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SADDAM HUSSEIN

Protesters behead a statue of Saddam Hussein's predecessor, Ahmad Hassan al-Bakr, president of Iraq from 1968 to 1979, in Baghdad's al-Mansur district in May 2003, erasing one of the last symbols of the Baath Party's 35-year regime.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 22, 2024
Can lessons from Iraq¡¯s regime change be applied in Syria?
If regional tensions escalate, disruptions to energy supplies could impact global markets, including Japan, which remains disengaged despite the mounting crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 26, 2023
I saw America snatch defeat from victory in Iraq
Few of us who were on the ground couldn¡¯t imagine that the Iraq war could go so well, or the peace so badly.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Feb 9, 2021
In Saddam strongholds that fought America, Iraqis fear a U.S. departure
The U.S. troop drawdown is creating a security vacuum, security officials, former fighters and residents say.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 23, 2019
A century on, Basra¡¯s British-era shipyard going strong via vintage machinery
Begun in 1918 by British troops, Basra¡¯s shipyard is surviving into old age with little maintenance, relying on its vintage machinery and the skill of its workers to keep going.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 15, 2018
As Kim-Trump summit approaches, Syria strikes evoke memories of Gadhafi¡¯s gruesome fate for North Korea
Could the decision to strike Syrian targets after a recent chemical weapons attack impact the planned landmark summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un?
WORLD / Politics
Sep 13, 2016
Ex-CIA chief who backed Iraq war, felt Hussein plotted 9/11, now Trump adviser
Former CIA Director James Woolsey, a vocal advocate of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq who promoted allegations that Saddam Hussein harbored illegal weapons, will serve as a senior national security adviser to Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the campaign announced on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 10, 2016
Thanks to U.S., U.K., Iraq mired in endless war
Looking back now at the Iraq War, what shines through is the sheer arrogance and ignorance of those who brought this calamity down on the Iraqis, who must now live out their lives in misery and terror.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 5, 2016
Shadow of Saddam looms large in Iraq
Saddam Hussein¡¯s legacy will continue to haunt Iraq as long as Sunni grievances are unresolved.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2015
Saddam¡¯s former elite underpins Islamic State success
A year after declaring his caliphate, it is clear that the secret of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi¡¯s success is the army and state he has built from the remnants of Saddam Hussein¡¯s military, and the allegiance he has won or coerced from alienated Sunni Muslims in Iraq, Syria, and beyond.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2015
Tariq Aziz, Saddam¡¯s voice through war and crises, dies
Through long years of conflict and crisis in Saddam Hussein¡¯s Iraq, Tariq Aziz was his master¡¯s voice to the outside world ¡ª an urbane, cigar-smoking diplomat who relayed Saddam¡¯s tough and uncompromising stance to his enemies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 27, 2013
Chemical attack weakens drive to destroy world stockpiles
The shelling of suburban Damascus with a suspected nerve agent last week was potentially the third large-scale use of a chemical weapon in the Middle East and may have broken the longest period in history without such an attack.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2013
Pressure cookers now WMD?
George W. Bush wasn¡¯t lying about Iraq after all. Saddam Hussein did have weapons of mass destruction ¡ª pressure cookers in the homes of Iraqi officials.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 10, 2013
Five myths about the Iraq war
That the war changed Iraq into a stable and peaceful democracy is a myth. It has been left a broken and dysfunctional country. The big winner is Iran.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 27, 2013
Lessons from the Iraq War are there for the heeding
Do Obama policymakers really know the economic consequences of beginning military operations in Iran or supplying weapons to Syria¡¯s opposition
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2013
The disenchantment of Iraq
Iraq is better off without Saddam Hussein, but if economic resconstruction and the establishment of democracy are considered, the Iraq war failed.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Japan to set up expert working group on accepting foreign nationals
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara (second from left) addresses a meeting of ministers responsible for policies concerning foreign residents, held at the Prime Minister's Office on Friday.
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.
Inside Toho Archive¡¯s mission to save Japan¡¯s cinematic memory
The goal of restoration is not to artificially upscale but to return the film to the condition it was in ¡°the very first day it appeared in the world,¡± says Nobushige Toshima, president and sales division manager of Toho Archive.
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.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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For many people, utility poles and power lines have become such a familiar part of Japan¡¯s landscape that they often go unnoticed.
Why Japan¡¯s utility poles won¡¯t be disappearing anytime soon
By Alex K.T. Martin

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