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SAUDI ARABIA

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 3, 2018
Saudi sisters likely committed suicide in New York's Hudson River, police say
Two young Saudi women whose bodies were found a week ago along the rocky Manhattan shore of the Hudson River, bound together with duct tape around their waist and ankles, likely committed suicide, New York police said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 1, 2018
Mystery deaths: NY police probe if asylum-seeking Saudi sisters found bound by river were victims of foul play
New York police were still trying to piece together on Wednesday a mystery over two young women whose bodies were discovered a week ago on the rocky Manhattan shore of the Hudson River, bound together with duct tape around their waists and ankles.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 30, 2018
Fiancee says Riyadh behind Jamal Khashoggi's murder, slams Trump response
The fiancee of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi has said Saudi authorities are responsible for his murder, and the kingdom should give more details so that those who ordered and carried out the killing can be brought to justice.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 29, 2018
Turkey demands truth over Jamal Khashoggi killing as Saudi prosecutor visits
Turkey called on Monday for the full truth surrounding the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi to be revealed, as Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor held talks in Istanbul.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 28, 2018
Jim Mattis calls for transparent investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's killing during talks with Saudi minister
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Sunday that he met Saudi Arabia's foreign minister and called for a transparent investigation into the killing earlier this month of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 26, 2018
'Khashoggi's friends' hold vigil outside Saudi Consulate in Istanbul
Dozens of people gathered outside the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Thursday in a vigil to demand "full justice" for journalist Jamal Khashoggi, killed after entering the building three weeks ago.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 26, 2018
Saudis trumpet $56 billion in mainly U.S. deals as confab ends amid partial boycott over journalist's slaying
Saudi Arabia said it signed $56 billion in deals at an investment conference this week and expected the United States to remain a key business partner despite a partial boycott of the event over the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 25, 2018
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son met Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh: sources
SoftBank Group Corp. CEO Masayoshi Son met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh on Monday, according to two people familiar with the matter, even as the kingdom faces heightened scrutiny following the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 25, 2018
Trump, U.S. defense industry work to save much-touted $110 billion Saudi arms deal
The Trump administration and the U.S. defense industry are scrambling to save the few actual deals in the much-touted $110 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia as concerns rise about the role of the Kingdom's leadership over the death of a prominent critic.
EDITORIALS
Oct 24, 2018
Murder in Turkey
Japan and other countries must speak up to condemn the killing of Jamal Khashoggi and impose consequences.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 24, 2018
The need for a U.S. policy pivot toward Iran
Closer ties with Tehran can help Washington once again become a power broker in the Middle East.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 24, 2018
Erdogan: Saudis must punish those behind Jamal Khashoggi's 'planned' slaying, no matter how high up
Turkey's president on Tuesday dismissed Saudi Arabia's efforts to blame the killing of a prominent journalist on rogue operatives, calling it a planned, "savage killing," and demanded Riyadh punish those responsible, no matter how highly placed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 24, 2018
Trump says Saudis staged worst cover-up 'in history of cover-ups' in Jamal Khashoggi murder
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Saudi authorities staged the "worst cover-up ever" in the killing of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 24, 2018
Turkish investigators search Saudi Consulate vehicle in Istanbul in Jamal Khashoggi probe: CNN Turk
Turkish investigators have found two suitcases and other items in a Saudi consulate car in Istanbul, as part of the investigation into the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, broadcaster CNN Turk reported on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2018
Saudi crown prince proclaims investment confab a success despite boycott over Jamal Khashoggi slaying
Saudi Arabia's crown prince trumpeted on Tuesday a conference that has drawn investment deals worth $50 billion despite a boycott over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, declaring the event as "great — more people more money.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 23, 2018
SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son won't speak at Saudi investment conference: source
SoftBank Group Corp Chief Executive Masayoshi Son, whose $93 billion Vision Fund drew nearly half its money from Saudi Arabia, canceled a speaking engagement at the kingdom's investment conference this week, a person close to the matter told Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2018
Jared Kushner takes wait-and-see approach to Saudi critic's slaying
White House adviser Jared Kushner said on Monday he had urged Saudi Arabia's crown prince to be transparent about the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, and told him "the world is watching" Riyadh's account of the journalist's disappearance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 22, 2018
The real meaning of smoothing over Jamal Kashoggi's death
The Kashoggi affair bares the flawed policies of the world's powers.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2018
Mitsubishi Bank CEO Kanetsugu Mike pulls out of Saudi business forum
The chief executive of Japan's biggest bank has pulled out of Saudi Arabia's financial conference, dubbed "Davos in the Desert," joining a growing list of withdrawals following the killing of a government critic at the kingdom's consulate in Turkey.
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.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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