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RELIGION

WORLD
Aug 8, 2015
Islamic State executed 2,000 in Nineveh, Iraq says
More than 2,000 Iraqis in the northern province of Nineveh have been executed by Islamic State militants controlling the area, the defense minister said on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 7, 2015
China removes cross from church after lengthy rooftop protest
Chinese authorities removed a cross from a church Friday after Christian protesters ended a month-long sit-in on the building's roof in a bid to protect the cross from what they said was its unfair removal, witnesses said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 2, 2015
Turkey takes in Uighur refugees; angers China
The folded piece of paper with a photo of a 4-month-old baby tells a story that likely loomed over Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his Chinese hosts during his visit to Beijing last week.
WORLD
Aug 2, 2015
Extraordinary measures used to fight militant Islam in 'stans'
Authorities in Central Asia's former Soviet "stans" are taking draconian measures to stamp out militant Islam, but their harsh methods and the absence of democratic politics risk provoking a backlash that could bring even greater instability.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 27, 2015
Satanic group unveils controversial Baphomet sculpture to cheers of 'Hail Satan'
A Satanic organization unveiled a controversial bronze Baphomet sculpture in Detroit just before midnight Saturday, after trying in vain to have it installed near a 10 Commandments monument in Oklahoma.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 26, 2015
China jails 14 members of banned cult
A court in the central Chinese province of Hubei has jailed nine members of a banned religious cult for up to three years, the official Xinhua News Agency said Sunday, a day after five others were sentenced in a northeastern province.
WORLD
Jul 26, 2015
Assad announces amnesty for estimated 70,000 draft dodgers at home, overseas
To help bolster the ranks of an army severely depleted by four years of battling armed insurgents, Syrian President Bashar Assad on Saturday announced an amnesty for men at home and abroad who have dodged conscription.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2015
U.S. general touts putting air controllers with Iraqi troops, giving Ukraine 'lethal equipment'
Putting U.S. air controllers with Iraqi forces closer to combat areas so they can identify and direct bombing would improve airstrikes on Islamic State rebel targets and should be "seriously considered," a top U.S. general told lawmakers on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jul 22, 2015
Islamic State-linked suicide attack unlikely to change Turkish stance on intervention in Syria
A suspected Islamic State suicide bombing that killed 32 people in a Turkish border town is unlikely to push Ankara to strike against the group in Syria, where it still sees Kurdish separatism and President Bashar Assad as the major threats.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 22, 2015
Syrian Islamists, courting West, say they will protect minorities
A conservative Islamist rebel group said on Tuesday it would protect Syria's minorities, pressing a campaign in Western media to address concerns about one of the most powerful insurgent forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad.
WORLD
Jul 21, 2015
Islamic State cracks down on Internet use in Syrian stronghold: monitor
Islamic State militants raided Internet cafes in their Syrian stronghold city of Raqqa after ordering a ban on wireless networks that can be used by private homes, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group said Monday.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 19, 2015
Before Tennessee rampage, gunman texted friend link to Islamic verse
Hours before the Tennessee shooting that killed five U.S. servicemen, the suspected gunman texted a close friend a link to an Islamic verse that included the line: "Whosoever shows enmity to a friend of Mine, then I have declared war against him."
WORLD
Jul 19, 2015
Czech Foreign Ministry says five nationals are missing in Lebanon
Five Czechs and their Lebanese driver are missing in Lebanon, a spokeswoman for the Czech Foreign Ministry said Saturday.
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Jul 18, 2015
Propagating Russian Orthodox faith in Japan
As astonishing as its vigor is the fact that Russia's eastward expansion, beginning in the 16th century, went all but unnoticed, by Japan no less than by Europe.
WORLD
Jul 18, 2015
Islamic State suicide car bomb kills over 100 in Iraq
More than 100 people were killed in a suicide car bombing at a busy market in an Iraqi town on Friday, one of the deadliest attacks carried out by Islamic State militants since they overran large parts of the country.
WORLD
Jul 18, 2015
Islamic State forces accused of using poison gas on Kurds in northeast Syria
The Islamic State group used poison gas in attacks against Kurdish-controlled areas of northeastern Syria in late June, a Syrian Kurdish militia and a group monitoring the Syrian conflict said Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2015
Poor intelligence, porous borders stymie Chinese control of Uighurs
Poor intelligence and porous borders with Southeast Asia are stymieing China's efforts to stop the flow of ethnic minority Uighur Muslims heading to Turkey, where China says many of them end up fighting for Islamists in Syria and Iraq.
WORLD
Jul 9, 2015
Pope drinks coca tea on way to highlands of Bolivia
Pope Francis drank a tea of coca leaves, chamomile flower and anise seeds on the plane to Bolivia from Ecuador Wednesday to ward off altitude sickness upon arrival at the highest international airport in the world.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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