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NAVALNY

Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2020
Putin opponent Navalny posts photo from hospital and plans to return to Russia
The opposition politician has said he can now breathe independently after being poisoned in Siberia last month.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 2020
Apparent poisoning of Alexei Navalny reveals Putin's world
Moscow must be punished for its actions and Putin stripped of the delusion that he is untouchable.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 10, 2020
Alexei Navalny improving and police guard stepped up, report says
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has made further progress in his recovery after what Germany said was poisoning with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent, and is able to speak again, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 3, 2020
Germany says Putin foe Alexei Navalny poisoned with Novichok agent
Soon after a private plane carrying poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny touched down in Berlin last month, doctors treating him at the prestigious Charite hospital there became so alarmed they called in the army.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2020
Alexei Navalny, being treated in Germany, looms over Russian politics
How the incident will affect Russia's political scene will hinge in part on Navalny's longer-term condition and whether he will be able to return home, analysts said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2020
Don’t drink the tea: Poison is a favored weapon in Russia
Without the slightest premonition of any issues with his health, Pyotr Verzilov, a Russian opposition activist, suddenly fell violently ill two years ago and slipped into a coma, a common problem for opponents of the Kremlin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2020
Putin critic Alexei Navalny fights for his life as aides suspect poisoning
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny was fighting for his life in a Siberian hospital on Thursday after drinking tea that his allies believe was laced with poison.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2020
Putin's aides shocked by his presidential power play
Vladimir Putin's surprise move to allow himself to remain as president until 2036 caught even many Kremlin insiders off guard, leaving some feeling deceived by his motivation for changing the constitution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2019
Russian authorities use power tools to raid Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's Moscow office
Russian authorities raided the Moscow headquarters of opposition politician Alexei Navalny on Thursday, using power tools to gain entry before dragging Navalny out by force and confiscating technical equipment such as laptops.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 5, 2019
Russian opposition plans fresh protest over weekend, despite threat of more mass arrests
Russia's anti-Kremlin opposition said it was planning a nationwide protest next weekend despite police forcibly detaining over 1,000 people on Saturday for attending what they said was an illegal march in Moscow to demand free elections.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 1, 2019
Kremlin foe's doctor skeptical after Alexei Navalny tests negative for poison at state hospital
A Russian state hospital said on Wednesday that opposition leader Alexei Navalny had tested negative for poison after falling ill in custody, but his personal doctor warned the findings were inconclusive and could be wrong.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Jul 29, 2019
Russia opposition figure Alexei Navalny hospitalized, and may have been poisoned, says doctor
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was hospitalized on Sunday after suffering an acute allergic reaction that one doctor said may have been the result of him being poisoned with an unknown chemical substance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2019
Russia detains more than 1,000 people in opposition crackdown
Russian police rounded up more than 1,000 people in Moscow on Saturday in one of the biggest crackdowns of recent times against an increasingly defiant opposition decrying President Vladimir Putin's tight grip on power.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2019
Hundreds rally in Moscow to decry state abuse of investigative journalist
Several hundred protesters gathered in Moscow on Sunday in a small, government-authorized rally supporting investigative journalist Ivan Golunov and decrying abuse of power over his five-day arrest this month on drug charges.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 12, 2019
Russian police detain at least 94 at Moscow journalist protest
Russian police detained at least 94 people on Wednesday, including opposition politician Alexei Navalny, at a protest in Moscow calling for punishment for police officers involved in the alleged framing of a journalist, monitors said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 24, 2018
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny detained upon jail release: associate
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was detained again on Monday for allegedly violating protest laws while he was being released from a 30-day jail stint on the same charge, his associate said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Sep 10, 2018
Hundreds of protesters targeting pension reforms arrested across Russia on polling day
Hundreds of people were arrested in Russia on Sunday during nationwide protests over deeply unpopular pension reforms as the country voted in local elections
WORLD / Politics
Mar 18, 2018
Putin on track for commanding win as Russians head to polls
Russians voted in a presidential election Sunday that was expected to give Vladimir Putin an easy victory, but his opponents alleged officials were compelling people to come to the polls so that a low turnout does not tarnish the win.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 29, 2018
Russia opposition leader Alexei Navalny nabbed as protesters point to Putin poll fraud threat
Russian police wrestled opposition leader Alexei Navalny into a patrol wagon on Sunday moments after he appeared at a rally to urge voters to boycott what he said would be a rigged presidential election in March.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 26, 2017
Putin calls for social media activities of 'some' firms to be monitored during 2018 election
President Vladimir Putin said on Monday the Russian authorities should monitor the activity of "some companies" on social media during next year's presidential election and assess the extent of their involvement in domestic politics.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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