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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 29, 2016
Japan at risk if West unable to confront growing geopolitical threats, says analyst
The world can expect more geopolitical conflicts that will also impact Japan if Western powers fail to tackle global issues such as the Syrian refugee crisis and the rise of terrorism, according to leading political risk analyst Ian Bremmer.
WORLD
Jan 27, 2016
Man unwittingly triggers Rome security alert with toy gun
A man who unwittingly caused a major alert at Rome's central station by wandering through the terminus holding a toy gun handed himself into police on Tuesday after his mother recognized him from security video.
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 26, 2016
In fight against Islamic State on Internet, social media, key battle is to retake virtual ground
A year before Islamic State established its extremist caliphate in Syria and Iraq, Abdulmunam Almushawah noticed a disturbing development from more than 1,000 miles (1,600 km) away in Saudi Arabia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2016
Security alert prompts brief evacuation of Rome's central train station
Italy's main railway station reopened on Monday after police briefly evacuated the huge terminus following reports that an armed man was in the building, the state railways said.
WORLD
Jan 25, 2016
Turkey detains 10 on suspicion of recruiting for Islamic State
Turkish police have detained 10 people suspected of recruiting for Islamic State, the state-run Anadolu Agency reported on Monday, although it was not clear if the detentions were linked to a suicide bombing in Istanbul this month.
JAPAN
Jan 20, 2016
Japan's Foreign Ministry councils caution when traveling to Bali after fresh terrorism fears
The Foreign Ministry on Wednesday issued a warning calling on Japanese to exercise caution when traveling to the resort island of Bali, Indonesia, following recent media reports of an alleged terrorist threat made against the popular holiday destination
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2016
A wake-up call for Widodo
Indonesian President Joko Widodo must show the same leadership on the economy as he has in response to the Jakarta attacks.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jan 19, 2016
Radicals seen easily spreading jihadi word in Indonesia's poorly run prisons
Afif was an inmate in a high-security Indonesian jail when he transformed from aspiring radical Islamist to soldier for Islamic State, ready to sacrifice his life for a group based thousands of miles away in the Middle East.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 18, 2016
Indonesia's Jokowi under pressure to revamp terrorism laws following Jakarta attack
The first Islamic State-linked attack on the world's most populous Muslim nation puts more pressure on Indonesian President Joko Widodo to give the military a bigger role and add legal heft to anti-terrorism efforts.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 17, 2016
India yet again feels the wrath of terrorism
India's government has failed to develop a cohesive counterterrorism strategy and is hamstringing its military to a dangerous degree.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 16, 2016
French ambassador says 27 killed in Burkina hotel attack
France's ambassador to Burkina Faso said Saturday 27 people had been killed in a hotel attack by militant Islamists in the capital Ouagadougou, slightly higher than a death toll of 23 given earlier by the West African nation's president.
WORLD
Jan 15, 2016
French identify another Paris attacker via DNA from body parts
French investigators have confirmed that Belgian-Moroccan Chakib Akrouh, who blew himself up when trapped by police on Nov. 18, was the third member of the three-man unit that killed dozens of cafegoers during a multipronged Islamist attack on Paris days earlier.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 15, 2016
China's Xinjiang region adopts nondiscrimination rules amid ethnic violence
China's western region of Xinjiang has set new rules to boost "ethnic solidarity," state media said on Friday, amid roiling violence between Muslim Uighurs and the majority Han Chinese that has left hundreds dead in recent years.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 12, 2016
New constitution first step to solution for Syria, Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Syria needs to start working on a new constitution as a first step to finding a political solution to its civil war, though he acknowledged the process was likely to be difficult.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jan 12, 2016
Germany barring more migrants at Austria border; Berlin's Iraqi Embassy issuing returnee passports
Germany is refusing more and more migrants entry at its southern border, sending a few hundred back to Austria every day since the beginning of the month, Austrian police said on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 11, 2016
Indonesian forces regroup after failing to capture top militant
Indonesian security forces are regrouping to launch a more aggressive campaign to hunt for the country's most-wanted man, police said Monday after months of fruitless searching in the jungles of Sulawesi Island.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 10, 2016
The hidden goods of 2015
If we were to judge the state of the world by the news headlines, 2015 was the year of Islamist terror, especially in Paris. But there were two major positive developments as well.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 9, 2016
Indonesia works with China as ethnic Uighurs travel to join jihadis
Indonesia is working with China to stem a flow of ethnic Uighur militants seeking to join Islamist jihadis in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country, according to Indonesia's counterterrorism chief.
In a first, Japan issues cease-and-desist order against Google
The Google logo is seen at the company's Bay View campus in Mountain View, California. Japanese authorities on Tuesday issued a cease-and-desist order to Google over an alleged violation of the country's anti-monopoly law.
'Chikan' incidents rise as Japan grapples with mental health and cultural challenges
Overcrowded trains and a lack of legal consequences for groping in Japan have led to a rise in "chikan," or groping, which has been linked to a mental condition and compounded by cultural stigmas.
China halts critical rare earth exports as trade war intensifies
Workers transport soil containing rare earth elements for export at a port in Lianyungang, in China's Jiangsu province, in October 2010.
A new tour of Tokyo’s most underground attraction
When you stare into the abyss at the bottom of the No. 3 shaft of the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, the abyss stares back.
Japan’s population shrinks for the 14th consecutive year
Japan’s population has been falling year on year since 2011 after peaking in 2008.
China’s new bridge-forming barges offer new options for Taiwan invasion
This satellite image taken on March 25 shows three Chinese barges connected via extendable bridges in waters off Zhanjiang, in southern China's Guangdong province. Experts say the new barges could be used to land heavy equipment and thousands of personnel in a possible invasion of Taiwan.
The man who helps Japanese figure skaters stay sharp
Kimitaka Sakurai displays a sharpening stone for working on skate blades, in Yokohama on March 28. Regular sharpening is crucial for maintaining optimal performance and reducing skaters’ risk of injury on the ice.
Japan’s population shrinks for the 14th consecutive year
Japan’s population has been falling year on year since 2011 after peaking in 2008.
A new tour of Tokyo’s most underground attraction
When you stare into the abyss at the bottom of the No. 3 shaft of the Metropolitan Area Outer Underground Discharge Channel, the abyss stares back.
Two-thirds of fourth to sixth graders in Japan use social media, survey finds
The survey showed that more children are starting to use social media at an earlier age.

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