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August 14, 2026
 

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WAR CRIMES

A visit to Yasukuni Shrine by the Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi would almost certainly draw a strong reaction from China and pose a significant obstacle to holding a summit between the leaders of Japan and China.
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2026
Takaichi unlikely to visit Yasukuni Shrine on war anniversary
The Shinto shrine is regarded by neighboring Asian countries such as South Korea and China as a symbol of Â鶹´«Ã½ wartime militarism.
Myanmar's President Min Aung Hlaing inspects a guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony in Bangkok on Aug. 6.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2026
Myanmar ramps up civilian attacks with airborne weapons, U.N. says
The military increasingly relies on motorized paragliders, gyrocopters and drones for low-altitude strikes using unguided explosives, according to U.N. investigators.
A portrait of former Syrian President Bashar Assad is pictured with its frame broken, at a Political Security Branch facility on the outskirts of Hama following the capture of the area by anti-government forces on Dec. 7, 2024.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 12, 2026
Assad ruled Syria with iron fist before defeat in civil war
An international war crimes prosecutor accused the Assad-led state of having conducted organized killing ?comparable to Nazi Germany.
A member of the former rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham stands guard near an image of Syria's Bashar Assad at the fourth division headquarters in Damascus on Jan. 23, 2025.
WORLD
Aug 12, 2026
Syria sentences Bashar Assad to death in absentia over atrocities
The ruling is the first of its kind under Syria¡¯s transitional leaders, who ousted Assad in 2024, vowing to provide justice and accountability for crimes committed under his rule.
A tattered Ukrainian flag flies outside an apartment block that was damaged during a recent Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on July 31.
WORLD
Aug 6, 2026
In Ukraine, Russia tries to sow panic with ¡®safari¡¯ strikes
When ?two Russian bombs hit Kateryna Lahuta¡¯s seafood business in the city of Zaporizhzhia last month, they shattered the last semblance of security for the entrepreneur.
A screenshot taken from a footage released on Tuesday by National Police of Ukraine shows a man selling vegetables being chased by a remotely piloted first-person view drone before detonating at a street market in Kherson, Ukraine.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2026
Ukraine accuses Russia of war crime after video shows drone ¡®safari¡¯ attack on civilian
Footage released by Ukrainian police ?shows the drone pursuing a man around a van being used as a street stand before exploding as he dives ?for cover ?behind the vehicle.
Palestinians attend the funeral of 112 members of the Hassayna and Abu Sharia clan, who were killed in an Israeli strike in 2023 and whose remains were only recently recovered from beneath the rubble, according to Gaza's Civil Defense, in Gaza City, the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday.
WORLD
Aug 5, 2026
Gazans bury nearly an entire clan found in rubble in mass funeral for 112
According to Palestinian authorities, 308 members of the extended Al-Hassayna family were killed on November 22, 2023 when Israeli airstrikes brought down a cluster of buildings.
On Aug. 14, 2001, the front page of The Japan Times featured one of the defining images of Junichiro Koizumi's premiership: the prime minister leaving Yasukuni Shrine after a controversial visit that reignited debates over Japan's wartime past and strained relations with its Asian neighbors.
JAPAN / History / Japan Times Gone By
Aug 3, 2026
Japan Times 2001: Koizumi visits Yasukuni early
Additionally, our archives feature more coverage on the Lockheed scandal and the creation of NHK.
International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane speaks to reporters in the city of Osaka on Monday.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2026
ICC president seeks Â鶹´«Ã½ aid to counter Trump push for Asian members¡¯ exit
Washington has criticized the ICC for war crime investigations targeting U.S. troops and issuing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The International Criminal Court in the Hague, Netherlands, began operating in 2002.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2026
Chad says will withdraw from the International Criminal Court
It accused the ICC of concentrating on African countries.
Myanmar junta chief Senior General Min Aung Hlaing hands over a flag to newly appointed Commander-in-Chief General Ye Win Oo during a ceremony in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, on March 30.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 28, 2026
Myanmar military escalates civilian killings, monitor warns, amid diplomatic push
The conflict monitor said the onslaught was a ?result of tactics deployed by Myanmar¡¯s new military chief who took over in late ?March.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks at a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday.
JAPAN
Jul 14, 2026
Japan closely watching U.S. campaign against ICC
Japan has ¡°consistently supported the ICC¡± from the standpoint of upholding the rule of law, the top government spokesperson said.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague
WORLD / Politics
Jul 14, 2026
Trump administration targets ICC after judges file complaint
The State Department said on Monday it was considering travel bans and revoking visas for ICC officials as well as additional sanctions against the ICC.
Palestinian mourners carry the body of Al Jazeera journalist Ahmed Wishah, killed in an Israeli strike in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, on June 21.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2026
When killing the messenger becomes a strategy of war
Record journalist deaths in Gaza raise urgent questions about war, accountability and the targeting of reporters.
A man holding a Polish national flag lights a candle at the site of a mass burial of Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II in the former Polish village of Puznyky, Ukraine, in September.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 29, 2026
Ukraine can¡¯t afford a breakup with Poland over history
This is reckless statecraft at the service of domestic politics on both sides ¡ª only Poland isn¡¯t at war.
An Iranian woman who lost two of her children in a February airstrike on a school in Minab walks near the school on May 21.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 27, 2026
An analyst¡¯s missed remark surfaced in deadly Iran school strike probe
An analyst¡¯s missed remarks and U.S. intelligence systems that weren¡¯t connected to one another are among the missteps that led to an airstrike on an Iranian school.
Children sit together near destroyed and heavily-damaged buildings at the Nuseirat camp for Palestinian refugees in the central Gaza Strip on Friday.
WORLD
Jun 23, 2026
Israel targeted Palestinian children resulting in genocide, U.N. inquiry reports
The U.N. commission said that Palestinian children were deliberately killed during the war, including after a ceasefire came into effect in October 2025.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk attends a summit of European Union leaders at the bloc's headquarters in Brussels, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2026
Poland¡¯s Tusk warns of ¡®strategic mistake¡¯ in spat with Ukraine
Tensions have grown with Poland over Ukraine¡¯s commemoration of controversial World War II fighters Warsaw has accused of genocide.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a news conference after a meeting at Trump¡¯s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, in December.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 12, 2026
The U.S. and Israel can¡¯t hide their differences on Iran
The cause of their dispute is, on the surface, simple. Israel says the April ceasefire between Tehran and Washington did not cover Lebanon.
A man holding a Polish national flag lights a candle at the site of a mass burial of Poles killed by Ukrainian nationalists during World War II in the former Polish village of Puznyky, in Ternopil region, Ukraine, in September
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2026
Why are Poland and Ukraine at odds about their history?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named a combat unit after the Ukrainian ?Insurgent Army, which allied with Nazi Germany for a time and massacred Poles during 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.
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.

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