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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2020
Libya's double tragedy
With Turkey and Egypt now locking horns in the country, Libya's agony is even less likely to be resolved at the ongoing U.N. talks in Geneva.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 14, 2020
Erdogan is erasing Ataturk’s stamp on Turkey
The conversion of the Hagia Sophia into a mosque is the culmination of the president's lifelong political project.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 4, 2020
Turkish jet suspect testifies he cooperated with Carlos Ghosn escape under duress
MNG Jet's operations manager said he heard 'screams of joy' in the background while being told the ex-Nissan boss was on board.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 19, 2020
Turkish court rules Kurdish leader's jailing violated rights
Turkey's Constitutional Court has ruled that the lengthy jailing of a former head of Turkey's main pro-Kurdish party violated his rights, a decision published on Friday showed, but he was not expected to be released due to a separate investigation.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 9, 2020
Men accused of helping Ghosn flee Japan challenges U.S. extradition case
Lawyers for the pair say the crime stated in the Japanese warrants for their arrest is a non-extraditable misdemeanor.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2020
Turkey and Russia are at war, and Libya’s the loser
The failed siege of Tripoli is an opening for peace, but only if the outside players end their proxy war.
WORLD
Mar 25, 2020
Istanbul prosecutor indicts Saudi suspects for Khashoggi killing
Istanbul prosecutors said on Wednesday they had prepared an indictment against a close aide to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and a former deputy head of general intelligence over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 3, 2020
'All our dreams are gone': Desperation deepens for Syrians as conflict intensifies
At a maternity hospital in northwest Syria, an alarm flashes at the main entrance to alert staff. It's not patients en route to the hospital. It's warplanes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2020
Turkey is a mediocre NATO ally, but Russia is enemy No. 1
The U.S. has to mend fences with wayward alliance members to avoid war with Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2020
Erdogan's options narrow as Russia presses Syrian crisis to Turkey's doorstep
With nearly 1 million displaced Syrians massing near the Turkish border in the face of a Syrian government military offensive, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's options are narrowing. He feels blindsided by Russia's push into Syria's Idlib region and the risk of full-blown conflict is growing, but Turkey's...
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 26, 2020
In night of violence, Greeks try to block access to island migrant camp building sites
Police in riot gear threw teargas and fired water cannon at Greek islanders as they tried to prevent access to construction sites for new migrant detention centres by setting fires, hurling flares and blockading the gates.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 20, 2020
Turkey edges toward direct conflict with Russia-backed Syria as talks fail to halt assault
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday a military operation by his forces to push back a Syrian government offensive against rebels in northwest Syria was now "a matter of time" after talks with Russia failed to halt the assault.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 19, 2020
Macron unveils curbs on foreign imams and teachers amid wariness over 'separatism' risk
French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday he would curb the practice of foreign countries sending imams and teachers to France to crack down on what he called the risk of "separatism.
WORLD
Feb 18, 2020
Pakistan confirms escape of Taliban leader who justified Malala shooting
A high-profile local Taliban figure who announced and justified the 2012 attack on teenage Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has escaped detention, Pakistan's interior minister confirmed a few days after the militant announced his breakout on social media.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 17, 2020
Turkey-Syria crisis points to risky post-American Mideast
Washington's withdrawal might usher in yet more bloodshed and uncertainty, particularly if the region's most powerful countries continue to believe they can often achieve as much with military action as by negotiation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 11, 2020
Five Turkish soldiers killed in attack by Assad regime forces in northwest Syria
Syrian government forces killed five Turkish soldiers in northwestern Syria on Monday, Turkey's defense ministry said, after Turkey deployed thousands of troops there to stem a Syrian government offensive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 6, 2020
Cold and disease threaten more than half a million Syrians fleeing toward Turkey amid Idlib fighting
Cold weather, disease and a lack of shelter and medicine threaten hundreds of thousands of civilians as they flee fighting in Idlib province, in one of the biggest upheavals of Syria's nine-year civil war, aid groups and doctors said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Feb 5, 2020
Migrants and refugees on Greece's Lesbos chant for freedom in second day of protests
Hundreds of migrants rallied for a second day on the Greek island of Lesbos on Tuesday to demand faster processing of asylum requests, while local residents staged a separate protest calling for the camps to close.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2020
The president of Turkey versus the world
Recep Tayip Erdogan used to be a fairly competent strategist, but he has been in power too long and he has lost the plot.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 31, 2020
Assault on Syria's Idlib pushes 700,000 to flee in potential 'international crisis,' says U.S. envoy
An assault on rebel-held northwest Syria by government forces has pushed some 700,000 people to flee toward the Turkish border and raised the specter of an international crisis, U.S. Special Envoy for Syria James Jeffrey said on Thursday.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
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.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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