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Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2014
Ukraine president ready for talks if pro-Russia rebels lay down arms
Ukraine's new president signaled on Wednesday he would be ready to hold talks with opponents in eastern Ukraine if pro-Russian separatists waging an insurgency there agreed to lay down their weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 12, 2014
Al-Qaida splinter group advances in Iraq, takes Saddam's hometown
Sunni rebels from an al-Qaida splinter group overran the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday and closed in on the biggest oil refinery in the country, making further gains in their rapid military advance against the Shiite-led government in Baghdad.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 11, 2014
Foreign firms bid for $2 billion chopper deal
The government is in early talks with top global helicopter makers and their Japanese partners on a deal worth around $2 billion to build transport aircraft for the Self-Defense Forces and for sale overseas, sources said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 11, 2014
After Crimea, U.S. trains elite troops in Europe
As NATO refocuses on its eastern borders after Russia's annexation of Crimea, the United States is quietly deploying more troops to train special forces in former Soviet bloc states anxious about Moscow's intentions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jun 10, 2014
Putin gambles on culture war with the West
Oleg Makarenko wants to set the story straight and answer the "Russophobes" who he says are trying to split and humiliate Russia.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2014
Sides battle for Ukraine-Russia border
Ukrainian border guards stand grim-faced and nervous at the remote Marynivka checkpoint on the frontier with Russia, fearing an attack by pro-Moscow separatists at any time.
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 10, 2014
Private U.S. report accuses another Chinese military unit of hacking
A private U.S. cybersecurity company on Monday accused a unit of China's military of conducting far-reaching hacking operations to advance the country's satellite and aerospace programs.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2014
Beijing pushes Manila, Hanoi closer
China has accused Vietnam of ramming its ships more than 1,000 times in a disputed part of the South China Sea and said while it wants good relations with its southern neighbor, it would not abandon principles to achieve that.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2014
As talks kick off, Ukrainian leader says violence must end this week
New Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko said the violence that has rocked the former Soviet republic's easternmost regions must end this week as peace talks began involving an envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 8, 2014
Thai junta keeps tanks in barracks as protests dwindle
Thailand's junta kept many of the thousands of troops and police it readied to deal with protests in Bangkok on Sunday off the streets as the number of people making a public show of dissent to the May 22 coup dwindled.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2014
Philippine, Vietnamese troops share some beers on disputed isle
Vietnamese and Philippine troops got together on a disputed island in the South China Sea on Sunday to play soccer and volleyball, as well as drink beer, in a display of unity that will not go unnoticed in Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 8, 2014
Poll: Americans split on Bergdahl prisoner swap with Taliban
Americans are deeply divided over whether the Obama administration did the right thing by swapping five Taliban leaders to win the freedom of prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl in Afghanistan, according to Reuters/Ipsos survey released on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 7, 2014
China's forces grow more sophisticated
China is improving its military doctrine, training, weapons and surveillance to be able to conduct more sophisticated attacks against the United States and other adversaries, including Japan, according to the Pentagon.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 7, 2014
U.S. to fund anti-militant TV in Nigeria
The United States is financing a new 24-hour satellite TV channel in northern Nigeria meant to counter insurgencies by the militant Islamist Boko Haram and other groups in the region, The New York Times reported on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 7, 2014
D-Day memories still fresh 70 years later for U.S. veterans
Seventy years after D-Day, Carl Proffitt Jr. can still remember the bodies of soldiers washing up on France's Omaha Beach in the Allied invasion that helped turn the tide against Nazi Germany in World War II.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 7, 2014
Putin meets with Ukraine president-elect at French D-Day event
The leaders of Russia and Ukraine held their first talks Friday since Moscow annexed Crimea, airing ways to end their four-month conflict in a brief encounter during commemorations in France of the World War II D-Day landings.
JAPAN
Jun 7, 2014
Rising seas wash Japanese war dead from Pacific island graves
Rising sea levels have washed the remains of at least 26 Japanese soldiers from their World War II graves on a low-lying Pacific archipelago, according to the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 6, 2014
China's 2013 defense spending 21% higher than declared: Pentagon
China's military spending exceeded $145 billion last year as it advanced a program modernizing an arsenal of drones, warships, jets, missiles and cyberattacks, the Pentagon said Thursday, presenting a far higher figure than Beijing's official tally.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2014
As Ukraine moves on rebel stronghold, residents live with sound of shelling
Only one of the Ukrainian Army checkpoints encircling the separatist stronghold of Slovyansk, where a military operation was in its third day on Thursday, was letting traffic through — most on its way out.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2014
Bergdahl had left his unit before: reports
A U.S. military investigation of Bowe Bergdahl's capture by the Taliban found the army sergeant had slipped away from his unit on several known occasions but had always returned, raising questions about whether or not he was deserting when he disappeared in 2009, people familiar with the findings said...
Who needs AI when you have Hatsune Miku?
Over the first six months of 2024, a handful of songs using Vocaloid singer Hatsune Miku’s voice have enjoyed widespread attention, underlining a global interest in the character and the technology she represents.
Yen’s woes seem too big for even a BOJ hike this month to solve
The Bank of Japan headquarters in Tokyo
China’s economic growth comes in worse than expected
Pedestrians in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing on July 11, 2024. China's economic growth in the second quarter was lower than forecast, adding pressure on Chinese leaders to lift confidence at the Chinese Communist Party's third plenum this week.
Kansai airports to increase takeoff and landing slots ahead of Osaka Expo
Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture. The upper limit on the number of takeoff and landing slots at the airport as well as Kobe Airport in Hyogo Prefecture will be raised in spring next year ahead of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka.
Shooter came within inches of killing Trump, but left few clues as to why
An aerial view shows the stage where Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump had been standing during an assassination attempt the day before, and the roof of a nearby building where a gunman was shot dead by law enforcement, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Sunday.
The neurological disorder that 'kills culture'
Akiko Trush says her experience with the neurological disorder dystonia left her feeling like she wanted to chop her own hand off.
How to beat Japan’s summer heat in ways better for the planet
Tenugui towels hang up to dry at a dyeing company in Sakai, Osaka Prefecture, on May 8. The durable and versatile tenugui, which many people have in their homes, can be used in many ways to cool one’s body.
After Trump shooting, U.S. presidential race might take a violent turn
United States Secret Service Counter Snipers stand guard on a rooftop during a campaign rally for U.S. President Donald Trump in Avoca, Pennsylvania, in 2020.
No AC this summer? No problem (for me).
Think air conditioning is a requirement for a Tokyo summer? Think again.
She’s paying ¥1 million to help behind the scenes at the Paris Olympics
Mai Tarumi, who previously volunteered at the postponed Tokyo Olympics in 2021, has a travel budget of ¥1 million for her trip to volunteer at the Paris Games.

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