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South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the oath of office ceremony for his second term as South African President, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 19.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 1, 2024
South Africa opposition debuts in Ramaphosa¡¯s unity cabinet
The announcement of the new executive followed more than a week of negotiations.
The ANC's Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected president of South Africa after the country's lawmakers voted during the first sitting of the New South African Parliament in Cape Town on Friday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2024
A historic deal sets South Africa on a new path
There¡¯s enough overlap between the ANC and its main coalition partner, the Democratic Alliance, to allow President Ramaphosa to try and fix the beleaguered economy.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa reacts after being reelected as president of South Africa on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 15, 2024
South Africa¡¯s Ramaphosa survives ANC hammering to win second term
A skillful negotiator, Ramaphosa clinched the agreement with the white-led Democratic Alliance and at least two other smaller parties.
African National Congress President Cyril Ramaphosa arrives ahead of the National Executive Committee meeting in Johannesburg last Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 11, 2024
South African parties straddle opposing visions to build unity government
Efforts to form a broad-based unity government are set to test Nelson Mandela¡¯s 1994 aspiration for a ¡°rainbow nation at peace with itself.¡±
Jacob Zuma, former South African president, left, visits the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK Party) stand at the Independent Electoral Commission national results center in Midrand, South Africa, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2024
Jacob Zuma the disruptor has South Africa¡¯s fate in his hands after vote
Six years after being pushed from office, Zuma successfully upstaged his successor Cyril Ramaphosa in national elections this week.
Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's president, during the election result announcement at the Independent Electoral Commission national results center in Midrand, South Africa, on Sunday
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2024
South Africa¡¯s ANC courts rivals after election humiliation
The African National Congress¡¯ slump comes after years of economic mismanagement and corruption saddled the country with high unemployment and weak growth.
The African National Congress¡¯ manifesto launch at Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durban on Feb. 24
WORLD / Politics
May 28, 2024
Where South Africa¡¯s crunch election will be won and lost
As the country heads into its tightest election since apartheid ended in 1994, the ANC is facing competition like never before.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2019
ANC keeps power in South Africa but scandals cost it votes
The African National Congress easily won South Africa¡¯s general election Saturday, but its share of the vote fell, reflecting anger at corruption scandals and racial inequalities that remain entrenched a generation after the party took power.
EDITORIALS
Feb 19, 2018
A last chance for the ANC ¡ª and South Africa?
Japan should step up efforts to ensure that new South African President Cyril Ramaphosa succeeds as he tries to reorient his country and overcome the legacy of the Zuma interregnum.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 14, 2018
ANC orders Zuma to step down as South African president but doesn¡¯t specify timing
South Africa¡¯s ruling party ordered Jacob Zuma on Tuesday to step down as head of state after marathon talks over the fate of a leader whose scandal-plagued years in power darkened and divided Nelson Mandela¡¯s post-apartheid ¡°Rainbow Nation.¡±
EDITORIALS
Dec 24, 2017
A bittersweet victory in South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa has won an election but the struggle for control of the ANC and the South African government continues.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 7, 2016
Is Zuma to blame for South Africa¡¯s malaise?
President Jacob Zuma does bear the blame for the collapse in international confidence in the South African economy — but not for its long-term failure to grow as fast as was expected.
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 5, 2015
Hitachi¡¯s $19 million settlement over improper payments offers insights into South African deals
Hitachi Ltd.¡¯s $19 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission provides insight into how the company became a crucial supplier to South Africa¡¯s behind-schedule power plants that have yet to solve the country¡¯s electricity shortage.
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.

Podcast

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

Longform

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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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