Publication: Japan Times

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 25 mins ago - 1 reports

Turkey’s ‘Standing Man’ spurs new form of protest

Still standing: People take part in a standing protest in Istanbul on Monday night. Inspired by demonstrator Erdem Gunduz, who has become known as the 'Standing Man,' hundreds of anti-government protesters have taken to standing silently around central ... [Published Japan Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Protest, Turkey, Taksim Square, Protesters

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 34 mins ago - 1 reports

Pakistani funeral bombing kills 29

Print: Jun 20, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 20, 2013PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN – A suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowd of hundreds of mourners attending a funeral in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 29 people. Among the dead was a newly elected lawmaker ... [Published Japan Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Bombing, Mardan, Pakistan, Peshawar, Suicide Bomb

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 1 hour ago - 1 reports

Japan, Brazil to restart talks on nuclear deal stalled since Fukushima crisis

Print: Jun 21, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 20, 2013Japan and Brazil are expected to agree at a bilateral summit meeting next week to resume negotiations on concluding a nuclear cooperation accord, a government source said.The two sides began the talks in January ... [Published Japan Times - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Nuclear, Fukushima (Japan), Bilateral

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Shinzo Abe

Abe states intention to promote nuclear power via energy market, safety reform

Print: Jun 21, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 20, 2013LONDON – Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has clarified his intention to promote nuclear power despite the crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 plant, pledging to make efforts to enhance safety at atomic energy faciliti ... [Published Japan Times - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Shinzo Abe, Nuclear Power, Japan

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

Global warming danger zone

Print: Jun 20, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 20, 2013Reducing emissions of greenhouse gases remains a vital issue that the international community has yet to tackle. Failure to adequately respond to the threat of global warming will bring devastating results ... [Published Japan Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Emission, Greenhouse Gas, Shinzo Abe, Japan

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Cyber-snooping only one side of the information war

Print: Jun 20, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 20, 2013Revelations of the U.S. National Security Agency’s large-scale interception of Internet and telephone connections (PRISM) should not have come as any surprise. Estimates of NSA’s secret budget of at least $10 ... [Published Japan Times - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Beijing, China, India, Massacre

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Abeggedon

JT Weekly The Japan Times ST Jobs Study in Japan JT for Women JT Bookclub Japanese School Directory ... [Published Japan Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Japan

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Are we all blinded by our sense of beauty?

Special To The Japan TimesOnline: Jun 20, 2013Print: Jun 20, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 20, 2013Sophie Calle is an enigma. She is an artist, writer, photographer and filmmaker yet doesn’t work exclusively in any of these areas. She has become famous for her ... [Published Japan Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Sophie Calle, Stuart Jeffries, Yoshitomo Nara, Hiroshi Sugimoto

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Persuading people to vote

Print: Jun 20, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 20, 2013As the official July 4 start of the Upper House election campaign nears, political parties are preparing to step up their activities geared to the election. The big problem with Japan’s recent elections has ... [Published Japan Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Elections, Liberal Democratic Party (JP), Shinzo Abe, Diet, New Komeito (JP)

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Mori says Tokyo real estate is best bet

Print: Jun 20, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 20, 2013Billionaire Akira Mori said developing energy-saving buildings in central Tokyo is the best way to benefit from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s policies, such as boosting the capital’s competitiveness.Mori Trust ... [Published Japan Times - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Akira Mori, Tokyo, Real Estate, Shinzo Abe

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 16 hours ago - 2 reports

LDP policy chief retracts Fukushima comments

Print: Jun 20, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 20, 2013Facing flak from both the opposition — and her own party — Sanae Takaichi, policy chief for the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, retracted earlier remarks that no one was killed in the 2011 Fukushima meltdowns ... [Published Japan Times - 16 hours ago]

Entities: Sanae Takaichi, Fukushima (Japan), Yoshihide Suga, Shinzo Abe

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 19 2013 - 2 reports

Aum death-row trio to take stand in fugitive’s trial

Print: Jun 19, 2013Last Modfied: Jun 18, 2013Three Aum Shinrikyo members on death row are to be questioned in open court in the trial of Makoto Hirata, who is accused of helping to kidnap a notary public who was later killed by the doomsday cult, the ... [Published Japan Times - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Aum Shinrikyo, Death Row, Fugitive, Tokyo, Notary Public

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