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INSURGENCIES

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Aug 30, 2019
Violent protest erupts in capital of Indonesia¡¯s Papua
Protesters in Indonesia¡¯s easternmost region of Papua set buildings ablaze in the provincial capital Jayapura on Thursday, forcing the state power firm to cut off electricity in some districts, state media and an executive of the utility said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 18, 2019
Muslim insurgent group holds first meeting with Thai government
The main group fighting an insurgency in Thailand¡¯s largely Muslim south has held its first meeting with officials from the new Thai government and set out demands as a condition for any formal peace talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 24, 2017
Philippines¡¯ Duterte ditches peace process with Maoist rebels
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has terminated the on-again, off-again peace talks with Maoist-led rebels as hostilities have continued despite the negotiations, the president¡¯s spokesman said on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 4, 2016
Thailand sets up security centers ahead of referendum on new constitution
Thailand¡¯s military government has set up security centers around the country ahead of an August referendum on a new constitution, a spokesman for the government said on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 24, 2016
Seven Indonesian sailors kidnapped in Philippines: Jakarta
Seven Indonesian sailors have been taken hostage in the Sulu Sea in the southern Philippines, Indonesia¡¯s foreign minister said on Friday, the latest in a string of abductions in the waters between the two Southeast Asian neighbors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2016
Pakistan military blankets area as China port construction underway
A heavy police presence, guarded convoys, new checkpoints and troop reinforcements have turned parts of the southern port city of Gwadar into a fortress, as Pakistan¡¯s powerful military seeks to protect billions of dollars of Chinese investment.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 4, 2016
India works to disarm explosives after assault on air base
Indian security forces were working on Monday to defuse grenades in the final stages of an operation to secure a vast air base near the border with Pakistan, two days after a militant attack killed seven military personnel and wounded 22.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 9, 2015
NATO ponders future of Afghan mission as fatigue, frustration mount
NATO partners are considering ways of beefing up their training and assistance mission in Afghanistan as concern grows over the ability of local forces to fight an escalating insurgency by Taliban militants, according to officials in Brussels and Kabul.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 25, 2015
China launches crackdown on terrorist gangs in western Xinjiang province
China has cracked down on 181 ¡°terror gangs¡± in its restive far western region of Xinjiang, which has suffered a string of violent attacks, state media reported Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 5, 2015
Philippine rebels kill chief for $1 million bounty: sources
Abdul Basit Usman, the Philippine terror suspect whom the military blames for bombings in the nation¡¯s south, was killed in a shootout Sunday, the military said.
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¡¯

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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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