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UNION

BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2015
EU slaps DVD drive-makers with €116 fine
Brussels
Japan Times
Rugby
Oct 12, 2015
Jones urges Japan rugby chiefs to build on World Cup success
Outgoing coach Eddie Jones said Monday he hoped the Japan Rugby Football Union would not rest on its laurels following the Brave Blossoms' extraordinary Rugby World Cup campaign.
Rugby
Oct 10, 2015
Fiji coach McKee has communicated with JRFU official about national team coaching vacancy
Japan Rugby Football Union general secretary Noriyuki Sakamoto has admitted he has been in contact with Fiji coach John McKee over the national team coach's job being vacated by Eddie Jones after the World Cup in England.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 19, 2015
African Union suspends Burkina Faso over abducting president and threatens sanctions
The African Union has suspended Burkina Faso and will impose sanctions on coup leaders if they do not restore the interim government and release its leaders, it said on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2015
Europe's new geography
Only by repairing its balance sheet through fundamental economic and monetary reforms can the EU possibly ameliorate the continent's other problems.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 10, 2015
Teachers strike for first time in 30 years in pricey Seattle as pay, contract talks stall
Seattle teachers and support staff marched in picket lines on Wednesday during what was supposed to be the first day of school, waging their first such strike in three decades after contract talks between the district and union failed.
WORLD / Society
Sep 7, 2015
Europe's migrant tide is a theme at Venice film festival
Few people have been left untouched by the plight of desperate refugees trying to make it to Europe, and at the Venice Film Festival, actors and directors alike shared their distress over the crisis, pleading for tolerance and compassion.
WORLD
Sep 7, 2015
Critics push U.S. to 'show leadership,' accept more refugees
The United States came under more pressure Sunday to help Europe find sanctuary for a flood of immigrants displaced by war and chaos, but Washington showed no signs of planning a dramatic increase in its intake of refugees.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 4, 2015
Oil slump dooms Glomar, CIA spy ship built to raise Soviet sub, to scrapheap
A ship built by the CIA for a secret Cold War mission in 1974 to raise a sunken Soviet sub is heading to the scrap yard, a victim of the slide in oil prices.
Rugby
Aug 29, 2015
Japan working to get Super Rugby tasks completed, JRFU executive says
Japan has signed the number of players it needs to take part in Super Rugby and remains confident it will not lose its franchise in the competition, Japan Rugby Football Union general secretary Noriyuki Sakamoto said on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 22, 2015
Surviving the postwar Soviet detention camps
Japan's surrender on Aug. 15, 1945, marked the end of the most devastating global conflict in history.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Aug 22, 2015
Museum preserves dark chapter of history for future generations
The Memorial Museum for Soldiers, Detainees in Siberia and Postwar Repatriates was founded by the Ministry of International Affairs and Communications in November 2000 to pass on memories of World War II to future generations.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2015
The historian who helped kill the Soviet Union
Born in the same year as the Soviet Union, historian Robert Conquest helped kill it with information.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 9, 2015
The EU becomes the disunited bailout union
No one other than the Eurocratic elite believes in the EU. In the future the debate on the continent may increasingly be about how fast and far to roll back 'Europe.'
JAPAN / History
Aug 6, 2015
Russia releases Soviet Embassy's on-the-ground report from Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Russian Foreign Ministry has released an on-site report on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki conducted by a team sent by the Soviet Embassy in Tokyo in September 1945.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 29, 2015
Obama: Africa's 'Big Men' should quit when time is up
Judging by the applause at the African Union headquarters, Barack Obama hit a chord when he took aim at the continent's "Big Men," telling them they should quit when their time was up — especially since most have the cash to retire comfortably.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 28, 2015
Why little Estonia's not worried about Russia
Estonian President Toomas Ilves wants to turn his tiny country into a digital pioneer to save the rest of Europe from Luddism and red tape.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 21, 2015
Time for the European Union to let Greece go
The world, which owes much to ancient Athens' legacy, including the idea of democracy, is indebted to today's Athens for the reminder that reality does not respect a democracy's delusions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 19, 2015
Waterloo shows why the Brits need Europe
Just as Napoleon Bonaparte learned at Waterloo, the British may not want to risk being on their own, outside a resentful Europe that unites against it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2015
John Nash's game theory and Greece
Applying Nash's game theory to the Greek crisis shows that the best we can realistically expect is yet another attempt to postpone painful decisions.

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