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RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR

Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 7, 2022
U.S. manure supplies run short as fertilizer prices soar
Facing a global shortage of commercial fertilizers, more U.S. growers are turning to old-fashioned animal manure.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Apr 7, 2022
With easy Russia sanctions used up, West faces tough economic choices
As the world's wealthy democratic powers roll out new sanctions against Russia, it has become clear that the easiest options are now exhausted.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 7, 2022
Ukraine seeks ruinous sanctions on Russia amid European hesitancy
The democratic world must reject Russian oil and completely block Russian banks from the international finance system, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022
EU’s top envoy calls summit with China’s Xi a ‘deaf dialogue’
China has come under pressure from the U.S. and others to take a clear line against the invasion, as its diplomats and state media play down civilian casualties.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022
How America watches for a nuclear strike
Hundreds of imaging satellites, as well as other private and federal spacecraft, have been looking for signs of heightened activity among Russia's nuclear forces.
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Apr 6, 2022
As Japan's politicians call for big spending amid price hikes, some question the timing
With an Upper House election approaching in July, economists have pointed out that the move appears to be politically motivated.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 6, 2022
Vladimir Putin’s war will destroy his beloved country
For Vladimir Putin, the Ukraine war is about an imaginary struggle for the Russian soul against a West that would destroy it.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 6, 2022
China’s U.N. envoy calls violence in Ukraine's Bucha ‘deeply disturbing’
China's envoy to the United Nations stopped short of condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin over the killing of unarmed civilians in Bucha.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Apr 6, 2022
Wimbledon to decide on fate of Russian and Belarusian players
Russian and Belarusian players have been allowed to compete on the regular ATP and WTA Tours, but not under the name or flag of their countries following Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.
JAPAN
Apr 6, 2022
Nuclear power’s growing fan base in Japan faces a reality check
A web of red-tape governing nuclear reactors born from the Fukushima nuclear disaster 11 years ago means that the resumption of operations can't speed up, no matter the political pressure.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022
Ex-oligarch says Putin sees war with the West already underway
Western arguments drawing a line between conflict in Ukraine and the spread of war into NATO territory are a nuance that means little to Putin, Mikhail Khodorkovsky said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022
Why tracking Russian President Vladimir Putin’s wealth is so difficult
That many extravagant assets speculated to be Putin's are owned or controlled by the state shows how his private interests have merged with those of his government.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2022
Metals industry still buying needed supplies from Russia, for now
Firms are weighing the stigma of war against their own commercial interests and the fact that vital metals like aluminum and copper were in short supply even before the invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Apr 6, 2022
Europe’s Russia coal ban foreshadows higher global energy prices
Prices are already soaring in a market that has been tight for months. European coal jumped 14% to a three-week high after news of the proposed ban.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 6, 2022
Russian forces pound key cities as West prepares new sanctions
The besieged southern port of Mariupol has been under almost constant bombardment since the early days of the invasion that began on Feb. 24.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Apr 5, 2022
Balkanization is the future of the global economy
A U.S.-China trade war, the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine are three blows that spell an end to globalization.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 5, 2022
Bristling against the West, China rallies domestic sympathy for Russia
While Russia batters Ukraine, officials in China have been meeting to study a Communist Party-produced documentary that extols President Vladimir Putin of Russia as a hero.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 5, 2022
Who does the U.S. think it is, telling India how to respond to Ukraine?
All countries act according to their own geopolitical calculations and none is immune from making mistakes, including the U.S.

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