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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2022

U.S. makes contingency plans in case Russia uses its most powerful weapons

The immediate concern is what Putin may do next — driven by a desire to rescue a failing military effort or reestablish his credentials as a force to be feared.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2022

Zelenskyy’s virtual world tour proves a new weapon in Russia war

Badly out-gunned by Russia on land, in the air and at sea, the information war is the one arena in which Ukraine is clearly winning.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2022

Madeleine Albright, first woman to serve as U.S. secretary of state, dies at 84

A child of Czech refugees who fled from Nazi invaders and Communist oppressors, Albright flourished as a diplomat and the first woman to serve as secretary of state.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 24, 2022

China Eastern jet neared speed of sound before crash, damaging black box

The exterior of the cockpit voice recorder was 'severely damaged” and analysis will take time because there is also some damage to its internal memory unit, an official said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2022

Ukraine using facial recognition to ID dead Russian soldiers, minister says

The country has declined to specify the number of bodies identified through facial recognition but has said the percentage of recognized individuals claimed by families has been 'high.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 24, 2022

On invasion milestone, Ukraine urges solidarity as Western leaders gather

In response the sanctions already imposed on Russia, President Vladimir Putin said Moscow planned to switch gas sales made to 'unfriendly' nations to rubles, alarming international markets.
Japan Times
PODCAST / deep dive
Mar 23, 2022

One month into war, a Ukrainian family reunites in Japan

Kanako Takahara explains Japan's efforts to help these refugees, and why the government here isn't calling them by that name.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 23, 2022

China takes a back seat in international diplomacy over Ukraine

Despite calls from other world leaders to play a more proactive role in ending the conflict, China has instead tried to keep its distance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2022

Wall Street is scrambling for the exits in Moscow — and billions are at stake

For decades, global finance firms eagerly catered to Russian firms, billionaires and the government. Then tanks started rolling into Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 23, 2022

Disruption to rail routes due to war in Ukraine poses latest hitch for supply chains

Exporters and logistics firms transporting auto parts, cars, laptops and smartphones are now looking to avoid land routes that pass through Russia or the combat zone.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2022

Ukraine war and pandemic force nations to retreat from globalization

When the Cold War ended, there was a belief that stronger global economic ties would lead to greater stability. But now the world is moving in the opposite direction.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2022

As Russia stalls in Ukraine, dissent brews over Putin’s leadership

The slow going and the heavy toll of Putin's war in Ukraine are setting off questions about his military's planning capability and his confidence in his top spies.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 23, 2022

U.S. threat to sanction China is spooking other nations in Asia

While Russia made up less than 1% of global trade with Southeast Asia in 2020, nations may be reluctant to cuts ties with its largest source of arms.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2022

Alexei Navalny, fiery Putin critic, is handed fresh nine-year prison sentence

Prosecutors had claimed that Navalny, a relentless critic and frequent target of Putin, and Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, had embezzled donations from supporters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2022

Walls, dreams and genocide: Zelenskyy invokes history to rally support

He told U.S. lawmakers that he had a dream. He said to the British Parliament that his country would fight until the end. To members of the German Parliament he spoke of a new wall dividing Europe.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2022

Fatal nosedive by China Eastern jet baffles crash specialists

Few past incidents fit the extreme profile of the jet's descent Monday, in which it pointed steeply toward the ground before impact.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 22, 2022

High death rate in Hong Kong shows importance of vaccinating the elderly

The city's conflagration of cases is now killing people at a rate exceeding that of almost any country since the coronavirus emerged.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2022

The smaller bombs that could turn Ukraine into a nuclear war zone

Fears are growing that if Vladimir Putin feels cornered, he might choose to detonate one of his smaller weapons — breaking the taboo set 76 years ago after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 21, 2022

Honda may commercialize algae-growing technology for carbon capture and biofuel

The automaker plans to use the algae at its production facilities in Japan and Southeast Asia to offset carbon emissions from the latter half of 2023.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 21, 2022

Climate impact from China’s coal push can be seen from space

A plume of methane, which traps over 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide in its first two decades in the atmosphere, was detected near a remote coal mine in Inner Mongolia on March 1.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Kyushu
Mar 21, 2022

'Deipnophobia' — understanding the fear of dining with others

While many people feel they are missing out amid COVID-19 restrictions imposed on group dining, some feel relieved by the current situation.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 21, 2022

After the Xi-Biden call, China offers different messages to different audiences on Ukraine

Chinese officials have continued to echo Russia and accuse NATO of provoking the war while criticizing sanctions levied against Moscow.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2022

Ukraine war threatens to cause a global food crisis

The looming disaster is laying bare the consequences of a major war in the modern era of globalization.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2022

Truth is another front in Putin’s war

The Kremlin has used a barrage of increasingly outlandish falsehoods to prop up its overarching claim that the invasion of Ukraine is justified.
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 21, 2022

Toyota, Subaru and Mazda still betting on green combustion fuels amid EV shift

Japanese carmakers' approach of maintaining a broad range of options has drawn criticism from those who argue that they will fall behind in the pivot to battery-powered cars.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2022

Russian rocket attack turns Ukrainian marine base to rubble, killing dozens

That number of Ukrainian marines killed in the missile strike would make it one of the single deadliest attacks on Ukrainian forces since the start of the war three weeks ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2022

The battle for Kyiv looms as a long and bloody conflict

Ukraine's capital is the biggest prize of all for the Russian military. If Russia tries to take control, it could lead to one of the biggest urban conflicts since World War II.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2022

For the U.S., a tenuous balance in confronting Russia

Navigating between aiding Ukraine and avoiding an escalation with Moscow has led to a tangle of decisions and sometimes tortured distinctions over weapons and other elements of policy.

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