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SYRIA

WORLD
May 18, 2014
Syria's air defense chief killed near Damascus, rebels and activists say
The head of Syria's Air Defense Force has been killed in fighting east of Damascus, an Islamist rebel coalition and a monitoring group said on Sunday.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 4, 2014
Refugees tell of Syrian brutality
Lugging a plastic bag carrying the clothes and the few food scraps she could salvage, Umm Samir set out from her ruined home and crawled through the pre-dawn gloom on her second journey into exile in 68 years.
WORLD / Politics
Apr 29, 2014
Before Iraq polls, Shiite militias unleashed war on Sunni insurgents
The Sunni militants who seized the riverside town of Buhriz late last month stayed for several hours.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 28, 2014
Syria misses self-imposed deadline for destroying chemical arms
Syria appeared to have missed a self-imposed deadline to get rid of all its chemical weapons by April 27, as the United Nations announced that more than 92 percent of the arsenal had been shipped out of the country or destroyed.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 22, 2014
Syria calls presidential vote for June; opponents slam plan as a 'parody of democracy'
Syria announced Monday a presidential election for June 3, preparing the ground for President Bashar Assad to defy widespread opposition and extend his grip on power, days after he said the civil war is turning in his favor.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 20, 2014
Damascus refugees face starvation
The desperate residents of a besieged district of Damascus were expected to run out of food on Sunday, leaving 18,000 people facing starvation and leading relief agencies to declare the crisis "unprecedented in living memory."
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 13, 2014
In Assad's coastal heartland, Syrian conflict creeps closer
For three years, residents of Syria's Mediterranean provinces have watched from their coastal sanctuary as civil war raging further inland tore the country apart, killing tens of thousands of people and devastating historic cities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 4, 2014
Lebanon marks "devastating" milestone with millionth refugee
The number of Syrian refugees who have fled to Lebanon officially topped 1 million on Thursday, highlighting the growing humanitarian catastrophe caused by Syria's civil war and the huge burden placed on its poorly prepared neighbors.
JAPAN
Apr 3, 2014
Palestinian-Japanese woman sends surplus Tohoku relief goods to Syrian refugees
A Palestinian-Japanese woman is leading a project linking Japanese victims of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami with refugees in war-ravaged Syria.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2014
Children bear the brunt of Syria's bloody war
Syria's war has taken a terrible toll on the nation's children, leaving at least 10,000 dead and at lest 4.3 million in urgent need of health and humanitarian assistance.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 19, 2014
War crimes evidence in Syria solid enough for indictment: U.N.
U.N. investigators said Tuesday they had expanded their list of suspected war criminals from both sides in Syria's civil war and the evidence was solid enough to prepare any indictment.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2014
Syria's Kurds aim for peaceful change
The civil war still engulfing Syria is not universal. Since the outbreak of protests in 2011 against President Bashar Assad's regime, the Kurdish community has consistently sought peaceful change and respect for the rights of all.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 11, 2014
Despite ongoing civil war, Assad readies for election
After three years of grinding conflict, the destruction of whole city districts and an exodus of refugees all triggered by an uprising against his rule, President Bashar Assad is quietly preparing to be re-elected.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2014
Who will stop the slaughter?
Who will stand up in the world today for the millions of people whose lives are being savaged by evil men and women in states like Syria and North Korea?
EDITORIALS
Feb 11, 2014
Protect Syria's suffering children
Since it began in March 2011, Syria's civil war has led to the deaths of as many as 10,000 children, with many more injured or missing. Japan must continue to do all it can to improve humanitarian relief.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 19, 2014
Japan plans to open talks with Syrian opposition
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday will unveil plans at the Syria peace talks in Switzerland to open a dialogue with the Syrian opposition on bringing the civil war, now in its third year, to a quick conclusion, sources in the Japanese government said Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 12, 2014
Americans showing sound isolationist instincts
American military intervention in Iraq has been the largest cause of the present chaos, and that makes the isolationist instincts of the American people, displayed recently when the president rashly wanted to bomb Syria, were and remain sound ones.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2013
A terrible year for Syria and Egypt
Even with the most optimistic assessments, the Syrian conflict is unlikely to be settled in 2014. As for Egypt, nearly 20,000 people have been sentenced or are now facing trials for belonging to or supporting the 'wrong' political camp.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2013
Failed predictions: President Romney, Pope Dolores
Humanity's faith in predictions was tested around this time a year ago when the floods, famines and other disasters predicted by the end of the ancient Maya calendar failed to materialize.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 29, 2013
Syrian civil war tests borders drawn less than a century ago in Mideast
That half of his farm lies in Syria and half in Lebanon is a source of mystery and inconvenience for Mohammed al-Jamal, whose family owned the property long before Europeans turned up and drew the lines that created the borders of the modern Middle East.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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