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SAUDI ARABIA

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2016
The Middle East must take the lead on refugees
The Gulf countries, despite their vast oil wealth, have taken in hardly any refugees.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 10, 2016
U.S. approves $1.15 billion sale of tanks, equipment to Saudi Arabia
The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of more than 130 Abrams battle tanks, 20 armored recovery vehicles and other equipment, worth about $1.15 billion, to Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 27, 2016
Who's winning the Middle East's Cold War?
Iran and Russia can never be more than foothold powers in the Arab world, where Sunni Muslims make up 90 percent of the population.
WORLD
May 28, 2016
Hajj row escalates as Iran and Saudi Arabia miss new deal
An Iranian delegation has left Saudi Arabia without an agreement for its citizens to attend the Muslim hajj pilgrimage this year, Saudi media have reported, a second failure by the rival Middle East powers to strike a deal.
COMMENTARY / World
May 28, 2016
Saudi Arabia should take in Syrian refugees
The world should stop focusing on Europe and instead turn to those Arab countries capable, with relative ease, to take in, house and employ their desperate brethren fleeing Syria.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2016
Canada's thorny arms deal
An arms deal with Saudi Arabia brings into sharp relief the collision between Canada's self-righteous national identity and a self-interested foreign policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 8, 2016
Saudi Arabia replaces oil minister, central banker as part of plan to reduce dependency on oil
Saudi Arabia's King Salman announced a government overhaul that saw the kingdom's top central banker and longtime oil minister replaced as part of sweeping economic changes led by his son to reduce the nation's reliance on hydrocarbons.
EDITORIALS
Apr 29, 2016
A bold new vision for Saudi Arabia
Can Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman end Saudi Arabia's economic addiction to oil?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2016
Does the U.S. really need an ally like Saudi Arabia?
Washington needs to put distance between America and its counterproductive partners, such as Riyadh.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 22, 2016
Why Obama invests in the Saudi ally he disdains
The United States and Saudi Arabia today share a common enemy in the terrorists whom the Saudis once allowed to fester.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 19, 2016
Red Sea island sale underlines Egypt's weakness
Egypt's facade of regional greatness came crashing down when it relinquished two islands to Saudi Arabia in exchange for aid.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 18, 2016
Histories that shouldn't be secret
U.S. President Barack Obama should release classified documents on the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Bay of Pigs fiasco in Cuba in 1961.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Apr 6, 2016
Amnesty slams Japan over death penalty as global executions soar
A human rights group says recorded executions worldwide surged by more than 50 percent last year to the highest level in a quarter-century.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2016
Saudi Arabia versus Iran
When dealing with Iran and Saudi Arabia, Western governments should be mindful of their appalling human rights records.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2016
Tackling the jihadi menace
By wielding only carrots and no stick, the West allows the double-talking Saudi royals to run with the foxes and hunt with the hounds — at grave cost to the security of many countries.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2016
Oil prices poised to remain low as Saudis 'blink'
Panic is mounting among the major oil producers over the prospect of a long period of very low oil prices.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 16, 2016
Russia, Saudis tentatively offer to freeze oil output levels
Russia's energy minister said on Tuesday that his country has agreed with OPEC members Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Venezuela to freeze oil production levels if other producers do the same.
WORLD
Feb 13, 2016
Saudi Arabia to send planes to Turkey for Islamic State fight: report
Saudi Arabia will send aircraft to NATO-member Turkey's Incirlik Air Base for the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was reported as saying Saturday.
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.
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.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
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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