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INDIA

ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jul 15, 2013
Bangladesh Islamist, 91, gets life for war crimes
A Bangladesh tribunal sentenced the former chief of the country’s biggest Islamic party to spend the rest of his life in prison for crimes against humanity committed during the country’s war of independence four decades ago.
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 9, 2013
Plunging rupee sends New Delhi a wake-up call
The real reason to worry about India is that it has lost international competitiveness and has been buying time from lenders — not because the rupee’s value has slid.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 4, 2013
Anti-corruption outsiders join political hurly-burly in India
They wore little white caps, called themselves “the common man,” fasted for days and shouted slogans against politicians during massive anti-corruption demonstrations two years ago.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Jun 24, 2013
Callers flood New Delhi’s hotline for women
The phones ring without a break.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 17, 2013
New Delhi rebalancing defense relationships
While America’s ‘pivot’ to the Asia-Pacific continues to hog the limelight, other players also are renegotiating their engagement in the region, including India.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 11, 2013
Modi tapped to lead ‘14 poll campaign for India’s BJP
India’s Hindu nationalist opposition Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday named controversial and polarizing leader Narendra Modi to head its campaign for the 2014 national elections, signaling that the pro-business politician may be the party’s preferred candidate to lead the country if it wins.
COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Jun 2, 2013
Crony capitalism: corruption, disparities and stifled initiative
Crony capitalism is the scourge of contemporary Asia, lining pockets and diverting resources in ways that systematically undermine the public interest, accentuate disparities, sap innovative and entrepreneurial impulses — while also subverting governance.
EDITORIALS
Jun 1, 2013
Problematic pact with India
A pact allowing Japanese firms to export nuclear power generation equipment to India would be problematic since India has not joined the nonproliferation treaty.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2013
Abe, Singh ink statement on nuclear deal
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Tokyo counterpart, Shinzo Abe, sign a joint statement to promote talks to conclude a peaceful nuclear power cooperation pact.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 21, 2013
New Delhi cracks down on foreign-funded NGOs
Amid an intensifying crackdown on nongovernmental groups that receive foreign funding, Indian activists are accusing the government of stifling their right to dissent in the world’s largest democracy.
COMMENTARY / World
May 18, 2013
China-India: coercion easily trumps diffidence
In a classic replay of its old game, China recently intruded across the Himalayan frontier with India and then disingenuously counseled ‘patience’ and ‘negotiations.’
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Apr 29, 2013
Indian activists push for clean cities
As more Indians travel the world and their country’s growing economy and population gain more global attention, they are increasingly embarrassed about one of India’s dirtiest features: its cities.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2013
China’s stealth wars of acquisition
China is waging stealth wars — without firing a shot — to change the status quo of the South and East China seas, its border with India, and international rivers.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2013
Rape and gender discrimination related in India
It is hard to equate India’s rapid technological development with practices such as female feticide, the earliest manifestation of violence against women.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Apr 8, 2013
India students’ aspirations, job market don’t match
As India’s economy grows, cities expand and new industries arise, officials and policy analysts are grappling with a key question: Will Indians have the skills to build the new India?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 1, 2013
New Delhi street serves as hub for protesters
The massive protests that swept India after the gang rape of a paramedical student in the capital last year may seem to have disappeared from the national headlines.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 1, 2013
Pipeline politics in South Asia getting murkier
The start of Pakistani construction on a much-delayed gas pipeline from Iran is a snub at the U.S. as it seeks to isolate Iran for its nuclear program.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2013
India’s five thoughts on China’s new leadership
Only the fifth of five principles that China’s new leaders have offered for Sino-Indian relations seems tricky: the accommodation of ‘core concerns.’
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 27, 2013
India’s Modi sets sights on top job
If Indians were to vote against corruption, a slowing economy and weak leadership in the 2014 national elections — all that urban middle-class population is roiled by — controversial Hindu nationalist politician Narendra Modi could win the office of prime minister hands down.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2013
Swiss tourist gang-raped in India
A Swiss woman who was on a bicycle tour with her husband along central India’s tourist trail was gang-raped by seven men, police said Saturday, again highlighting the issue of poor safety for females in the country.
China’s demand for Soviet-style apartments shows limits to revival
Apartments built during a Soviet Union-inspired construction drive in the 1970s and 1980s tend to suffer from poor insulation and outdated plumbing, but they are seeing a revival in interest due to their attractive locations.
Japanese scientists identify neural mechanism that may explain why we dislike people
The aggressive mouse (left) used in the experiment and a mouse defending itself
Japanese payment processor’s collapse hits banks and restaurants
Zentoshin served around 200,000 shops, many of which rely on early payments to maintain cash flow, raising concerns over their financial stability following the disruption.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
Lenders seek $700 million after Japanese payments firm’s collapse
The financial failure of Osaka-based Zentoshin has left 63 creditors with claims totaling ¥115.16 billion, according to Tokyo Shoko Research.
Japan’s largest exhibition of women photographers rights a wrong in cultural history
Miwa Yanagi’s “Elevator Girl House” series skewers the superficiality of gender roles through staged images.
Over 70% of accommodations in Japan say they are understaffed amid tourism influx
The number of foreign visitors to Japan reached a high of 42.68 million in 2025.
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes alive in Super Kabuki staging
The “Princess Mononoke” adaptation was created under Shochiku’s Super Kabuki initiative, a modern form of kabuki with more technology in staging and open to pop culture collaborations.
The beating heart inside ‘Human Vapor’
Different forms of love and connection form the emotional backbone of Netflix’s “Human Vapor,” says actor Shun Oguri, who plays troubled detective Kenji Okamoto.
Japan bets on character IP to drive global growth
Born on social media platforms in 2022, Opanchu Usagi has become a major hit, especially among Generation Z.

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