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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2022
The man who would be king: Iran's theocratic ruler
The role of Iran's supreme leader contradicts centuries of Islamic doctrine and is a wholly made-up office concocted by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini after the 1979 revolution.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2022
Standing up to Iran's gender-driven violence
Women in Iran are not only protesting for the right not to wear the hijab; they are protesting against a government that has curtailed their most basic rights.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 22, 2022
Protest chants, a riot and gunshots: How a prison fire unfolded in Iran
The cause of the fire remains unclear, but witnesses and families of prisoners say that the authorities had been bracing for unrest in the notorious Evin Prison in northern Tehran.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 21, 2022
Iranian trainers helped Russia with Ukraine drone attacks, U.S. says
Washington said it would pursue all means to deal with Iran's supply of munitions to Russia, while also considering air defense solutions for Ukraine.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Oct 20, 2022
Iranian climber Elnaz Rekabi greeted as hero after competing without hijab
Climber apologizes for causing concern as doubts swirl about her safety.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2022
Deadly Iran jail fire erupted during police clash with inmates
The bloody crackdown by the police and the deadly fire on the evening of Oct. 15, whose origins are disputed, have shaken a society already on edge after a month of violence.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2022
Iran agrees to ship missiles and more drones to Russia, defying the West
The appearance of Iranian missiles in addition to drones in Moscow's arsenal in the war with Ukraine would raise tensions between Iran and the United States.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 18, 2022
Iran prison fire toll doubles as protest tensions surge
Human rights groups say they doubt the official version of events and fear the real toll could be higher.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 16, 2022
Fire erupts at Iran’s most notorious prison amid national protests
Contradictory reports on social media cited an explosive device, an attempted escape and an infiltration of the prison from the outside.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 11, 2022
Back to the brink in Iran
After decades of repression and corruption, Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and his fellow hard-liners will find it difficult to quell the current unrest with force alone.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 11, 2022
Fame no shield from 'frightening' Iran arrest wave
The list of those rounded up so far includes prominent athletes, artists, journalists, lawyers, activists and technology experts.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Oct 11, 2022
Iran returns soccer legend Ali Daei's seized passport over protests
The retired Team Melli forward used social media to call on the government to 'solve the problems of the Iranian people rather than using repression, violence and arrests' in late September.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 9, 2022
Female students tell Iran's president to 'get lost' as unrest rages
The government has described the protests as a plot by Iran's enemies including the United States, accusing armed dissidents — among others — of violence.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Oct 7, 2022
Braced to crush unrest, Iran's rulers heed lessons of Shah's fall
The protests have spiraled into a revolt against what protesters said was the increasing authoritarianism of its ruling Islamic clerics.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 6, 2022
'Get lost': Iran schoolgirls join protests over Mahsa Amini death
Students are reportedly staging sporadic rallies in defiance of a lethal crackdown by the security forces.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 3, 2022
Iranian drones, cheap and plentiful, help Russia terrorize Ukraine's port of Odesa
The bombardment is leading some Ukrainians to flee the city again for the first time since before the summer.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 30, 2022
Iran targets celebrities and media over Mahsa Amini protests
The warnings came after almost two weeks of protests and a deadly crackdown that a rights group says has been marked by 'ruthless violence by security forces.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2022
Protest-hit Iran launches strikes that kill 13 in Iraqi Kurdistan
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has accused the Iraq-based Kurdish groups of 'attacking and infiltrating Iran ... to sow insecurity and riots and spread unrest.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 27, 2022
Iran protest death toll tops 75 as crackdown intensifies, rights group says
The Iranian authorities' official death toll, meanwhile, remained at 41, including several members of the security forces.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
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.
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.
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.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
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
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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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