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Riot police officers in Geneva, Switzerland, use shields to protect themselves during clashes with demonstrators during a protest against the upcoming G7 summit on Sunday.
WORLD
Jun 15, 2026
G7 protest turns from carnival to violent stand-off
Geneva¡¯s police said around 20,000 people attended, with the vast majority well behaved and not involved in any violence.
Wood panels cover the windows of a building of the Geneva Cantonal administration ahead of a demonstration against the upcoming G7 summit in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday.
WORLD
Jun 14, 2026
Protests set to grip Geneva ahead of G7 summit
Swiss authorities are anxious to avoid any repeat of the mayhem of 2003, when anti-G7 rioters caused millions of dollars worth of damage.
People visit the graves of Russian service members killed during Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine at a cemetery on the outskirts of Donetsk, a Russian-controlled city in eastern Ukraine, on April 19.
COMMENTARY / World
May 15, 2026
Putin¡¯s ¡®special military operation¡¯ is a catastrophic failure
Russia¡¯s murderous assault on Ukraine is Europe¡¯s longest and bloodiest war of the 21st century.
A woman walks past a wall painting in the colors of the Iranian flag in Tehran on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2026
U.S.-Iran nuclear talks to resume in Geneva against backdrop of military threat
U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump¡¯s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, will attend the indirect talks with Iran¡¯s foreign minister.
Singapore is again the world's most expensive city to live in, an honor it shares with Zurich this year.
BUSINESS / Economy
Nov 30, 2023
Singapore and Zurich are the world¡¯s most expensive cities
Tokyo fell to 60th place while Osaka dropped to 70th amid a weak Japanese yen.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 9, 2021
Japan Tobacco to allow remote work part-time in post-pandemic revamp
JTI joins the growing ranks of companies rethinking work arrangements after many employees successfully spent more than a year doing their jobs from home.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 22, 2017
Syrian jets bomb Idlib towns after rebels fire at Shiite villages as truce talks near
Syrian government warplanes carried out several airstrikes against towns in mostly rebel-held Idlib on Tuesday after insurgents fired on two besieged Shiite villages in the province, a pro-Damascus media outlet and war monitors said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2016
The key to achieving a Syrian accord
Stopping the deliberate slaughter of civilians in Syria is not a byproduct of a peace deal, but a prerequisite for successful negotiations.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 22, 2015
Onaga takes base argument to U.N. human rights panel
Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga tells a United Nations human rights body that the central government has closed its ears to local voices in the battle over U.S. military bases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 14, 2015
Pyongyang pursuing only ¡®defensive¡¯ nuclear arms program, envoy says in Geneva
North Korea will pursue its ¡°defensive¡± nuclear program as long as it feels threatened by the United States, its U.N. disarmament envoy in Geneva told Reuters on Thursday.
JAPAN / History
May 11, 2015
Gen. MacArthur¡¯s watch fetches $75,000 in Geneva
Seventy years after the end of World War II, a watch worn by legendary U.S. five-star Gen. Douglas MacArthur was sold at auction Sunday for 70,000 Swiss francs ($75,000), far above the estimate.
BUSINESS
Mar 3, 2015
Apple car rumors fuel Geneva debate about car of future
The main talking point at this week¡¯s Geneva car show is likely to be a vehicle that may never be built: the Apple car.
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.
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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