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SUICIDE

WORLD
Apr 16, 2015
German air traffic controllers urge industry to build radio-controlled jetliners
The German air traffic control authority has urged the aviation industry to develop technology that ground staff could use in an emergency to take remote command of a plane, a principle which might help prevent a repeat of the Germanwings crash last month.
WORLD
Apr 5, 2015
EU found 'issues' with German aviation regulator
A European regulator found "issues" with Germany's aviation authority in a regular review of air safety enforcement, the European Commission said on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2015
Germanwings copilot increased speed as jet went down
The pilot at the controls of a Germanwings jet that crashed in the French Alps accelerated the plane into the mountainside, killing all 150 people on board, according to French investigators.
WORLD
Apr 1, 2015
Video showing chaotic final seconds of Germanwings flight is unearthed: reports
A video showing the chaotic final seconds on board the Germanwings flight that crashed in the French Alps last week has been discovered near the site, Germany's Bild daily reported Wednesday, saying it had seen the footage.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 30, 2015
Suicide attack on Afghan lawmaker kills three in Kabul
An Afghan member of parliament survived a targeted suicide attack in Kabul on Sunday but three people, including a child, were killed and eight others injured, police and government sources said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2015
Suicide bombers kill at least 26 at two north Nigeria bus stations
Suicide bombers struck two bus stations in different parts of northern Nigeria on Tuesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding scores in what bore the hallmarks of revenge attacks by embattled Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2015
Blast targeting bus near Shiite shrine in Damascus kills six
A bomb tore apart a bus thought to be carrying Lebanese Shiite Muslim pilgrims in Damascus on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 19 in a rare attack at the center of the Syrian capital, a Reuters witness and local media said.
WORLD
Jan 27, 2015
Man fatally shoots self outside News Corp. building in New York
A man shot and killed himself in an apparent suicide on Monday outside the News Corp. office building in Midtown Manhattan, police said.
WORLD
Jan 19, 2015
Suicide car bombing at Nigeria bus station kills four, wounds 35
A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a busy bus station in the northeast Nigerian town of Potiskum on Sunday, killing four people and wounding 35, police said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2015
Japan's rising economy results in fewer suicides, but recession might reverse that
The slide into recession last year wasn't just a blow to "Abenomics," as Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's fiscal policies are known.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Dec 11, 2014
Suicides rise among young as Indian society modernizes; mental health problems go untreated
Pinki Chauhan, a straight-A Indian physics and math student, arrived at her university campus shortly after breakfast, poured gasoline over her wispy frame and lit a match.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 11, 2014
Female suicide bombers kill six in north Nigeria city
Two female suicide bombers killed at least six people at a textile market in Kano, Nigeria, less than two weeks after a series of blasts killed more than 100 at a mosque in northern Nigeria's biggest city.
WORLD
Nov 24, 2014
Suicide bomber kills 45 at volleyball match in Afghanistan
A suicide bomber killed 45 people at a volleyball match in Afghanistan on Sunday, a provincial official said, as foreign troops withdraw from the country after more than a decade of fighting.
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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