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SILK ROAD

Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink / Women of Taste
Aug 9, 2020
Masayo Funakoshi: Making a place for art in the kitchen
Chef Masayo Funakoshi has cooked all around the world, blending art, artists, music and community around her eclectic mix of dishes.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 17, 2018
Pakistan¡¯s army chief visits Beijing after tensions over ¡®Silk Road¡¯ projects
Pakistan¡¯s army chief, Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa, began a three-day visit to China on Sunday, Pakistan¡¯s military said, days after a Pakistani minister stirred unease about Chinese Silk Road projects in the South Asian nation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2017
China¡¯s imperial overreach
According to a Chinese proverb, ¡®To feed the ambition in your heart is like carrying a tiger under your arm.¡¯ The further Xi carries China¡¯s ¡®one belt, one road¡¯ initiative, the more likely it is to bite him.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2017
Beijing has a patchy record on projects
China¡¯s drive to build its political influence in Africa and Asia through infrastructure has been plagued by quality-control issues and cost overruns.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 26, 2017
The TPP¡¯s second act
India and Japan are demonstrating that Asia¡¯s major powers can frustrate Chinese ambitions without the U.S.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 7, 2016
China¡¯s sole ally in Asia might get more than it wished for
The implications of China¡¯s growing strategic penetration of Pakistan are ominous for the region and for Pakistan¡¯s own future.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 1, 2015
Ex-U.S. Secret Service agent admits $800,000 bitcoin theft during Silk Road drug probe
A former U.S. Secret Service agent pleaded guilty on Monday to diverting to his personal account over $800,000 worth of bitcoins during an investigation into online drug marketplace Silk Road.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 1, 2015
China¡¯s new international growth agenda
China now has a strategy to ensure its economic transformation benefits other countries in Asia and beyond.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 30, 2015
Manhattan court hands Silk Road website creator life term over drug sales
The accused mastermind behind the Silk Road underground website was sentenced on Friday to life in prison for orchestrating a scheme that enabled more than $200 million of anonymous online drug sales using the digital currency bitcoin.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 4, 2014
With one eye on Washington, China plots its own Asia ¡®pivot¡¯
The Silk Road, an obscure Kazakh-inspired security forum and a $50 billion Asian infrastructure bank are just some of the disparate elements in an evolving Chinese strategy to try to counter Washington¡¯s ¡°pivot¡± to the region.
EDITORIALS
Nov 13, 2013
Spotlight on the Deep Web
It¡¯s hard to believe that the prodigious talents at America¡¯s National Security Agency cannot apply themselves to the problems of the unregulated dark domain of the ¡®Deep Web.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital
Oct 5, 2013
Online drug bazaar¡¯s alleged boss paired eBay-style site with heroin, murder plot
The Silk Road website, before being shut this week by the U.S., was a cyber-bazaar of the criminal underworld that connected buyers and sellers of heroin, cocaine and hacking services. It combined eBay-style customer reviews and shipping tips with an open disregard for the law.
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.
Slowly but surely, Tokyo is becoming a hot spot for chicken rice
One of Singapore's most iconic dishes, the humble chicken rice is given an upscale treatment at a new Marunouchi cafe.
Takaichi drops ¡®remorse¡¯ in her first war memorial address
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks onstage during a memorial service ceremony marking the 81st anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II, at Budokan Hall in Tokyo on Saturday.
U.S. to tell partners they must pick sides in AI race with China?
People march as they protest against Pax Silica, a U.S.-led initiative, in Manila on Thursday.
A day in the life of an Asakusa rickshaw driver
Rickshaws are a fixture of Japan's tourist hot spots, but driving them is far from a leisure activity.
How U.S. bombing survey in Japan shed light on civilian sentiments of WWII
Residents are seen walking beside rubble in the city of Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, in this undated photo taken soon after the end of World War II.
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.
Takaichi needs Aso on her side to solidify position in LDP
Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi attends a Liberal Democratic Party meeting alongside LDP Secretary-General Shunichi Suzuki (left) and LDP Vice President Taro Aso in Tokyo earlier this month
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.

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

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