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Counterfeit bills used by men who were arrested on suspicion of stealing cash under the guise of a gold transaction
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Sep 9, 2024
Two Liberian men arrested for alleged fake gold deal in Tokyo
The two are charged with stealing ¥34 million from a 43-year-old secondhand goods dealer in Tokyo in November 2023.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 19, 2021
Palm oil giant’s industry-beating ESG score hides razed forests
In the impoverished West African country of Liberia, a unit of the world's second-largest palm oil company has admitted to destroying forests and violating the rights of indigenous people.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 2, 2019
Moscow presses U.S. to swap Russian pilot for American held in Russia
A senior official in Moscow urged the U.S. to consider swapping a jailed Russian pilot convicted of drug smuggling for its own citizens detained in Russia, news services reported.
BUSINESS
Jul 22, 2018
Liberia's biggest palm oil project quits eco-certification body
Liberia's largest palm oil company, Golden Veroleum, has quit a global eco-certification body in response to accusations from a global watchdog that it failed to get consent from communities before expanding onto their lands, the firm said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 30, 2015
2,500 deaths, 6,200 orphaned, Guinea now deemed Ebola-free; Liberia counting the days
Guinea was declared free of Ebola transmission on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still counting down the days until the end of the epidemic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Nov 23, 2015
Liberia puts 153 under Ebola surveillance after new outbreak sickens boy, 15
Liberia has placed 153 people under surveillance as it seeks to control a new Ebola outbreak in the capital more than two months after the country was declared free of the virus, health officials said.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 20, 2015
As country emerges from shadow of Ebola, Liberia president says ritual killings on the rise
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Thursday vowed to crack down on those responsible for a rise in ritual killings in the West African country as it seeks to emerge from the shadow of an Ebola epidemic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2015
Abe pledges to support Liberia's recovery from Ebola epidemic during meeting with president
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has pledged to support Ebola-hit Liberia as it recovers from the deadly epidemic during a summit with the country's visiting President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Thursday.
WORLD / Society
Jun 11, 2015
Despite ban, U.N. peacekeepers commonly engage in transactional sex: study
United Nations peacekeepers commonly pay for sex with cash, dresses, jewelry, perfume, cell phones and other items, despite a ban on such relationships with people the world body is trying to help, a draft U.N. report concluded.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 16, 2015
Heads of Ebola-hit nations meet Obama
President Barack Obama met with the presidents of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia at the White House on Wednesday to pledge more U.S. support for the nations hardest-hit by the Ebola virus.
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 26, 2015
New Ebola infections continue to drop but Guinea still a concern
The three nations hardest hit by West Africa's Ebola epidemic recorded the lowest weekly total of new cases so far this year in the week leading up to March 22, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Mar 2, 2015
New phase of the Ebola battle
As the spread of Ebola slows, the Japan Social Development Fund, on the ground in Liberia, has announced the start of an effort to battle the psychological effects of the virus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Mar 2, 2015
U.S., Liberia kick off trial of Ebola drug ZMapp
U.S. and Liberian researchers have started a clinical trial to test the safety and effectiveness of Mapp Biopharmaceutical Inc.'s Ebola drug ZMapp, an experimental treatment that has already been tried in a handful of Ebola patients, including two U.S. missionaries.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2015
Liberia reopens dozens of schools as Ebola wanes
Thousands of Liberian children in pristine uniforms flocked back to school on Monday as classrooms opened their doors for the first time after a six-month hiatus designed to stem the spread of the worst Ebola outbreak in history.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 3, 2015
Liberia begins clinical trial for Ebola vaccines as outbreak ebbs
Liberia began a trial of experimental Ebola vaccines on Monday, involving thousands of volunteers as part of an effort to slow the spread of the deadly fever and prevent future outbreaks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Jan 24, 2015
Just five Ebola cases left in Liberia, government claims
Liberia, once the epicenter of West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic, has just five remaining confirmed cases of the disease, a senior health official said on Friday, highlighting the country's success in halting new infections.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 8, 2014
Liberia court lifts order suspending election campaign due to Ebola
Liberia's Supreme Court on Sunday lifted a government order suspending campaigning in and around the capital for next week's Senate election imposed on the grounds that electioneering risks spreading the Ebola virus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Dec 2, 2014
Liberia wrongly added 1,000 deaths to Ebola toll, WHO claims
A surge in Ebola deaths reported by the World Health Organization over the weekend arose from about 1,000 Liberian deaths wrongly ascribed to the disease, the WHO said, and they were removed from an updated data set released on Monday.
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.
Russia launched intercontinental ballistic missile during attack on Ukraine, Kyiv says
A Yars intercontinental ballistic missile is launched during a test from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in Northern Arkhangelsk region of Russia, in this still image captured from video released on Oct. 29.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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