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ROHINGYA

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 16, 2017
Five steps that can bring peace in Myanmar
The humanitarian crisis afflicting Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya has damaged the country's political stability and shattered its image as a country moving toward democracy — but a resolution remains possible.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 15, 2017
Wild elephants trample to death four Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh
Wild elephants trampled sleeping Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh in the early hours of Saturday, killing three children and a woman in the second such incident since the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Myanmar in just a few weeks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2017
Myanmar Army opens probe into reports of killings, abuse of Rohingya Muslims
Myanmar's military has launched an internal probe into the conduct of soldiers during a counteroffensive that has sent more than half a million Rohingya Muslims fleeing to Bangladesh, many saying they witnessed killings, rape and arson by troops.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Oct 12, 2017
Brutal Myanmar army drove half of million Rohingya out, making sure they can' return: U.N.
Myanmar security forces have brutally driven out half a million Muslim Rohingya from northern Rakhine state, torching their homes, crops and villages to prevent them from returning, the U.N. human rights office said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 9, 2017
Two dead, unknown number missing as boat carrying refugees from Myanmar to Bangladesh flips
At least two people have died after a boat carrying refugees fleeing Myanmar capsized on its way to Bangladesh on Sunday, local authorities told Reuters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 5, 2017
Bangladesh destroys boats ferrying Rohingya from Myanmar, claims they carried drugs
Bangladeshi authorities have destroyed about 20 boats that ferried Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar, accusing smugglers of using the huge exodus to bring methamphetamine into the country.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 2, 2017
Myanmar's decades-old jihadi curse
It is vital to address the long history of Islamist extremism that has contributed to the Rohingya's' current plight.
WORLD / Society
Sep 27, 2017
Monks, nationalists force Rohingya refugees to flee Sri Lanka U.N. safe house
Sri Lankan monks and hard-line nationalist protesters forced 31 Rohingya Muslim asylum seekers to flee a United Nations safe house in the capital Colombo on Tuesday, police said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 26, 2017
Japan can do more for the Rohingya
The intention was to rebuild a peaceful political society in Myanmar, but the Rohingya have been left out.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 25, 2017
Muslim insurgents fingered after bodies of 28 Hindu villagers found in Myanmar's Rakhine state
Myanmar government forces on Sunday found the bodies of 28 Hindu villagers who authorities suspected were killed by Muslim insurgents last month, at the beginning of a spasm of violence that has sent 430,000 Muslim Rohingya fleeing to Bangladesh.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2017
Buddhist protesters try to block aid shipment to Myanmar's Muslim Rohingya
Hundreds of Buddhists in Myanmar tried to block a shipment of aid to Muslims in Rakhine state where the United Nations has accused the military of ethnic cleansing, with a witness saying protesters threw petrol bombs before police dispersed them by firing into the air.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 19, 2017
The tragedy of Aung San Suu Kyi
Myanmar's de facto leader still retains enough moral authority to prevent the Rohingya people from being driven out and forgotten — if she is willing to use it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2017
Unwavering support for Suu Kyi needed
Aung San Suu Kyi is trying to maintain national unity, which is indispensable if Myanmar is to address the daunting tasks facing the young and fragile democracy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 18, 2017
The real significance of the Rohingya issue
Asian nations must worry that Myanmar's moves against the Rohingyas won't start untangling all colonial-era boundaries, however illogical in terms of ethnic or religious issues those may have been.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 18, 2017
Rohingya villagers in Myanmar beg for safe passage out after Buddhists allegedly threaten to kill them all
Thousands of Rohingya Muslims in violence-racked northwest Myanmar are pleading with the authorities for safe passage from two remote villages that are cut off by hostile Buddhists and running short of food.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2017
China endorses Myanmar's crackdown; U.N. sees 'ethnic cleansing'
China has endorsed Myanmar's offensive against Rohingya Muslim insurgents, though the U.N. secretary-general said the operation, which has forced nearly 400,000 people to flee to Bangladesh, was best described as "ethnic cleansing."
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2017
A disconnect in the Rohingya conundrum
Instead of directing its anger and frustration toward Suu Kyi and the NLD government, the international community, including the U.N. and the powerful Western democracies, should put pressure on Myanmar's military leadership.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 13, 2017
Suu Kyi to skip U.N. session amid Myanmar's Rohingya crisis
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, facing outrage over ethnic violence that has forced about 370,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to Bangladesh, will not attend the upcoming U.N. General Assembly because of the crisis, her office said on Wednesday.
Japan to revise consumption tax exemption for overseas tourists
Tourists walk through Nakamise shopping street near Sensoji Temple in Tokyo in April
Japan's tourism industry hit by cancellations after megaquake alert
A beach closed due to a megaquake alert in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, from Friday to Thursday.
Focus shifts to incoming typhoon as Tropical Storm Maria dissipates
Newly formed Tropical Storm Ampil, which is forecast to approach eastern Japan this weekend, is seen on the left side of this satellite image.
Kishida to step down in September in bid to show ‘LDP has changed’
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Publisher finds surprise audience after translating history textbooks
Yamakawa Shuppansha president Takeshi Nozawa holds the publisher's textbook on Japanese history — used in high schools across Japan — alongside the new English version in Tokyo on May 23.
Economic security is about strengthening and sustaining growth, former minister says
Former economic security minister Takayuki Kobayashi says changes in the international balance of power, along with deepening economic interdependence, have led some countries to attempt to use their economic power to impose their will on others.
Ice bandanas, convenience store breaks: Running under Japan’s summer sun
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Japan issued its first-ever megaquake alert. What does that mean?
Naoshi Hirata (center), chairman of a committee tasked with evaluating the risk of a Nankai Trough earthquake, speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Friday.
France brings down the curtain on its Olympic party with Tom Cruise and Leon Marchand
Fireworks are set off during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics at Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Sunday.
Japan fuels U.S. LNG boom even as climate targets and impacts loom
Flaring at the Cameron LNG export terminal in Hackberry, Louisiana. Flaring, a common sight at LNG plants, is a controlled burning of gas for reasons ranging from depressurizing equipment to disposing of gas that can’t be used. The practice is a "waste of money" and negatively impacts climate change and human health, says the International Energy Agency.

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