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SPAIN

WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2017
Merkel, European Commission leader Juncker discuss Catalan crisis
In a sign of growing unease over potential disruption across Europe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker discussed the Catalan crisis in a phone call, an EU official said Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 5, 2017
Catalonia plans to declare independence Monday as Spain's troops settle in, stocks sink
Catalonia will move on Monday to declare independence from Spain following its banned referendum as the European Union nation nears a rupture that threatens the foundations of its young democracy.
EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2017
Troubling referendums in Iraq and Spain
The flames of nationalism still burn brightly in this supposed global age.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2017
Europe's war of the nationalists picks up steam
Europe remains a battleground between nationalist forces, conventional governments and parties that cleave to broadly liberal positions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2017
Tokyo silent as Catalonia moves toward independence from Spain
Tokyo on Monday called Sunday's historic referendum in Catalonia an internal issue, leaving Japanese citizens and Spanish communities in Japan dependent on the Spanish government's decision moving forward after Catalans voted to split from Spain.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2017
Spain blocks Catalan independence vote, threatens charges against regional lawmakers
Spain's central authorities moved Thursday to crush plans by the northeastern region of Catalonia to hold an independence referendum and took steps to prosecute regional lawmakers backing the ballot.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 24, 2017
Barcelona tries to balance security and freedom after deadly attacks
Spain's northeastern region of Catalonia, hit last week by two Islamist militant attacks that killed 15 people, will deploy more police, install bollards in Barcelona and step up security around stations and tourist landmarks.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 18, 2017
Islamic State takes credit as Spain searches for van driver who mowed down Barcelona crowd
A manhunt was underway for the driver of a van that mowed through crowds of tourists on Barcelona's most famous avenue on Thursday, killing at least 13 people in an attack that was claimed by Islamic State.
WORLD
Aug 18, 2017
Catalan police say they have killed four terrorists in Cambrils
A Catalan police spokeswoman said police had killed four attackers in Cambrils, south of Barcelona, and another was seriously injured following an operation there against what authorities called a terrorist attack.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 8, 2017
Spain meets 'washoku': Cooking along to the sizzling beat in Ibiza
There has never before been a tasting menu quite like it. The first dinner presented by wagyu beef grillmaster Kentaro Nakahara, yakitori supremo Yoshiteru Ikegawa and sushi maestro Takaaki Sugita was unprecedented in so many aspects.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2017
Colombia considers salvage proposal for one of the world's largest sunken treasures
Colombia is making progress toward salvaging a Spanish galleon carrying jewels and coins that sank more than 300 years ago, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday after receiving a proposal from an investor to bring it to the surface.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 6, 2017
PETA protesters don horns, doff tops in Pamplona call for end to bull runs
Around 100 shirtless protesters covered in red powder called for a ban on bullfighting and bull runs as they marched through the streets of Pamplona on Wednesday, in a prelude to the northern Spanish city's famous bull festival.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Jul 1, 2017
Spain meets 'washoku': Three top Japanese chefs take their expertise abroad
This is an era of gastronomic collaboration. Chefs fly from one continent to another, swapping kitchens, recipes and sometimes even their homes. But rarely does this restless cross-fertilization of ideas and techniques involve the world of washoku, Japan's traditional cuisine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 19, 2017
730 more migrants rescued in Mediterranean as Europe-bound flow grows
Humanitarian ships picked up about 730 migrants on Sunday from rubber and wooden boats in the Mediterranean, adding to a lengthening list of rescue operations in recent days.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHY DID YOU LEAVE JAPAN?
Apr 1, 2017
Etsuro Sotoo: Master sculptor in Spain found calling in a pile of rocks
Etsuro Sotoo cuts a distinguished figure on the Barcelona culture scene. As the Sagrada Familia's only official sculptor, he exudes old-world style in his felt fedora, flowing scarf and manicured goatee.
WORLD
Mar 17, 2017
Basque militant separatist group ETA set to announce disarmament: report
Basque militant separatist group ETA will announce plans to disarm later on Friday, according to report on Friday in France's Le Monde newspaper, which said a full handover of weapons was scheduled for April 8.
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
Blistering heat is becoming a fixture of summer in Japan, but a few tweaks to your routine can make your outdoor runs bearable — if not enjoyable — until cooler temperatures return.
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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