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Manabu Ohuchi (center, left) and Andry Fanambinantsoa Rakotoarison (center, right) check a medical device during Ohuchi's visit to the University Hospital Center Professor Zafisaona Gabriel in Mahajanga, Madagascar, in August.
JAPAN / Society / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Nov 3, 2025
Firm helps clinical engineers from Madagascar receive technical training
Together with JICA, the company is teaching personnel how to maintain medical devices in the ultimate hope of saving lives in the impoverished nation.
Military forces joined protesters gathered in Madagascar's capital during a nationwide youth-led demonstration that led to the ouster of President Andry Rajoelina, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 15, 2025
Madagascar¡¯s military takes power; fleeing president impeached
The youth-led protests began over water and power shortages but quickly escalated into a wider movement against Madagascar¡¯s President Andry Rajoelina.
Bangladeshis celebrate in Dhaka on Aug. 5, the first anniversary of student-led protests that ousted former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 3, 2025
What Western media call insurrection at home, they call revolution abroad
Western media have perfected a seductive but dangerous narrative: the romanticized tale of youth-led ¡°revolutions¡± toppling supposedly repressive, graft-ridden governments abroad.
SOCCER
Mar 25, 2025
Partey time for Ghana as World Cup dream draws nearer
The team has 15 points from six games in Group I, five ahead of second-placed Madagascar.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2023
Cyclone Freddy record claim in the eye of the storm
Freddy¡¯s journey will be reviewed in minute detail to verify whether its deadly track counts as the longest-lasting tropical storm, the world extreme weather records chief said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2023
Survivors in shock as Cyclone Freddy toll passes 400 in Malawi and Mozambique
The storm has now dissipated, but heavy rains are expected to continue in parts of Malawi and will likely cause more floods around lakeshore areas.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 4, 2022
Putin¡¯s media blitz on Africa food crisis sparks alarm in Europe
Russian diplomats have gone on a media offensive in recent months to push the narrative that sanctions, rather than Russian blockades, are causing shortages.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2022
A green island turns red: Madagascar residents struggle through long drought
Four years of drought along with deforestation caused by people burning or cutting down trees to make charcoal or to open up land for farming, have transformed the area into a dust bowl.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 6, 2021
Twenty charged with plotting to kill Madagascar president as trial begins
The suspects have all denied the charges.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2018
Madagascan President Hery Rajaonarimampianina concedes defeat in election, appeals for calm
Madagascar President Hery Rajaonarimampianina conceded defeat in his bid for a second term after managing a distant third in the first round of voting in the island¡¯s presidential vote.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 20, 2017
WHO works to contain plague that has killed 94 on Madagascar
A plague epidemic has killed 94 people on the island of Madagascar and could spread further, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
WORLD / Science & Health
Oct 8, 2013
Report links sonar to whale stranding
The mysterious stranding of about 100 melon-headed whales in a shallow Madagascar lagoon in 2008 set off a rapid international response ¡ª a few of the 3-4-meter-long marine mammals were rescued, necropsies conducted, a review panel formed.
¡®My dream is broken¡¯: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
Japan¡¯s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to ¡°spend a long time together¡± with her parents.
Japanese police arrest nine over Sierra Leone-based special fraud
Japanese police have arrested nine individuals for their alleged involvement in a special fraud case using Sierra Leone as a base.
Japanese-language education is at a turning point
The country is gradually transforming Japanese-language education from a volunteer-driven system into a professional, government-supported network to better serve its growing foreign population.?
Japan plans to sharply raise fees for residence permits from October
Foreign tourists walk on the path leading to the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in May.
X Games returns to Chiba with new team format
Skateboarder Sora Shirai practices at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on Friday afternoon. X Games Chiba begins on Saturday.
NU Festival tests Takanawa Gateway City complex¡¯s culture cred
Veteran improvisers Kazuo Imai and Atsuhiro Ito brought some unruly energy to NU Festival, a three-day multimedia event held at the Takanawa Gateway City complex. ?
Japan¡¯s princesses face life-altering legal revisions
Princess Aiko, the daughter of Emperor Naruhito, said in a 2022 news conference upon coming of age that she hopes to ¡°spend a long time together¡± with her parents.
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Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.

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