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Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 26, 2022
Iranians protest for 10th night, defying judiciary warning
At least 41 people have died since the unrest began, mostly protesters but including members of the Islamic Republic's security forces, according to an official toll.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 25, 2022
Iran protesters return to streets, defying deadly crackdown
The protests entered their ninth night after the death of a woman in morality police custody, despite a crackdown by security forces in which at least 41 people are believed to have died.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 24, 2022
Iran's leaders are safe but protests raise the stakes over imposing veil
The popular revolt in Iran triggered by the death of a woman held by police is unlikely to pose an immediate threat to clerical rulers, who have crushed many protests in recent years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 23, 2022
Iran's president warns against 'acts of chaos' over death of woman in custody
Women have played a prominent role in the demonstrations, waving and burning their veils, with some publicly cutting their hair in a direct challenge to clerical leaders.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2022
Iran protests spread as death toll rises
The demonstrations erupted over the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old from Iranian Kurdistan who was arrested in Tehran for 'unsuitable attire.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 21, 2022
Protests flare across Iran in violent unrest over woman's death
The death last week of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who was arrested by morality police for 'unsuitable attire,' unleashed a flood of simmering anger.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 17, 2022
Anger as Iran woman dies after morality police arrest
Activists have urged those responsible for her 'suspicious' death be brought to justice, though Tehran has denied responsibility.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 6, 2022
Iran hands death sentence to two gay-rights activists
The two women were charged with 'spreading corruption on earth' — a charge frequently imposed on defendants deemed to have broken the country's sharia laws
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 4, 2022
Iran's hopes for a World Cup surprise threatened by infighting
A potential decision to replace Team Melli's head coach less than three months before the tournament could throw the potential Group B upstarts into turmoil.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 3, 2022
How a 92-year-old cleric silently halted Iraq's slide back into war
Officials and insiders say it was only Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani's stance behind the scenes that halted a meltdown.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 18, 2022
The roots of Salman Rushdie attack lie in India, not Iran
British-era laws against insulting religion led to the banning of “The Satanic Verses” 30 years ago and continue to exact a high price in the subcontinent today.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 15, 2022
Salman Rushdie off ventilator and 'road to recovery has begun'
Rushdie was set to deliver a lecture on the United States' role as a haven for targeted artists when a man rushed the stage and stabbed him.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 14, 2022
Salman Rushdie attack suspect pleads not guilty as author remains hospitalized
Living with a bounty on his head since 1988, Rushdie was set to deliver a lecture on artistic freedom when he was stabbed 10 times.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2022
After years in hiding in London, Salman Rushdie lived freely in New York
After going into hiding during the 1990s, Salman Rushdie had been living freely in New York in recent years, appearing in public without evident security.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 13, 2022
Novelist Salman Rushdie on a ventilator after stabbing in western New York
An assailant stabbed Rushdie, 75, in the abdomen and the neck, police and witnesses said, straining to continue the attack even as several people held him back.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2022
Russia launches Iranian satellite amid Ukraine war concerns
Iran, which has maintained ties with Moscow, has sought to deflect suspicions that Russia could use the Khayyam satellite to spy on Ukraine.
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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