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Alessandra Prentice
For Alessandra Prentice's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 20, 2022
Ukrainian volunteers recount weeks in Russian captivity and allege beatings
Two people claim they were with the Red Cross when they were taken prisoner, interrogated and accused of passing information on the activity of Russian forces to the other side.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 18, 2022
Explosions rock Ukraine as bodies line streets of Mariupol
After failing to overcome Ukrainian resistance in the north, Russia has refocused its ground offensive on the Donbas region, while launching long-distance strikes at targets elsewhere.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2021
Logging to help the climate? Gabon turns to its rainforests.
A faltering oil industry fuels 45% of Gabon's economy u2014 but now many in the country want to replace it with sustainable forestry.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 22, 2021
Whale sightings aid quest to protect wildlife in Indian Ocean oasis
Scientists are on a quest to document whales and other marine mammals living around the Mascarene Plateau, hoping to bolster arguments for protecting the remote underwater ridge.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 22, 2014
In parts of east Ukraine, a daily struggle to survive
Clutching empty plastic bottles, hundreds of people stand waiting for water in this besieged city, with the almost constant thud of artillery shells echoing in the distance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 5, 2014
Tide of opinion turns against Russia in Ukraine's east
More than 1,000 demonstrators with Ukrainian flags took to the streets of the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on Tuesday, for the first time outnumbering pro-Moscow youths who have seized its government building, which flies the Russian flag.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 28, 2014
Alienated Crimea defies Ukraine's new order
Waving the Russian flag and chanting "Russia! Russia!" protesters in Crimea have become the last major bastion of resistance to Ukraine's new rulers.

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