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Zain Zaman Janjua
Human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari (right) with her husband and fellow lawyer Hadi Ali Chattha, during a court hearing in Islamabad on Dec. 5.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 26, 2026
Defiance as a profession: Pakistan¡¯s jailed lawyer Imaan Mazari
The human rights lawyer, who has been given a 10-year jail term over ¡°anti-state¡± social media posts, shot to prominence tackling some of the country¡¯s most sensitive topics.
Onlookers at the site of a rescue operation after flooding in Beshonai, Pakistan, a village that sits near the border with Afghanistan, on Monday
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 19, 2025
Survivors claw through rubble after deadly Pakistan cloudburst
¡°A huge bang came from the top of the mountain, and then dark smoke billowed into the sky,¡± a 46-year-old local laborer said.
Haji Karam Jat (right), a fisherman, and his family members walk along an embankment in Keti Bandar town of Thatta district near the Indus delta, in the south of Pakistan on June 25.
ENVIRONMENT / Climate change
Aug 7, 2025
Death of a delta: Pakistan¡¯s Indus sinks and shrinks
More than 1.2 million people have been displaced from the region in the last two decades as the downstream flow of water into the delta has fallen 80% since the 1950s.
Solar power more than doubled to 24% of Pakistan's energy mix in the first five months of 2025, becoming the largest source of energy production for the first time.
ENVIRONMENT / Energy
Jul 17, 2025
Pakistan¡¯s quiet solar rush puts pressure on national grid
Solar power more than doubled to 24% of Pakistan¡¯s energy mix in the first five months of 2025, becoming the largest source of energy production for the first time.
A young man waits for customers, while selling national flags and patriotic memorabilia in Karachi in August.
WORLD / Society
Oct 15, 2024
Pakistan ¡®vigilantes¡¯ behind rise in online blasphemy cases
Cases of online blasphemy ¡ª a crime that carries the death penalty in the country ¡ª have exploded in recent years, with arrests turning lives upside down.
Volunteers for former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf watch election results on TV in Islamabad on Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 10, 2024
Pakistan coalition talks loom after strong vote showing for jailed Khan
Pakistan faces days of political horse-trading after the final few election results released early Saturday showed no clear majority.
Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar has been named caretaker prime minister with the task of leading Pakistan through to elections due by November.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2023
Little-known senator to be Pakistan¡¯s caretaker prime minister
Sen. Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has been named Pakistan¡¯s caretaker prime minister, tasked with governing until elections later this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2022
As aid efforts gather pace, Pakistan floods dubbed ¡®worst in country¡¯s history¡¯
The prime minister has said it will cost at least $10 billion to repair damaged infrastructure spread across the country.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 13, 2022
Terror in Pakistan¡¯s north as melting glaciers cause severe floods
While responsible for less than 1% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the country¡¯s 220 million people are disproportionately impacted by climate change.
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2011
Osama bin Laden¡¯s ghost
Osama bin Laden¡¯s death in his Pakistani hiding place is like the removal of a tumor from the Muslim world. But aggressive followup therapy will be required to prevent the remaining al-Qaida cells from metastasizing by acquiring more adherents who believe in violence to achieve the ¡°purification¡± and...
EDITORIALS
May 15, 2011
Â鶹´«Ã½ rich heritage
At long last, Japan received a bit of bright news May 7, when it was announced that two sites in Japan, the historic Hiraizumi area in Iwate Prefecture and the Ogasawara Islands some 1,000 km south of Tokyo, were almost certain to be designated as World Heritage Sites at meetings next month of the UNESCO...
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
¡®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.
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.
Severe tropical storm Chan-hom makes landfall near Tokyo
Severe Tropical Storm Chan-hom made landfall around Ibaraki Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Tuesday night.
What Â鶹´«Ã½ language rules for permanent residency should look like
Potential health care workers hoping to find work in Japan take Japanese language instruction in Jakarta. Not all applicants for permanent residency should be expected to reach this level of proficiency.
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.
Â鶹´«Ã½ brewers experiment with a secret ingredient: music
At Smoke Craft, a craft beer brewery in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture, music isn't just a background to the brewing process ¡ª it's an ingredient.
As countries ban social media for children, Japan mulls a different approach
Data from NTT Docomo¡¯s Mobile Society Research Institute released in June found that 55% of respondents across all age groups said they fiddled with their phones when they had nothing to do, even when another person was in front of them.

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