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JAPAN
Apr 15, 2022

Japan's government releases video to help eradicate harassment from politics

The video is based on 1,324 stories shared by local lawmakers from across Japan who have experienced some sort of harassment by their constituents or senior lawmakers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2022

Vladimir Putin’s failed state, a disaster of his own making

So great is Putin's Ukraine blunder that he may now have rendered Russia a failed state — a political or economic system that has become so weak that the government is no longer in control.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 12, 2022

China’s echoes of Russia’s alternate reality intensify globally

The campaign by China has further undercut the country's effort to present itself as a neutral actor in the war, eager to promote a peaceful resolution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Apr 11, 2022

Ukraine conflict hurts Russian science, as West pulls funding

Hundreds of partnerships between Russian and Western institutions have been paused if not canceled altogether, scientists have said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Apr 6, 2022

G20 wrestles with response if Putin shows up at Bali summit

Multiple officials said kicking Russia out of the group is not an option, even though U.S. President Joe Biden has called for it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 5, 2022

Ukraine's stateless trapped in war zone with no proof they exist

Ukraine has thousands of people not recognized as a citizen of any country — without proof of identity, they are trapped in the fighting as checkpoints proliferate.
SOCCER / World cup / From the Spot
Apr 3, 2022

Ultimate test awaits Samurai Blue after 'Group of Death' draw

While Japan will face a daunting challenge in a group featuring former World Cup champions Germany and Spain, the high-profile games may be exactly what the team needs.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 3, 2022

For Putin, invasion is the latest in a long string of failures in Ukraine

Putin has made many attempts to undermine Ukraine — both overtly and covertly — but has been thwarted on at least three significant occasions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 2, 2022

Shaken at first, many Russians now rally behind Putin’s invasion

Polls and interviews show many Russians now accept the Kremlin's assertion that their country is under siege from the West. Opponents are leaving the country or keeping quiet.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 31, 2022

Peace talks on Ukraine: Russia's red lines unchanged

Russia and Ukraine are talking about a peace deal while their soldiers kill each other, but there has been no breakthrough and they remain far apart on the question of territory.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 30, 2022

Peace talks may be little more than Russian tactics, analysts say

As signs of progress emerged during the peace talks, some saw them as Russia buying time to regroup its military forces before another offensive push in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 29, 2022

Ukraine claims some battle successes as Russia focuses on another front

Russians moved to encircle and cut off Ukrainian forces in the east, making a diplomatic resolution to the war seem as far away as ever.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Mar 25, 2022

How well do you know Japan's Oscar history?

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's “Drive My Car” is nominated in four categories at the 94th Academy Awards, but win or lose, the film joins an exclusive club for cinematic greats.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2022

Ukrainian president presses Israel for missile defense help amid intense fighting in Mariupol

Some 400,000 people have been trapped in Mariupol for more than two weeks, sheltering from heavy bombardment that has severed central supplies of electricity, heating and water.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2022

Why Vladimir Putin invokes Nazis to justify his invasion of Ukraine

The 'Nazi” slur's sudden emergence shows how Putin is trying to use stereotypes, distorted reality and his country's lingering World War II trauma to justify his invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2022

Putin, Xi and the risk of World War III

After obtaining China's backing, Vladimir Putin set about realizing his life's dream of retaking Ukraine, a decision that may backfire on both Moscow and Beijing.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2022

Why some in Asia don’t outsource their moral compass to the West

Just because some Asian countries come to different geopolitical conclusions based on their particular circumstances and priorities does not make them intellectual and moral inferiors.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2022

Finding a way out of the war in Ukraine proves elusive

Just as the past two weeks revealed that Russia's vaunted military faltered in its invasion plan, the next two or three may reveal whether Ukraine can survive as a state.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Books
Mar 12, 2022

Glimpses of postwar Hayama through a father's eyes

'Hayama 1952-1953 Charles Junkerman,” a book of rare photographs, preserves the everyday lives of the seaside town's citizens in vivid color.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2022

The global struggle for democracy is in Ukraine

Let us hope that Putin's aggression persuades would-be autocrats in free societies that peace and security are well worth the price of admission into the democratic club.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 5, 2022

London’s billionaire playground challenged by war’s reality

Putin's invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent targeting of Russia's overseas money, threatens to end the British capital's near 50-year run as the plutocrat's playground of choice.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 5, 2022

Ukraine war forces a question: How far east does Europe go?

After Russia invaded, Ukraine asked to join the European Union, quickly. Moldova and Georgia have asked too. Member states would rather not answer.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2022

How Ukraine’s military has resisted Russia so far

Ukrainian troops are mounting a stiffer-than-expected resistance to Russian forces, fighting with a resourcefulness that could trip up Russian troops for weeks or months to come.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2022

On the exodus west, Ukrainians flee hardship for an uncertain future

In the past week, more than 1 million Ukrainians have fled to neighboring countries, according to the United Nations. One million more are internally displaced.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2022

Ukraine faces more brutal form of war as Russia regroups

After early failures, officials from the U.S. and allied nations expect more indiscriminate tactics as Russian forces seek to suppress resistance.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 27, 2022

The economic consequences of Vladimir Putin's war

Sanctions rarely work; they are simply not the economic equivalent of the bombs that Russia is currently dropping on Ukraine.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2022

U.S. officials repeatedly urged China to help avert war in Ukraine

The Americans presented Chinese officials with intelligence on Russia's troop buildup in hopes that President Xi Jinping would step in, but were repeatedly rebuffed.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 25, 2022

Putin launches a war the West saw coming but was powerless to stop

Frantic diplomacy, sanctions threats and unprecedented U.S.-led 'information warfare' weren't enough to prevent what finally unfolded in the early hours of Thursday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 25, 2022

Russia’s yearslong quest to quit dollar eases impact of sanctions

Russia slashed its dollar reserves to just 16% of the central bank's stockpile in 2021, down from more than 40% just four years prior.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami