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OLYMPICS
May 18, 2022

Boxing great Wladimir Klitschko calls for IOC ban on Russian athletes

The former world heavyweight champion told a news show that isolating the country is a 'painful' but necessary response to its ongoing war in Ukraine.
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WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 18, 2022

Putin takes Mariupol, but wider Donbas victory may be slipping from reach

The influx of Western heavy guns could give Ukraine an edge in a war that has revolved around artillery duels.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 17, 2022

What do most mass shooters have in common? They bought their guns legally.

From 1966 to 2019, 77% of mass shooters obtained the weapons they used in their crimes through legal purchases.
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TENNIS
May 17, 2022

British LTA events to go ahead without Russian and Belarusian players

Tennis tournaments hosted in Great Britain in the run-up to Wimbledon will go ahead as scheduled with full ranking points on offer despite a ban on Russian and Belarusian players, men's tennis governing body ATP said on Monday.
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WORLD
May 17, 2022

Ukrainian troops evacuate from Mariupol, ceding control to Russia

The evacuation likely marked the end of the longest and bloodiest battle of the Ukraine war and a significant defeat for Ukraine.
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WORLD
May 16, 2022

Ukraine claims battlefield successes in northeast as Russians fall back

Ukrainian troops counterattacking against Russian forces have pushed them back from the city of Kharkiv and advanced as far as the border with Russia, Ukrainian officials have said.
Japan Times
TENNIS
May 16, 2022

Daniil Medvedev holding out hope for spot at Wimbledon

'I don't know if this decision is 100% and it's over (for me). If I can play, I'm going to be happy to play in Wimbledon
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COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2022

The international monetary system is more unfit than ever

With the U.S. dollar being weaponized through sanctions, it is clear that the current system is far from neutral — or sustainable.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 16, 2022

Neutral Switzerland leans closer to NATO in response to Russia

The Defense Ministry is drawing up a report on security options that include joint military exercises with NATO countries and 'backfilling' munitions.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2022

‘Straw owner’ hides $1 billion worth of Russian yachts, U.S. says

In the race to seize assets from sanctioned Russian billionaires, U.S. authorities believe two yachts are being sheltered from scrutiny — including one linked to Vladimir Putin.
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JAPAN / History / Longform
May 15, 2022

Documenting Okinawa's changing identity over the past half century

A photographer captures the changes that have taken place in the archipelago since it was returned to Japan 50 years ago.
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WORLD / Crime & Legal
May 15, 2022

U.S. gunman kills 10 in racially motivated shooting at New York market

An 18-year-old white gunman shot 10 people to death and wounded three others at a grocery store in a Black neighborhood of Buffalo, New York.
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WORLD
May 15, 2022

Ukraine wages counteroffensive against Russian forces in east

The fight near the Russian-held town of Izium could prove a serious setback for Moscow's plans to capture the entire Donbas region.
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WORLD
May 14, 2022

Creaky U.S. power grid threatens progress on renewables and electric vehicles

After decades of struggle, the U.S. clean-energy business is booming. But that progress could be derailed without a massive overhaul of America's antiquated electric infrastructure.
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WORLD
May 14, 2022

Ukraine collects Russian dead as war rages on multiple fronts

The bodies of the Russian soldiers were brought to a rail yard and stacked with hundreds of others in a refrigerated train, waiting for the time they can sent back to their families.
JAPAN
May 13, 2022

Japan granted refugee status to a record 74 people in 2021

The government also granted residential status out of humanitarian consideration to a record 580 people, most of whom were from Myanmar.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
May 13, 2022

A new president, a new opportunity for Japan-South Korea relations

Signs are encouraging for Tokyo. Throughout the presidential campaign, Yoon Suk-yeol criticized sitting President Moon Jae-in for letting Japan-South Korea relations deteriorate.
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WORLD
May 13, 2022

Inside a Ukraine hospital where medics work as rockets fall

The sheer scale of a front line that stretches for hundreds of kilometers has stretched Ukraine's resources to the limit.
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WORLD
May 12, 2022

The war in Ukraine, as seen on Russian TV

To Western audiences, Russia's invasion of Ukraine has unfolded as a series of brutal attacks punctuated by strategic blunders. But in Russia, those events were spun as positives.
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COMMENTARY / Japan
May 12, 2022

Tokyo and Seoul need to learn how to agree to disagree again

Unfortunately, the leadership in Tokyo and Seoul have either forgotten the wisdom of the 1990s or have become too obsessed with the details of outstanding historical issues.
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WORLD
May 12, 2022

Finland must apply for NATO membership 'without delay,' president and PM say

Finland, which shares a 1,300 kilometer border and a difficult past with Russia, has gradually stepped up its cooperation with the bloc as a partner since Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.
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WORLD
May 12, 2022

NATO to welcome Nordic members as Ukraine pushes back Russian forces

Allies expect Finland and Sweden to be granted membership quickly, diplomats and officials have said, paving the way for increased troop presence in the Nordic region.
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WORLD
May 12, 2022

The underground networks of Russians helping Ukrainian refugees

Most of the requests from Ukrainians for help have come from people fleeing Mariupol, a once-bustling port with a pre-war population of 400,000.
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WORLD
May 12, 2022

Sounds of Ukrainian counteroffensive echo in ruined village near Russian border

The Ukrainian military is reporting new gains in villages near Kharkiv that may signal a possible shift in the course of the war, as troops advance toward the Russian frontier.
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WORLD
May 12, 2022

Climate envoys urge faster action in shadow of Ukraine war

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry echoed the call for the Ukraine war to drive a quicker shift to renewables.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2022

Russia downed satellite internet in Ukraine, Western officials say

Russia was behind a massive cyberattack that took tens of thousands of modems offline at the onset of Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. and other countries have said.
Success of Chinese-made fighter jets against India raises alarm in Asia
Chinese J-10 fighter jets from the People's Liberation Army Air Force August 1st Aerobatics Team perform during a media demonstration at the Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Nakhon Ratchasima province, Thailand, in November 2015.
Japan to recognize Taiwan as place of origin in family registration system
Masataka Yuhara, secretary-general of the Friends of Lee Teng Hui Association in Japan, which has been calling for "Taiwan" to be permitted as a place of origin in family registers.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan to solicit early retirements while eyeing plant closures in Japan
Nissan's Oppama plant in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, may be closed as part of the struggling carmaker's streamlining efforts.
In Nintendo’s backyard, foreign indie game devs are thriving
Kyoto's gaming landscape is dominated by Nintendo's headquarters, but a contingent of foreign-born indie developers is also working in the gaming giant's shadow.
Akazawa's dilemma: no tariff deal or a half-baked deal
Chief tariff negotiator Ryosei Akazawa and his delegation in the Oval Office of the White House in April. Since then, Japan's trade negotiations with the U.S. have produced no tangible results.
Nissan hoping to electrify home crowd as Formula E returns to Tokyo
Nissan's Oliver Rowland drives during qualifying for Miami E-Prix at Homestead Motor Speedway in Homestead, Florida, on April 12.
For his first feature film, director Ryuya Suzuki created a masterpiece
"Jinsei," which follows its protagonist over a century, probes themes of identity and societal issues with a dark comic touch. The director, however, says he created the story without knowing where it would lead.
Historian Rob Fitts discovers earliest ever reference to baseball in Japan
Japan's Shohei Ohtani carries the Japanese flag onto the field before the start of the World Baseball Classic final against the United States in Miami on March 21, 2023.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Japan's growing ranks of centenarians are redefining what it means to live in a super-aging society.
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