a fascist?
Parties or regimes exhibiting certain features might not be fascist today; but they could become so in predictable ways.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2021
The dangers of when there is 'nothing to lose'
A 'nothing-to-lose' attitude is what is driving the never-ending conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 29, 2019
Italy uncovers plot to create new Nazi party, seizes arms in series of nationwide raids
Italian police said on Thursday they uncovered a plot to form a new Nazi party and seized a cache of weapons during searches across the country.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 21, 2019
Hitler's top hat, Evan Braun cocktail dress up for auction in Germany
Nazi memorabilia including Hitler's top hat and a cocktail dress worn by his companion Eva Braun is going under the hammer at a German auction house, drawing calls from the Jewish community to stop a sale it deems immoral.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 13, 2018
Parents who named son after Hitler jailed in U.K. for being in banned far-right group
A couple who named their child after Adolf Hitler were convicted in Britain on Monday for being members of banned far-right group National Action.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2018
Hitler runs for mayor despite threat from Lennin in Peruvian Andes
Hitler hopes to return to power in a small Peruvian town in the Andes, despite a threat from a detractor named Lennin.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 3, 2018
Germany suspends, probes two Bavaria policemen over Nazi salute
Police in Germany's southern state of Bavaria are investigating two officers suspected of performing the illegal Hitler salute.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2017
Appeasement — is it still a dirty word?
A new book casts British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's appeasement policy in a new light, and the lessons can be applied to the North Korea crisis.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2017
Chinese tourists arrested for making Hitler salutes outside German parliament building
German police on Saturday arrested two Chinese tourists for making illegal "heil Hitler" salutes in front of the historic Reichstag building that houses the German parliament.
BUSINESS
Jul 1, 2017
BOJ issues rare apology over board member's remark about Hitler's economic policies
The Bank of Japan has issued a rare apology over a board member's praise for Adolf Hitler's economic policies.
BUSINESS
Jun 29, 2017
Bank of Japan policymaker Yutaka Harada praises Hitler's economic policies
A Bank of Japan policymaker praised Adolf Hitler's economic policies on Thursday, but said they enabled the Nazi dictator to do "horrible" things to the world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 27, 2017
North Korea likens Trump to Hitler, 'America First' to Nazism
Pyongyang has likened U.S. President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, characterizing Trump's "America First" policy as "the American version of Nazism," state media reported Tuesday, as Washington grapples with the North Korean nuclear issue.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2017
Germany's past: from shame to fascination?
Having a healthy relationship with the past is good as long as its lessons are not forgotten.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 21, 2016
Hitler's trousers, Goering's cyanide container sold at auction
Trousers with leather pockets worn by Adolf Hitler and a brass container that held the cyanide used by a top deputy to commit suicide were among a trove of Nazi memorabilia sold for hundreds of thousands of euros at an auction in Germany.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 24, 2015
Re-print of Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' unleashes row in Germany
For the first time since Adolf Hitler's death, Germany is publishing the Nazi leader's political treatise "Mein Kampf," unleashing a highly charged row over whether the text is an inflammatory racist diatribe or a useful educational tool.

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Professional cleaner Hirofumi Sakurai takes a moment to appreciate some photographs in a Gotanda apartment whose occupant died alone.
The last cleanup: Life and death in a lonely Japan