With a declining population, Japan is on track to lose about half its workforce by 2060, and with that, its status as an economic superpower. Some are calling for an “immigration revolution” but that is gaining little traction in a country that is seen as the most homogenous in the world. In Japan, birth rates are at record lows and the ageing population at record highs. Now, the former... 

The US and Japan are close to finalizing the revision of bilateral defense rules that would expand the two countries’ military cooperation, and allow Tokyo to play a more “proactive” role in regional security, according to US Defense Secretary Ash Carter. The bilateral defense agreement lays down a set of rules for joint operations between the US Military and Japan’s Self-Defense Forces... 

A U.S. federal judge in Texas has denied the federal government’s request to lift a hold on President Barack Obama’s controversial immigration plan. By refusing to lift the ban he issued in February, the ruling halts temporary relief from deportation and other immigration benefits for up to 4.7 million immigrants in the US. The plan was part of Obama’s executive order, bypassing the... 

A British police force has come under fire for publishing posters that critics say place the blame for rape on women rather than male attackers. Sussex Police issued the posters as part of a campaign to prevent rape. The force intends to put them up in pub toilets and bus stops. Campaigners say the posters reinforce the message that victims rather than assailants are to blame in sexual assault cases. Sussex... 

Bags of corpses dug out of a mass grave found in northern Iraq on March 14, 2015. Iraqi security forces have discovered at least 14 mass graves since the strategic city of Tikrit was liberated from the ISIL Takfiri terrorists last week. According to an Iraqi security source, the mass graves contain the bodies of hundreds of Iraqi soldiers massacred by ISIL outside the northern city. The victims were... 

Officials within the UN are pushing the notion that the human population should be reduced in order to effectively combat climate change. The long standing notion has been continually pushed by Christiana Figueres, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). In 2013, Figueres had a conversation with Climate One founder Greg Dalton regarding “fertility... 

Remarks by US President Barack Obama about not requiring Iran to recognize Israel as part of a nuclear deal with the P5+1 is counter to the discourse adopted by the White House and other US officials since the regime came into being, says a renowned activist and radio host. Obama said in a Monday interview with NPR that requiring Tehran to recognize Israel is a “fundamental misjudgment”. According... 

Chicago’s Mayor Rahm Emanuel Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel was re-elected to a second term Tuesday evening, outlasting his challenger Jesus “Chuy” Garcia in a hard-fought runoff. With roughly 94 percent of precincts reporting, Emanuel holds a substantial lead over Garcia. Emanuel has 55.5 percent of the vote, compared to Garcia’s 44.5 percent. Garcia has also called Emanuel to... 

Eight border guards have been killed by terrorists in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan near the border with Pakistan, a provincial official says. The eight were killed in a border area in the southeastern town of Negur on Monday when clashes broke out with terrorists who had entered Iran via the Pakistani border, IRNA quoted Sistan-Baluchestan Deputy Governor Ali Asghar Mirshekari as... 

And all of us tax-paying citizens will be paying for it… President Obama, without consent of Congress or the American public for that matter, cleared the way for millions of illegal aliens to stay in the United States. He also opened the door for them to receive a massive amount of money from the American taxpayer, without having to do a damn thing. Now that illegal aliens are able to get Social... 

But the problem is overgrown government, not overgrown lawns. A Grand Prairie, Texas, man is serving 17 days in jail for having an “overgrown lawn.” Rick Yoes, an electrician for Tarrant County College who routinely works long hours, turned himself into custody Saturday because he lacked the funds to pay the $1,700 fine he received over his yard, which is the equivalent of three mortgage payments... 

Turkish judicial officials have once again blocked major social networking websites over what they call a “terrorist propaganda” in the wake of a hostage standoff that saw a Turkish prosecutor killed by leftist militants. Hurriyet newspaper said Monday that access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube was blocked upon an order from prosecutors reportedly due to the publication of images related... 

A survivor of the massacre at Garissa University College in Kenya was found on Saturday, two days after Al-Shabaab extremists slaughtered 148 people. Cynthia Cheroitich, 19, had cowered in a wardrobe for two days. The student was finally coaxed from her hiding place in deep shock. She had covered herself with clothes and said she drank a bottle of lotion to stave off hunger and thirst, AP reports. Cheroitich... 

A startling report prepared by the Federal Security Service (FSB) circulating in the Kremlin today is describing the text of a recently “translated” communiqué between the Russian and Chinese branches of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church or, informally, the Mormon Church) as “chilling” in that it describes last weeks sudden and unannounced visit by President Barack... 

More than 30 years after Argentinian forces made a failed attempt to seize the Falkland Islands from the British, Argentina’s Central Bank has announced the introduction of a 50 peso note with the archipelago emblazoned on the front. On the reverse side of the colorful note is an image of Antonio Rivero, the Argentinian rebel leader who led an 1833 uprising in an effort to reclaim the islands from...