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Birsen Altayli
Opinion polls show popular support for Istanbul mayor Ekrem Imamoglu has risen further above President Tayyip Erdogan since he was detained and jailed in March.
WORLD / Politics
May 6, 2025
Popular support for jailed Istanbul mayor grows, polls show
Two surveys released in recent days suggest that Imamoglu¡¯s detention on March 19 has also reinforced views that he is Erdogan¡¯s main rival in any future presidential vote.
Doctor Mehdi Davut, who heads an association helping Syrians in Istanbul, speaks at his office, where he also runs a health clinic, in Istanbul on Wednesday.
WORLD
Dec 6, 2024
Rebels¡¯ capture of Aleppo stirs Syrian homecoming hopes in Turkey
Millions of people have fled abroad from Syria since the war began, including across the frontier to Turkey.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 27, 2023
Erdogan thrusts NATO expansion issue into Turkey¡¯s tense election campaign
Facing his biggest political test in two decades in power, Erdogan took a stance that has proven effective before ¡ª criticizing perceived Islamophobia in Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 5, 2022
Knowing nothing else, will Turkey¡¯s first-time voters choose more life under Erdogan?
A big majority of young Turks say they want change but remain somewhat skeptical that the opposition can properly improve the job situation, schools and freedoms like free speech.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
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