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FIDEL CASTRO

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado greets the crowd at a campaign rally in Guanare, Venezuela, on July 17, 2024.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 25, 2025
Latin America¡¯s new birth of democracy
First in Peru and Ecuador, and now in Bolivia, people are waking up to their populist rulers¡¯ lies and misdeeds.
Beards, once symbols of rebellion and counterculture, are making a comeback among elites, reflecting shifting cultural norms even as biases persist in professional settings.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 7, 2025
What does your beard say about you?
During the 19th century, the European monarchies associated beards with dangerous radicals. So did the dangerous radicals.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 18, 2021
Cuba¡¯s Raul Castro leaves the political stage, his legacy yet to be written
While Fidel was the charismatic leader who rallied Cubans to defend the revolution and defy the United States, Raul, 89, built the military into a formidable fighting force.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 2, 2019
Cuban spy ring the focus in political thriller ¡®Wasp Network¡¯
A ring of Cuban operatives seeking to infiltrate anti-government groups exiled in Miami in the early 1990s is the focus of French director Olivier Assayas¡¯ ¡°Wasp Network,¡± a star-studded political thriller based on a true story.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2018
Fidel Castro¡¯s son commits suicide, Cuban state-run media report
The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide Thursday at age 68 after being treated for months for depression, Cuban state-run media reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2017
Cubans go to municipal polls in first stage of ending Castro era
Cuba took another step on Sunday toward the end of the Castro era, with millions of residents placing paper ballots in cardboard boxes for ward delegates to municipal assemblies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jun 2, 2017
Cubans rock to once-censored Beatles at Havana tribute concert feting ¡®Sgt. Pepper¡¯s¡¯ 50th anniversary
Communist-run Cuba, which once frowned upon the Beatles as a decadent Western influence, on Thursday held an open-air covers concert in a Havana park to celebrating 50 years since the release of the band¡¯s landmark album ¡°Sgt. Pepper¡¯s Lonely Hearts Club Band.¡±
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2016
The top overseas news stories of 2016
The Japan Times newsroom selected these world news stories as the most important of 2016.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 8, 2016
U.S. would be wise to end sanctions on Cuba
U.S. sanctions have done nothing to liberate the people of Cuba.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 1, 2016
With younger Castro soon to step down, attention turns to Cuba¡¯s heir apparent
With revolutionary leader Fidel Castro dead and his brother Raul vowing to step down as president in 15 months, it will soon be the hour of heir apparent Miguel Diaz-Canel, an advocate of modernizing Cuba¡¯s state-run media and abysmal internet access.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2016
Meeting Fidel, the frustrated medical doctor
Meeting Fidel Castro, the writer found his medical knowledge impressive.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Nov 29, 2016
Cannons thunder as thousands mourn Castro in Havana
Galvanized by a 21-gun salute that thundered across Havana, tens of thousands of Cubans paid final respects on Monday to Fidel Castro, who led a leftist revolution, ruled for half a century and resisted the United States throughout the Cold War.
EDITORIALS
Nov 28, 2016
Fidel Castro, eternal revolutionary
While Fidel Castro¡¯s legacy will be debated for generations, there is no dismissing the significance of his life and its impact.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2016
Hopefully the last of the charismatic totalitarians
With the end of Fidel Castro¡¯s life, we can hope to have seen the last of charismatic totalitarians worshiped by political pilgrims from open societies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 28, 2016
Canada¡¯s Trudeau defends warm Castro remarks after backlash
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, criticized for fondly remembering Fidel Castro without mention of his human rights record, defended his comments on Sunday and said the late Cuban leader had been a dictator.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 27, 2016
Kim¡¯s Castro condolence letter reveals long-standing North Korea-Cuba ties
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message of condolences to Cuba over the death of former leader Fidel Castro, highlighting the two nations¡¯ long-standing ties, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said Sunday.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Nov 27, 2016
Maradona mourns passing of ¡®second father¡¯ Castro
For soccer great Diego Maradona, Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro was more than a friend and fellow Latin American legend, he was ¡°a second father.¡±
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 27, 2016
Trump¡¯s tough talk on Castro and Cuba shows big shift from Obama
Donald Trump started to put his stamp on a more muscular foreign policy Saturday with a toughly worded statement following the death of Cuba¡¯s Fidel Castro.
WORLD
Nov 26, 2016
Pope Francis grieves, prays for late atheist revolutionary leader
Pope Francis said the death of Cuba¡¯s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro was ¡°sad news¡± and that he was grieving and praying for his repose.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 26, 2016
Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro dead at 90
Fidel Castro, the Cuban revolutionary leader who built a communist state on the doorstep of the United States and for five decades defied U.S. efforts to topple him, died Friday, state-run Cuban Television said. He was 90.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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