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RUSSIA

Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 14, 2018
Only Putin could be behind U.K. poison attack: 'incurable' toxin's exiled co-developer
A Russian chemist who helped develop the Soviet-era nerve agent used to poison a former Russian double agent in southern England said only the Russian government could have carried out the attack with such a deadly and advanced toxin.
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2018
U.K. TV may pull broadcaster Russia Today's plug over spy poisoning crisis
Britain's media regulator said Russia Today could lose its license to broadcast in the U.K. if Prime Minister Theresa May's government determines that Moscow was behind a chemical attack on a former Russian double agent in England this month.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2018
U.K. counterterrorism police probe death of Russian associate of late tycoon foe of Putin
British counterterrorism police were on Tuesday investigating the unexplained death of a Russian associate of late tycoon Boris Berezovsky but said the death was not thought to be linked to a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2018
Sick and injured start leaving Syria's besieged Ghouta under rare medical evacuation
Sick and injured civilians left a rebel enclave in Syria's eastern Ghouta on Tuesday under the first medical evacuation since one of the deadliest assaults of the seven-year war began nearly a month ago.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 12, 2018
Clinton impeachment lawyer met with Trump about White House job: source
Veteran Washington lawyer Emmet Flood is under consideration for a White House job assisting U.S. President Donald Trump with the Russia probe, according to a person familiar with the matter.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2018
Convoy delivers food to Syria's besieged Ghouta amid shelling
A convoy of relief trucks crossed front lines into the rebel-held Damascus suburb of eastern Ghouta on Friday and unloaded all its food for the trapped population, despite fighting that the Red Cross said had come "extremely close."
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2018
In wake of attack on Russian former double agent, a look at complex and rarely used nerve agents
Thousands of people have been fatally gassed with nerve agents on battlefields since World War II, most recently in Iraq and Syria, but they are not a weapon of choice for urban assassinations.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 9, 2018
Olympics hack highlights emerging 'false flags' threat: researcher
The "Olympic Destroyer" computer virus used to attack last month's Pyeongchang Winter Games was embedded with forged code to make investigators believe the attack was done by hackers linked to North Korea, Russia's Kaspersky Lab reported Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2018
Trump ex-aide Paul Manafort pleads not guilty again, faces July trial
U.S. President Donald Trump's former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, again pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 election and will face the first of two trials in July.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 9, 2018
Democrats dissatisfied as ex-Trump aide Corey Lewandowski clams up and GOP cool to subpoena
Democrats said they'll seek a subpoena to force former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to answer all of their questions after he refused for the second time to respond to some inquiries about his communications with President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 9, 2018
U.S. not coordinating against Russian hacking threat: top general
The top U.S. general in Europe said on Thursday that the U.S. government did not have an effective unified approach to deal with Russia's cyberthreat.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 8, 2018
Trump asked witnesses what they discussed with special counsel Robert Mueller: NYT
The U.S. special counsel in the Russian election meddling investigation has learned of two conversations in which President Donald Trump asked witnesses about matters discussed with investigators, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.
BUSINESS
Mar 8, 2018
U.S. senators ask vote machine vendors if Russian accessed source code
Two Democratic senators on Wednesday asked major vendors of U.S. voting equipment whether they have allowed Russian entities to scrutinize their software, saying the practice could allow Moscow to hack into American elections infrastructure.
EDITORIALS
Mar 7, 2018
Democracy and disarray
The chaos in Washington, juxtaposed against the steady, assertive leadership in China and the self-confidence in Moscow, is doing great damage to the democracy brand.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 7, 2018
Britain warns Russia over double agent's mysterious illness
Britain warned Russia on Tuesday of a robust response if the Kremlin was behind a mysterious illness that has struck down a former double agent convicted of betraying dozens of spies to British intelligence.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 7, 2018
All 39 aboard confirmed killed in crash of Russian military plane at Syria base
A Russian military transport plane crashed in Syria on Tuesday, killing all 39 people on board, Russian officials said, an incident that sharply raised the death toll from the Kremlin's intervention in the Syrian war.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 6, 2018
Ex-Trump aide Corey Lewandowski returning to House panel for more questioning
Corey Lewandowski, who was President Donald Trump's first campaign manager, is set to be interviewed for the second time Thursday by the House Intelligence Committee, according to a House official familiar with the panel's schedule.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2018
Returning to the edge of the nuclear cliff
The U.S. and Russia seem determined to restart a nuclear arms race.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2018
Putin wants modern weapons, not a modern Russia
The Russian president's key speech last week was full of unfunded promises and thinly veiled threats.
WORLD / Politics
Mar 2, 2018
GOP lawmakers say Russians used social media to stir divisions on U.S. energy policy
Russian operatives attempting to discourage U.S. energy production posted thousands of messages on social media supporting environmental activists in their campaign to limit oil and gas projects, a report by Republican lawmakers said on Thursday.
Haneda Airport security staff arrested over theft
Tokyo police have arrested a 21-year-old security inspector at Haneda Airport after he allegedly stole cash from a passenger during a baggage inspection.
Japan's elderly population down at around 36.2 million
The estimated number of people age 65 or older in Japan stands at 36.19 million as of Monday, accounting for record 29.4% of the country's total population, according to the internal affairs ministry.
SDF spots China’s biggest aircraft carrier for first time
The Fujian aircraft carrier is seen in Shanghai in May 2024 as it leaves for its first sea trial.
White House threatens broad crackdown on liberal groups
FBI Director Kash Patel (right) listens to senior White House adviser Stephen Miller speak in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.
Why more hotels in Japan are offering room-only service
Nipponia Hotel Ise Kawasaki Merchant Town in Ise, Mie Prefecture
Pole vault rivals in awe after Duplantis has another historic night in Tokyo
Sweden's Armand Duplantis competes in the men's pole fault final during the World Athletics Championships at National Stadium in Tokyo on Monday.
Japan's major art events converge this fall
Shinji Ohmaki’s “Tokinokage” exhibited at Fuji Textile Week 2021 shows the use of fabric as art.
Tara Davis-Woodhall leaps to gold and finds redemption at world championships
Tara Davis-Woodhall celebrates after winning the women's long jump final at the World Athletics Championships at Tokyo's National Stadium on Sunday night.
An aesthetic escape to Hakone’s art-drenched hills
Between traditional examples of fine art and sleek, modern exhibitions that blend with nature, Hakone offers a unique escape from Tokyo's urban sprawl.
Niinami’s ouster quick but not unusual as corporations protect reputation
Takeshi Niinami resigns as chairman and CEO of Suntory Holdings.

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