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Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Sep 4, 2015
Rooney's legacy complicated despite proximity to Charlton's records
On Saturday, Wayne Rooney could become England's all-time leading goalscorer. He needs two goals against San Marino to overtake Sir Bobby Charlton's record of 49. By the end of the season he may well have surpassed Charlton's Manchester United record of 249 goals — Rooney is 16 behind the total.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Sep 1, 2015
De Gea in limbo after Madrid paperwork arrives too late
Manchester United's Spain goalkeeper David De Gea was facing an uncertain future on Tuesday after his expected move to Real Madrid was apparently scuppered when the paperwork did not arrive at the Spanish League on time.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 30, 2015
U.N. opens office dedicated to women's empowerment in Tokyo
A United Nations entity dedicated to the empowerment of women opened its liaison office in Tokyo on Sunday, making Japan the first Asian nation to host such an office.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 27, 2015
Dumbing down: the key to U.S. political success
Stupidity exists everywhere, but what makes it stand out in America is that most Americans don't think it's bad to be dumb.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 24, 2015
Politicizing of international justice and flight MH17
International politics are getting in the way of truly impartial, independent and credible international investigation into the crash of flight MH17.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Aug 22, 2015
Van Gaal shrugs off criticism over Pedro
Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal on Friday played down the club's interest in signing Pedro from Barcelona after the Spanish international decided to join Premier League champion Chelsea instead.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 20, 2015
Late for flight, man tried to halt departing plane at Denver
A 58-year-old man who arrived late for a flight to attend his high school reunion is accused of running onto a concourse at Denver International Airport in an attempt to stop the departing plane, prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2015
How America lost Russia
The U.S. provoked Russian President Vladimir Putin by appeasing him and then abruptly reversing course. The damage won't be easily undone.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 12, 2015
A dangerous time for Russia-NATO relations
It is the early stages of a standoff between nuclear powers that are the most dangerous.
Japan Times
SOCCER / PREMIER REPORT
Aug 7, 2015
Big guns set to rule the roost again as fun, games begin
Jose Mourinho mocks Arsene Wenger yet again; the high priest of pragmatic football accused Arsenal of being defensive as it beat Chelsea 1-0 in the Community Shield; the Hypocritical One also tells Señora Benitez she should put Rafa on a diet.
EDITORIALS
Aug 4, 2015
Uncertain times for the Taliban
Mullah Omar's passing may well have weakened the Taliban, but that may not prove to be the advantage that the group's enemies had hoped.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 4, 2015
Poaching of Cecil the lion prompts United, Delta to ban big-game trophies
United Airlines joined Delta Air Lines Inc. in banning big-game trophies as freight after the killing of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe triggered mounting global outrage.
WORLD / Society
Jul 16, 2015
U.N. human rights experts say China must end crackdown on lawyers
U.N. human rights investigators demanded an end to a Chinese crackdown on lawyers on Thursday after more than 100 people were detained, intimidated or went missing over the past week.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 15, 2015
A decent deal to bring Iran in from the cold
If the Iran deal goes through, the world should have a 15 year respite from the threats of an Iranian nuclear bomb and of Iran being bombed.
SOCCER
Jul 11, 2015
Schweinsteiger reaches agreement to join Manchester United
Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has agreed to join English Premier League side Manchester United from Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga champions' chief executive Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said on Saturday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 6, 2015
Obama a lame duck? Think again
U.S. President Barack Obama is making good on his promise that he wouldn't be sidelined in his second term.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 30, 2015
Is the U.S. government going back to the 1930s?
The U.S. government is slowly becoming an agency for taking care of the elderly.
JAPAN
Jun 26, 2015
U.S. rights report slams Japan on child abuse, prison conditions, asylum system
The U.S. State Department's annual human rights report highlights serious problems in the way Japan deals with refugees and notes that domestic abuse and sexual harassment remain rife.

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