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U.S. Marines stand by a transfer case during a repatriation ceremony for the possible remains of unidentified service members lost in the Battle of Tarawa during World War Two in the Republic of Kiribati, July 18, 2019.

JAPAN / Politics

Nov 19, 2023

The bloody, 76-hour battle on a tiny atoll that helped end World War II

The Battle of Tarawa, in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, took a heavy toll on American forces and led to outrage at home.

New Zealand's National Party leader Christopher Luxon addresses his supporters in Auckland after winning the general election on Saturday.

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Oct 15, 2023

New Zealand elects its most conservative government in decades

Former Air New Zealand CEO Christopher Luxon’s center-right National Party will lead a coalition with a smaller libertarian party.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jan 29, 2023

New Zealand’s largest city grapples with aftermath of devastating floods

At least three people were killed in the flooding in Auckland that forced hundreds of people from their homes and shut down the city’s airport, which was submerged.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jan 18, 2022

In volcano’s wake, an agonizing wait for news from Tonga

Footage shared moments before the internet connection was cut showed people running inland, searching for higher ground in a very flat country.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jan 17, 2022

Shrouded by ash, Tonga’s fate remains unclear after powerful volcano erupts

As reports of the volcano’s effect trickled in from far-flung countries Sunday there was little word from Tonga, the island nation just 40 miles from the site of the extraordinary explosion.

Reader Mail

Jan 29, 2012

Purpose of a higher education

Regarding the Jan. 23 article, “More crucial than English” (by Takamitsu Sawa): The question of why Japanese students’ intellectual capacities are not developed has not been adequately addressed. When it comes to the humanities, Japanese students are discouraged from developing critical thinking skills....

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

The Terasaka Rice Terraces are seen with Mount Buko in the background.

What Yokoze can teach Japan about rural revival

By Alex K.T. Martin

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