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AUGUSTO PINOCHET

Chile's President-elect Jose Antonio Kast waves during the presentation of his cabinet at the office of the president-elect, in Las Condes, Santiago, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 22, 2026
Chile rights groups slam cabinet picks featuring Pinochet-era figures
Jose Antonio Kast, 60, will be sworn in on March 11 as the first far-right head of state in Chile since the exit of late dictator Augusto Pinochet.
Chilean President-elect Jose Antonio Kast presents the members of his Cabinet in Santiago on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 21, 2026
Chile president picks Pinochet lawyers as ministers of human rights and defense
Jose Antonio Kast will be sworn in on March 11 as the first far-right leader of Chile since the exit of dictator Augusto Pinochet, whose regime left deep scars on the nation.
Mugs for sale with images of presidential candidate Jose Antonio Kast as well as Augusto Pinochet at a shop in Chile on Oct. 28
WORLD / Politics
Nov 4, 2025
Pining for Pinochet: How crime fanned nostalgia for Chile¡¯s dictator
Polls are showing Chileans clamoring for order and authoritarianism, with many expressing fondness for the dictatorship of late general Augusto Pinochet.
Erich Schreiber, born in Colonia Dignidad, poses for a picture on his bike near Parral, Maule Province, Chile on April 15.
WORLD / Society
May 22, 2025
Chile weighs future of charming German village with dark past
The Chilean state wants to turn the former home of a brutal cult into a memorial for the victims of the country¡¯s 1973-1990 dictatorship.
Viola Todorovic at the place where she was held captive and subjected to torture during the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship. She was 19 years-old when she was disappeared by the secret police.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2023
Chile political prisoners reclaim torture sites to preserve coup memory
These places have become focal points of shared memory as victims and their families look to gain more control over the past
A supporter of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet holds a portrait of him during a demonstration in Santiago in 2018.
WORLD / Politics
Sep 7, 2023
Dictator Pinochet still looms large over Chile, 50 years after coup
A survey conducted in May found that 36% of people believe the general ¡°liberated Chile from Marxism,¡± the highest figure measured in 28 years of polling.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 24, 2019
Pinera inks law for vote on new Chile constitution to replace dictator-era charter
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Monday signed off on a referendum to be held on a new constitution, which he vowed would generate a ¡°solid, compassionate and legitimate framework¡± that would help reunify the country after nine weeks of intense protest over inequality and elitism.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Sep 3, 2014
No
In 1988, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, who came to power in a bloody coup in 1973, decided to hold a national referendum ¡ª a simple yes or no vote ¡ª on whether he should extend his rule by eight years. It was supposed to be an exercise in sham democracy to stem international criticism and legitimize...
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Oct 12, 2013
U.S. role in aiding Pinochet
To bomb or not to bomb? That is the question that has been exercising self-proclaimed liberal interventionists over the past two decades, from Bosnia to Syria. The argument that divides public opinion across the Western world is how far military means can be used to punish dictators.
¡®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.
Yasukuni Shrine introduces ban on military attire and cosplay
People gather in front of thousands of lanterns on display at Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on July 15 during the Mitama Matsuri, one of the capital's largest summer o-Bon festivals.
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
Many Indonesians named after Japanese anime characters
Some people in Indonesia are named Doraemon, the name of a lead character of the blockbuster anime series with the same title.
Strong wind and heavy rain forecast as tropical storm approaches Japan
Tropical Storm Chan-hom is expected to make landfall in northern Kanto between late Tuesday and early Wednesday.
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.
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