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Sep 16, 2021
Female athletes flee Afghanistan as Taliban bars women from sports
An Afghan national female soccer team and their relatives have crossed into Pakistan en route to Europe and the U.S., an official at the country’s soccer federation said, as local media reported they were fleeing from threats after the Taliban barred their participation in sports.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2021
Afghanistan’s forsaken gender
While those of us in advanced economies contemplate the excesses of our modern society, Afghan women face an acute threat of being plunged back into the dark ages.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2021
Afghan resistance in desperate need of world’s support
The anti-Taliban cause is both just and necessary as a dizzying array of terrorist organizations are already gathering in Afghanistan after the government's fall.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2021
Building a better world in the wake of the Afghanistan debacle
Instead of exporting war, countries such as the U.S. could export technology together with human capital, such as teachers and doctors, to help create a better world.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2021
Basic lessons from two decades of conflict in Afghanistan
The resources — financial, human, intellectual — of the world's richest countries were unable to prevail in the contest for the future of Afghanistan
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WORLD
Sep 14, 2021
Taliban ‘conundrum’ forcing strange bedfellows on Afghanistan
World leaders one after another have called for international cooperation even as they jockey to gain influence in the great power vacuum that the U.S. departure has left behind.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 13, 2021
The Biden administration's Afghan nightmare
The handling of the retreat from Afghanistan has revealed much about the nature of Joe Biden's government and how he runs it.
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WORLD
Sep 12, 2021
‘Everything changed overnight’: Afghan reporters face an intolerant regime
'No one dares to ask the Taliban about their past wrongdoings and the atrocities they have committed.”
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WORLD
Sep 11, 2021
In U.S. drone strike, evidence suggests no Islamic State bomb
U.S. officials said a Reaper drone followed a car for hours and then fired based on evidence it was carrying explosives. But an in-depth analysis and interviews cast doubt on that account.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2021
20 years on, the 'war on terror' grinds along with no end in sight
The 'war on terror' waxes and wanes, largely in the shadows and out of the headlines — less an epochal clash than a low-grade condition and one that flares up occasionally.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 10, 2021
A crippling blow to the global 'war on terror'
The U.S. has come full circle by ceding control of Afghanistan to the same organization that gave Osama bin Laden the base from which to plot the 9/11 attacks.
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WORLD
Sep 9, 2021
Afghan journalists beaten in Taliban detention, editor says
Incidents of abuse since the Taliban came to power have raised doubts among some Afghans.
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 9, 2021
The West owes Qatar a favor over Afghanistan. That was the point.
Qatar can bring real value through the relationships it maintains, especially across Western and Islamic parties
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WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 9, 2021
Taliban Cabinet choices could hamper recognition by West
Foreign countries are greeting the makeup of the new government in Afghanistan with caution and dismay.
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COMMENTARY / World
Sep 8, 2021
The Taliban have their economic work cut out for them
There is much speculation that China could become Afghanistan's primary economic supporter and help it stay part of the global system. But that analysis is unrealistic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 8, 2021
Quiet Taliban deal-maker holds key role to Afghanistan’s future
Baradar will have to convince world leaders that this is a different Taliban, a more moderate version of a group
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WORLD / Politics
Sep 8, 2021
Taliban names Cabinet that includes minister on U.S. sanctions list
The United States said it was concerned by the track records of some of the Cabinet members and noted that no women had been included.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2021
Curtain divides male and female students as Afghan universities reopen
What happens in universities and schools is being closely watched by foreign powers, who want the Islamist militant movement to respect the rights of women.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 6, 2021
U.S. citizens and Afghans wait for evacuation flights from country’s north
The holdup reflects the challenges of foreign governments working with the Taliban, which has yet to form a government.
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.
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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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