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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 10, 2016
New London mayor an exception to proposed ban on Muslims, Trump says
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, who has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States, suggested on Monday he would make an exception for London's newly elected Muslim mayor, The New York Times reported.
EDITORIALS
May 9, 2016
A vital victory for London
The election of Sadiq Khan as the first Muslim mayor of London was a vote for intelligence and tolerance.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
May 4, 2016
Foreign priests find a spiritual home in Shinto
Though few and far between, a handful of non-natives are blazing a trail in Japan's ancient native faith.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2016
Bangladesh in deep trouble
Four secular bloggers were hacked to death in Bangladesh last year in a campaign of murder. What was remarkable was the response of the government — or rather, its lack of response.
COMMENTARY / World
May 3, 2016
Islamic State eradicating religious minorities
The slaughter of Middle Eastern Christians and other persecuted faiths is one of the great tragedies of our age.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 29, 2016
Helmet-cam footage shows Islamic State soldiers in battlefield chaos
Islamic State may exult in online portrayals of jihadis sweeping victoriously across Iraqi battlefields, but a camera recovered from the helmet of a dead fighter offers a contrasting picture of chaos and panic in a battle with Kurdish peshmerga.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 25, 2016
Xi says China must be on guard against nefarious religious influences from abroad
In a meeting with top Communist Party officials, Chinese President Xi Jinping has urged authorities in staunchly atheist China to be on guard against foreign infiltration via religion.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2016
Time to take sides in the war within Islam
We must acknowledge that two Islams are locked in a fight to the death, and that because the battlefield is the planet and the war threatens values that the West embraces, the fight is not solely the Muslims' affair.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2016
Pope returns with 12 refugees after visit to Greek camp
Pope Francis took three families of Syrian refugees back to Rome on Saturday after visiting the frontline of Europe's migrant crisis at a camp in Greece where migrants wept at his feet, kissed his hand and begged for help.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2016
U.S.-led offensives drive Islamic State militants back, but worries about what's next persist
As U.S.-led offensives drive back the Islamic State group in Iraq, concern is growing among U.S. and U.N. officials that efforts to stabilize liberated areas are lagging, creating conditions that could help the militants endure as an underground network.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 9, 2016
Archbishop of Canterbury learns his father was secretary to Churchill
Justin Welby, the archbishop of Canterbury, has discovered his biological father was the former private secretary to Britain's war-time leader Winston Churchill, he said in a statement Friday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2016
Extremism's odd bedfellows
The relationship between the extreme right, particularly in Europe, and Islamist radicalism runs deep, with adherents of both groups sharing some important traits.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 4, 2016
The debate about debating Islam
Legitimate intellectual inquiry unfortunately always degenerates into political bickering over whether it is acceptable to criticize Islam.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2016
Belgium seeks more information on 'man in the hat'; death toll at 35
Belgian police issued a new appeal on Monday for information about a man caught on CCTV at Brussels Airport with two others who are thought to have blown themselves up in the check-in area last Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 28, 2016
Iraqi Christians fear extinction in wake of Islamic State onslaught
Iraqi Christians gathered in Baghdad over the weekend to mark Easter, but celebrations were tempered by fears the Islamic State group would eradicate their shrinking community, even as the army launched a U.S.-backed offensive to retake Mosul, their ancestral homeland.
WORLD
Mar 27, 2016
Nails and nail polish remover: Brussels bombers prepared a 'satanic' cocktail
An empty apartment block on a quiet street turned out to be the perfect place for the three suspected Brussels attackers to prepare the home-made nail bombs used in Tuesday's airport and metro attacks, which killed at least 31 people.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2016
Charged Brussels suspect may be missing airport bomber
"The man in the hat" is how Belgium has come to know the country's most wanted suspect in the Brussels attacks, seen in a CCTV picture with two others who were about to blow themselves up at Brussels airport on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 25, 2016
Tech could help secure public spaces, if Europeans wants more surveillance
Facial recognition software, scanners that detect weapons and cameras that spot nervous people are some of the technologies that could be used more widely to secure public places, but some would require greater acceptance of surveillance in Europe.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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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