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NELSON MANDELA

A boy walks past a mural painted outside the house where former South African President Nelson Mandela once lived in, in Johannesburg's Alexandra township, on June 9, 2013.
WORLD / Society
May 27, 2024
Mandela¡¯s vision for South Africa fades as nation closes door to migrants
Immigration has become a hot issue in the run-up to the country¡¯s May 29 national vote, the first in which most people have no memory of decades of apartheid.
Nelson Mandela (left) is embraced by Palestine Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat as he arrives at Lusaka airport on Feb. 27, 1990.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 5, 2023
A decade after Mandela¡¯s death, his pro-Palestinian legacy lives on
Many South Africans saw parallels between their own struggle against white minority rule and the Palestinian resistance to Israeli occupation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 26, 2021
Desmond Tutu, South Africa¡¯s anti-apartheid hero, dies at 90
The outspoken Tutu was considered the nation¡¯s conscience by both Black and white people, an enduring testament to his faith and spirit of reconciliation in a divided nation.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jul 17, 2019
South African musician Johnny Clegg, vocal white foe of apartheid, dead at 66
South African singer and songwriter Johnny Clegg, one of the few white artists to openly confront the apartheid government in the late 1970s and 1980s, died on Tuesday aged 66, his agent said.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 16, 2016
Prize for ¡®outstanding African leadership¡¯ again finds no winner
Organizers of a $5 million prize for former African leaders that aims to shine a spotlight on democracy and outstanding leadership has again failed to find a winner after no one met the criteria.
COMMENTARY / World
May 10, 2016
Protecting Nelson Mandela¡¯s legacy in Palestine
A statue of Nelson Mandela is erected in Palestine, but unfortunately it sends the wrong message.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 3, 2016
South African parliament schedules debate on Zuma impeachment motion
South Africa¡¯s Parliament on Tuesday will debate a motion to impeach President Jacob Zuma, National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete said Sunday, after a top court ruled the president had violated the constitution.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / 20 QUESTIONS
Jan 25, 2014
Baye McNeil: ¡®Always endeavor to do ... what you love to do¡¯
Do what you have to do if you truly have to do it, of course, but always endeavor to be yourself and do what you love to do. That way, you¡¯ll come to the realization sooner that the life you¡¯re living is actually the product of your actions and decisions, and you¡¯ll be much less likely to waste a precious moment of it.
Japan Times
WORLD / YEAR IN REVIEW 2013
Dec 25, 2013
A look back at the year¡¯s top 10 world news stories
Japan Times editors selected these world stories as the most important of 2013.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2013
Nelson Mandela: peace at last
The Catholic Church consecrates saints with less pomp than was lavished on former South African leader Nelson Mandela during a week-long media orgy. Mandela was no saint; he was just the right man at the right time.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 22, 2013
Danish PM¡¯s ¡®selfie¡¯ snapshot of her credibility crisis
When Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt took a ¡°selfie¡± on her smartphone on Dec. 14 ¡ª like millions of people do every day ¡ª she doubtless had little idea of the commotion that would ensue. In the photograph, taken at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, the most admired political...
WORLD
Dec 15, 2013
Some Afrikaners unmoved by Mandela death
Dirk Smit¡¯s reaction to the death of Nelson Mandela, it would be fair to assume, puts him in the minority of South Africans.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 15, 2013
Anti-apartheid movement recalls struggle
Key figures in the British anti-apartheid movement have spoken of their sadness at the death of Nelson Mandela, whom they described as a reluctant poster boy of a campaign that ended up focusing the world¡¯s attention on the horrors of apartheid South Africa.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 15, 2013
Mandela saw massive change in Africa
Nelson Mandela was born into a continent colonized and in servitude to European powers in July 1918. Only Ethiopia and Liberia were independent. But Germany¡¯s defeat in the first world war brought about a reworking of the colonial order with its possessions in what are now Tanzania, Cameroon, Togo, Burundi...
WORLD
Dec 15, 2013
Family turmoil puts legacy at risk of being besmirched
When Nelson Mandela is finally laid to rest, it will be on the same windswept hillside in Qunu, his childhood village in South Africa¡¯s Eastern Cape, where three of his children already lie.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 13, 2013
Why do African leaders ignore Mandela¡¯s democratic legacy?
Seeing the glowing eulogies for Nelson Mandela filled a Ugandan journalist with the same unsettling pride that gripped her younger soul as she listened to her high school African nationalism teacher talk about the struggle of great leaders to liberate the continent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 13, 2013
Hoax photo of Mandela after death brings anger
The South African government said Thursday it would not release photographs of former President Nelson Mandela lying in state, and urged people to shun a hoax image purporting to be of the dead president that was posted on the Internet.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2013
Mandela¡¯s final step to freedom
Nelson Mandela¡¯s life had many parallels with that of Mahatma Gandhi. Above all, Mandela was an eternal optimist who believed in the possibility of improvement and progress by appealing to the better angels of our nature.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2013
A perfect role model for an imprisoned politician
Former Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, now the imprisoned leader of that country¡¯s opposition, writes a tribute to South Africa¡¯s Nelson Mandela, emphasizing that one of the few gifts that imprisonment can bestow is the ability to begin to see more clearly the inner workings of the human soul.
EDITORIALS
Dec 9, 2013
A 20th-century hero and icon
Nelson Mandela¡¯s life was a testimony to the need to put aside the anger and desire for vengeance to which one may feel rightfully entitled and to embrace the very best in humanity, regardless of race.
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.
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 weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
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Low-income families in Japan cut food and air conditioning during summer break
Yumiko Watanabe, the chairperson of nonprofit Kidsdoor, explains the results of a survey in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on July 1.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
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Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
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The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
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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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