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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 6, 2018
'Shocking' Huawei arrest threatens to upend Trump-Xi trade truce
On the same day Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping struck a truce in the U.S.-Chinese trade war in Argentina, Canadian authorities made an arrest that now threatens to make the conflict much worse.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 2, 2018
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemns Iran missile test
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday condemned what he described as Iran's testing of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads as a violation of the international agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 1, 2018
Iran's global disinformation
Website Nile Net Online promises Egyptians "true news" from its offices in the heart of Cairo's Tahrir Square, "to expand the scope of freedom of expression in the Arab world."
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 30, 2018
U.S. touts new evidence of Iranian weaponry in Yemen and Afghanistan
The United States on Thursday displayed pieces of what it said were Iranian weapons deployed to militants in Yemen and Afghanistan, a tactic by President Donald Trump's administration to pressure Tehran to curb its regional activities.
WORLD
Nov 26, 2018
Iran quake injures more than 700; Rouhani orders relief effort
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said no effort should be spared to help victims of a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Iran's western border with Iraq that injured more than 700 people, most suffering minor wounds, state television reported on Monday.
WORLD
Nov 22, 2018
Iran says it can fire missiles that can reach U.S. bases and aircraft carriers 'if they make a move'
An Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Wednesday that U.S. bases in Afghanistan, the UAE and Qatar, and U.S. aircraft carriers in the Gulf were within range of Iranian missiles, as tensions rise between Tehran and Washington.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 14, 2018
Chemical arms team to assign blame for Syrian attacks despite Russia, Iran opposition
The global chemical weapons watchdog will in February begin to assign blame for attacks with banned munitions in Syria's war, using new powers approved by member states but opposed by Damascus and its key allies Russia and Iran.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 13, 2018
Trump blasts Saudi Arabia over oil output cut as relations fray further
President Donald Trump took aim at Saudi Arabia's plan to cut oil production on Monday, injecting new tension into an already fraught alliance that has been clouded by U.S. concerns over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the ongoing conflict in Yemen.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 7, 2018
How a Democratic U.S. House could alter foreign policy
Democrats will use their new majority in the U.S. House of Representatives to reverse what they see as a hands-off approach by Republicans toward President Donald Trump's foreign policy, and push for tougher dealings with Russia, Saudi Arabia and North Korea.
EDITORIALS
Nov 5, 2018
America tightens the screws on Iran with sanctions
Washington's imposition of new sanctions on Iran raises two dangerous possibilities.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 5, 2018
Why the latest American sanctions on Iran will fail
Trump's strategy is likely to increase Middle East tensions — and unlikely to bring the U.S. closer to achieving its goals on Iran.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 2, 2018
The new tyranny of the dollar
Under U.S. President Donald Trump, however, a sophisticated set of tools known as secondary sanctions has become a bludgeon with which to threaten allies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 2, 2018
Iran suspected of seeking to assassinate Iranian-Norwegian in Denmark
Norway summoned the Iranian ambassador on Thursday over a suspected assassination plot against an Iranian Arab opposition figure in Denmark involving a Norwegian citizen of Iranian background.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 28, 2018
Rouhani reshuffles economic team, says U.S. isolated against Iran
Iran's parliament approved a government economic reshuffle on Saturday, days before new U.S. sanctions on Tehran's oil exports take effect, after President Hassan Rouhani said Washington was isolated among its allies in its confrontation with Iran.
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 27, 2018
Facebook removes Iranian fake accounts that lured a million followers in U.S., U.K.
Facebook said on Friday it had deleted accounts originating in Iran that attracted more than 1 million U.S. and British followers, its latest effort to combat disinformation activity on its platform.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2018
Jointly developed U.S.-Japan interceptor knocks down medium-range missile in test
The U.S. military said it successfully tested a key missile defense system Friday, in a milestone that experts say shows a growing U.S. capability to knock down an incoming, medium-range missile from countries like North Korea and Iran.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2018
The need for a U.S. policy pivot toward Iran
Closer ties with Tehran can help Washington once again become a power broker in the Middle East.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 22, 2018
Allies doubt shifting Saudi story on journalist's slaying as even Trump cites 'lies'
Saudi Arabia's revised account of the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi left the U.S. and other allies struggling for a response on Sunday.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Nissan says it will not take new U.S. orders for Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs
A Nissan manufacturing complex in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Nissan says it will not take new orders from the United States for two Mexican-built Infiniti SUVs following new auto tariffs levied by the U.S.
Japan digs deep to address 'national crisis' caused by Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on April 1. He has said that Japan is facing a "national crisis" following the introduction of new tariffs by the United States.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
‘Let’s make it practical’: NATO chief eyes greater defense-industrial ties with Japan
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte plans to visit Japan on Tuesday and Wednesday — his first to the Indo-Pacific region since taking office in October, as he seeks to implement lessons from the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.

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