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ASSASSINATIONS

Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 22, 2021
Russia was behind Litvinenko assassination, European court finds
The European Court of Human Rights found that Moscow was responsible for the assassination of ex-KGB officer Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned with a rare radioactive substance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2020
The assassin’s false creed
History shows that targeted killings do little to either deter war or minimize it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2018
Ukraine says it uncovered 47-person hit list after staging Putin critic’s murder
Ukraine, seeking to reassure its Western allies after faking the murder of a Russian dissident to thwart what it said was a plot on his life, told them on Friday its ruse led to the discovery of a hit list of 47 people whom Russia planned to kill abroad.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 25, 2017
North Korea threatens U.S. with ‘nuclear hammer’ after CIA chief appears to hint at regime change
North Korea vowed Tuesday to strike the U.S. with a “powerful nuclear hammer” after CIA chief Mike Pompeo hinted last week that Washington was open to the possibility of regime change.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 15, 2017
Ties to Japan may factor in Kim Jong Nam’s mysterious murder
Fears by Kim Jong Un over his legitimacy as North Korea’s hereditary leader due to his grandfather’s work in a Japanese military factory may have had a role in brother’s murder.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 23, 2016
On JFK anniversary, Zapruder relative says assassination film hovers over family
Alexandra Zapruder was not yet born when her grandfather trained his home-movie camera on President John F. Kennedy’s motorcade rolling through downtown Dallas 53 years ago on Tuesday, but that 26-second film has become a difficult family legacy.
Man arrested over operation of rogue cellular base station in Tokyo
The Metropolitan Police Department has arrested Yu Hai, a 31-year-old Chinese national living in Tokyo's Kita Ward, on suspicion of operating an unlicensed base station from a vehicle in Tokyo's Ginza district on Saturday.
Government betting on language app powered by anime and AI
Japan plans to develop an AI-powered language-learning app that lets overseas anime and manga fans practice Japanese through conversations with popular characters.
Man arrested over theft of watch that was returned days later to Tokyo mall
A 30-year-old man who is believed to have stolen a luxury wristwatch in Tokyo last month reportedly told police he was the one who had sent it back with a handwritten apology.
Japan not immune to public backlash against data centers, experts say
An apartment resident displays a model of a data center currently in development next door in Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, in May.
Jensen Huang’s woes evoke sympathy and disbelief in his birthplace Taiwan
Hsiao Kui-yu, 68, owner of Yuchan Candied Fruit, stands in front of photographs of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang displayed at the shop, which Huang frequently visits during trips to Taiwan, in Taipei on Tuesday.
‘Godzilla Minus Zero’ makes monster debut at the box office
Takashi Yamazaki’s “Godzilla Minus Zero” marked the highest single-day box-office gross for a live-action film in Japan with ?910 million on its opening day.
A toast to Naohiko Noguchi, sake’s first living national treasure
As a teenager, Naohiko Noguchi did not intend to spend his life as a sake brewer, but he has since become a paragon of the industry.
Few signs of thaw in Japan-China relations one year after Takaichi’s Taiwan remarks
Tensions between Japan and China flared after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Nov. 7, 2025, that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan could threaten 今日吃瓜 survival and warrant the use of collective self-defense.
Mariko Mori predicted the future. She’ll do it again.
Artist Mariko Mori is currently working to bring the translucent human-sized “Peace Crystal” sculpture to a cave in Ethiopia. It is part of her foundation’s goal to place a permanent sculpture on each of the planet’s six habitable continents.
A legend reborn: ‘Ocarina of Time’ remake improves on the Zelda masterpiece
The new remake of 1998's "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" manages to somehow improve on one of the greatest games ever.

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