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CRIMEA

COMMENTARY / World
Apr 29, 2014
Reverberations of the Ukraine crisis
Having annexed Crimea, Russia has lost Ukraine, turning it from friend to foe. There can be no return to business as usual anytime soon.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 27, 2014
Israel's dilemma over Putin's move on Ukraine
Israel worries about America's gradual withdrawal from the Middle East, a policy shift that has allowed Russia to regain lost influence there. And Russian President Vladimir Putin's move on Ukraine presented a dilemma for the Netanyahu government.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 25, 2014
Not the time to turn virtual war into a real one
Although a dozen or so people have been killed in random incidents, the 'war' in eastern Ukraine remains virtual. The old existing civic administrations go on as before, ignoring the pro-Russian takeovers of civic buildings.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 8, 2014
Annexation by other means
Ukraine's former prime minister, Yuliya Tymoshenko, warns that Russian President Putin seeks to make the West complicit in the dismemberment of Ukraine by negotiating a Kremlin-designed federal constitution that would create a dozen Crimeas that Russia could devour later.
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2014
Don't let Cold War warriors reboot their dated thinking
The hundred think tanks that bloomed, and the thousands of mediocre academics and pseudo-experts who found easy employment in the universities and the media, feel obliged to make themselves relevant and important again after Russian President Vladimir Putin's land grab. Don't let them reboot the Cold War.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 4, 2014
Japan's Russian dilemma
For the Japanese, President Vladimir Putin's annexation of Crimea was an unsurprising return to Russia's historic paradigm. Thus it is understandable that many now consider the recent hopes for serious talks between Putin and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the Northern Territories as stillborn.
COMMENTARY
Apr 4, 2014
Wary West caught off guard by Putin's wild ways
At this point, the West has no idea what Russia is willing to do to restore its influence, but Russia knows exactly what the West will — and, more important, will not — do. This has created a dangerous asymmetry.
COMMENTARY
Mar 28, 2014
Averting a second cold war
Seeking to economically squeeze Russia and isolate it internationally would mean a strategic boon for China,
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2014
How Spain can avoid a nasty split like Crimea
There is no case for forcibly keeping territories under a country's rule if the majority doesn't want it.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 28, 2014
What does the West now want?
The U.S. has acquired a dangerous militarist outlook on world affairs in which problems are defined primarily in military terms. In the case of Ukraine, such a view could lead to catastrophe.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 27, 2014
Hearts blossom for Crimea's new attorney general
A viral video of Natalia Poklonskaya's charmingly shy first press conference inspires enough otaku artists to produce a shrine of manga-style illustrations.
EDITORIALS
Mar 26, 2014
The G-7 against Russia
The G-7 countries adopt an emergency declaration condemning 'Russia's illegal attempt to annex Crimea.' The question, though, is whether the G-7 is prepared to impose industrial sanctions that could hurt Europe as well, if Russia takes more bites out of Ukraine.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 25, 2014
What does the Russian 'godfather' have in store?
In President Vladimir Putin's mind, the whole world has discriminated against Russia for the last three centuries. Russia's bloody despots — Catherine II, Nicholas I, or Josef Stalin — apparently never discriminated against anyone.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 23, 2014
The rest of Ukraine promises only more trouble for Russia
Once again Russian President Vladimir Putin's rhetoric has made U.S. President Barack Obama seem out of touch protesting violation of international law, as the world knows the U.S. is the country that ignores it most.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2014
Russia's wish to sideline self will shake up the alphabet
Russia is set to sideline itself from the global economy, and by doing so, it will usher in a new era in global relations. International sanctions are only the first consequence.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2014
Putin's speech as benevolent czar
Russian President Vladimir Putin's truly regal speech to Parliament heralded Russia's unabashed resurgence as an unscrupulous, unpredictable player in a world where lies and raw might trump any kind of legal framework.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2014
Nuclear-tipped pursuit of an old Eurasian fantasy
Russia's political elites seem far from willing to undertake a makeover in the image of the West. Indeed, their cultural attempt at self-definition compels them to close alliances with China and other Asian countries.
EDITORIALS
Mar 20, 2014
Putin's Crimean prize
Even if Russia does not send its military into any other parts of Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin retains the threat of future action, if only 'reluctantly,' and will be able to keep Ukraine, and the rest of central Europe, on the defensive.
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WORLD / Politics
Mar 19, 2014
Crimea welcomed 'home'
On March 16, Crimeans voted to leave Ukraine and become a part of Russia. While the politicians exchange their statements and the West prepares economic sanctions against Russia, the people are expressing themselves on social media
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2014
West has the moral authority to criticize Putin
Vladimir Putin, like Nikita Khrushchev in the 1950s, is a hard-eyed realist, more than willing to trade an evanescent moral authority for the reality of actual authority. His bet is that the West is made of words when it comes to its criticism of Russian intervention in Ukraine.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
An emoji used to say it all. Now it might say too much.
Apple’s Craig Federighi shows off a set of emoji at a conference on June 13, 2016. While the small pictures have proved helpful in conveying nuance in our texts, younger people are using them less often.
‘Our ultimate goal is to save every single Japanese video game’
After nearly shuttering earlier this year, the Tokyo-based Game Preservation Society continues its work to save the early history of Japanese gaming.
Rare vintage shots and first-time shows at TOP’s 30th anniversary
The museum's curators selected a wide array of works from the archives for the milestone exhibitions. Among other photos, Nobuyoshi Araki's work from the series "Winter Journey" (1990) was included in the "Continuity and Change" exhibition that concluded in June.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.

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