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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 1, 2023
Iran has uranium particles enriched to nearly bomb grade, IAEA says
Iran has been enriching uranium well over the limits laid down in a landmark 2015 deal with world powers, which started to unravel when the United States withdrew from it in 2018.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2023
Their hair long and flowing or in ponytails, women in Iran flaunt their locks
After the death of a women held by the morality police, women have been at the center of a nationwide uprising, demanding an end to hijab requirements and the Islamic Republic itself.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 20, 2023
Nuclear inspectors in Iran find uranium enriched to 84% purity
Iran had previously told the IAEA that its centrifuges were configured to enrich uranium to a 60% level of purity.
Japan Times
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Feb 18, 2023
Iranian chess player Sara Khadem has no regrets despite being in exile over removing hijab
Sara Khadem had an arrest warrant issued against her in Iran.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 9, 2023
Spurred by wave of protest, children of Iran’s revolution face ghosts of brutal past
While Iran tries to suppress the biggest challenge to its authority since the revolution 44 years ago, many younger Iranians are interrogating the Islamic Republic’s version of history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 5, 2023
Iran's Supreme leader pardons large number of security-related prisoners linked to protests
Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pardoned 'tens of thousands' of prisoners, including many arrested in recent anti-government protests.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 23, 2023
Despite crackdown, Iran protesters still challenging regime
Although street activity has dwindled in the face of a brutal crackdown, protesters are still challenging the Islamic regime four months into their movement, observers say.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 15, 2023
Iran executes British Iranian dual national accused of spying
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was 'appalled' by the execution of the British Iranian citizen.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 5, 2023
Iran warns France over 'insulting' Khamenei cartoons
Tehran is seeking an explanation from the French government after the magazine Charlie Hebdo published cartoons depicting Iran's supreme leader.
Japan Times
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Jan 4, 2023
Iranian chess player warned not to return after competing without hijab
Sara Khadem took part in last week's FIDE World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships in Almaty without the hijab, a headscarf that is mandatory under Iran's strict dress codes.
Japan Times
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Dec 29, 2022
Iranian chess player competes without hijab for second straight day during tournament
Her action is seen by some as a show of support for the protests that have gripped Iran since the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini on Sept. 16.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Dec 27, 2022
Iran reroutes plane carrying soccer star's wife and blames U.K. over unrest
Tehran said the arrests in Iran of citizens linked to Britain reflected its 'destructive role' in the more than three months of unrest.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 12, 2022
Iran’s conservative religious leadership walks a tightrope
While Iran's hard-line Islamic regime has now abolished the morality police, the protesters have broadened their demands.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 10, 2022
U.S. sounds alarm over 'harmful' Iran-Russia military partnership
The United States on Friday expressed alarm over a 'full-scale defense partnership' between Moscow and Tehran.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 6, 2022
Invasion of Ukraine revives nuclear warfare nightmare
With Moscow on the back foot in its offensive, the military stalemate has raised fears Russia could resort to its nuclear arsenal to achieve a military breakthrough.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 5, 2022
Iran protesters call for strike, as prosecutor says morality police shut down
There was no confirmation of the closure from the Interior Ministry, which is in charge of the morality police.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 4, 2022
Iran state body reports 200 dead in protests as president hails 'freedoms'
President Ebrahim Raisi on Saturday hailed Iran's Islamic Republic as a guarantor of rights and freedoms, defending the ruling system amid a crackdown on anti-government protests that the United Nations says has cost more than 300 lives.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 1, 2022
The soccer world must protect Iran’s team
After losing to the United States in World Cup, Team Melli returns home to a hostile population and a vengeful regime.
Japan Times
SOCCER / World cup
Nov 30, 2022
Gregg Berhalter says U.S. men 'deserve to be here' after Iran win
Five years after the Americans suffered the shock of failing to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, the former defender has led a youthful U.S. team into the knockout phase.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 30, 2022
Political tension overshadows match as U.S. tops Iran at World Cup
For fans attending the first soccer World Cup in the Middle East, Iran's domestic politics and its troubled relations with the United States were in focus.
Why Japan is running out of rice — and farmers to grow it
An ongoing shortage of rice has resulted in rising prices for Japan's main food staple.
Japan and U.S. appoint tariff negotiators after Ishiba-Trump phone call
Economic revitalization minister Ryosei Akazawa enters the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan responds to Trump's tariffs with a polite phone call and request
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba attends a joint press conference with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington on Feb. 7.
Japan to avoid direct confrontation with the U.S. over Trump tariffs
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Japan does not intend to seek direct confrontation with the U.S. over the newly levied tariffs, during a parliamentary committee session in Tokyo on Monday.
Taiwan eyes zero tariffs with U.S. and pledges more investment
Kids view the area from a lookout point over cranes and containers at the Port of Keelung, Taiwan, on Thursday.
‘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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An ongoing shortage of rice has resulted in rising prices for Japan's main food staple.
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