Commentary / World Sep 2, 2021
The failed coup that failed Russia
by Nina L. Khrushcheva
The attempted coup 30 years ago against Mikhail Gorbachev is now portrayed by Putin elements as an effort by Soviet forces to preserve the state.
World Aug 18, 2021
Gorbachev, who pulled Soviets from Afghanistan, says U.S. campaign doomed from start
NATO and the U.S. "should have admitted failure earlier. The important thing now is to draw the lessons from what happened and make sure that similar mistakes are not repeated," he said.
National / Politics Dec 25, 2019
Gorbachev agreed to address islands dispute in 1988 with Nakasone: declassified records
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev acknowledged the need to resolve the dispute with Japan over the sovereignty of a group of islands off Hokkaido in a 1988 meeting, diplomatic records declassified Wednesday show. Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone elicited the response from Gorbachev when he ...
National / Politics Nov 30, 2019
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev sends condolences over death of Yasuhiro Nakasone
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev offered his condolences Friday on the death of Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone, saying the latter had been determined to improve Japan-Soviet relations. Gorbachev, 88, said he became acquainted with Nakasone in 1985 and their friendship continued after the two leaders ...
World / Science & Health Mar 2, 2019
Russian physics Nobel Prize winner Zhores Alferov dies aged 88
Zhores Alferov, the 2000 Noble Prize winner in physics and a member of the Russian parliament, has died aged 88 in St. Petersburg, the Russian Communist Party said Saturday. Alferov shared the nearly $1 million award, which recognized his research work in the 1970s in ...
World Jan 7, 2018
Gorbachev urges Putin and Trump to uphold nuclear arms pact that set the stage for end of Cold War
Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has urged the Russian and U.S. leaders to resolve a dispute over a nuclear arms control treaty he signed with Washington 30 years ago, warning that a breakdown of the landmark pact could lead the entire international disarmament framework ...
National | OBAMA VISITS HIROSHIMA May 27, 2016
Obama latest in long list of notable people to visit Hiroshima
by Shusuke Murai
Barack Obama is the first sitting U.S. president to visit Hiroshima, the scene of the atomic bombing ordered 71 years ago. But over those seven decades, many prominent figures, including former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, Mother Teresa and rock legend Jimmy Page, have paid their ...
National / History | JAPAN TIMES GONE BY Jan 31, 2015
by Edan Corkill
The German prisoners of war in Japan fare far better than the Russian ones did 10 years ago, says a high officer of the Army, and that is largely due to the decisions of the Hague Conference to pay their salaries on top of ...