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RUSSIA

COMMENTARY / World
Dec 16, 2013
Putin's display of a Peronist persona
After nearly 14 years in power, perhaps the best comparative description of Russian President Vladimir Putin may be a transgender cross between the former Argentine leader Juan Peron and his legendary wife, Evita
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 16, 2013
Two U.S. senators vow support in Ukraine
A showdown between Russia on one side and the United States and the European Union on the other drew closer Sunday, as two American senators told a crowd of hundreds of thousands of protesters that Ukraine's future lies to the west, not east.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 13, 2013
In Ukraine, skepticism greets new vow on European Union
The European Union's top diplomat told reporters in Brussels on Thursday that Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych had "made it clear to me that he intends to sign" a trade agreement with the bloc. But protesters weren't buying it and spent the day bolstering the five formidable barricades of snow and...
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 11, 2013
Putin hand-picks loyalist to head new press agency
President Vladimir Putin tightened his grip on Russia's news media by abolishing the RIA Novosti wire service and handing control of its successor to a controversial television anchor.
WORLD / Politics
Dec 9, 2013
Ukraine throngs now demand systemic change
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians filled the streets of Kiev on Sunday — no longer focused solely on a trade agreement with the European Union, but now also looking to recast their country's frayed and corrupt political system.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 4, 2013
Russian deals handcuff U.S. on Ukraine
As Ukraine turns away from closer relations with the European Union and further into the embrace of Russia, the Obama administration is saying little about it or the resulting street protests for fear of provoking a fracture with the Kremlin.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 3, 2013
Eurasian nations pressured by Putin's Russia
Ten years after Mikheil Saakashvili, then a 35-year-old U.S.-trained lawyer, led a march on the parliament of Georgia that overturned a corrupt regime and inaugurated a liberal democratic surge in Eurasia, the wave has receded.
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 2, 2013
Russia's economic model losing potential for growth
In the absence of genuine political reform in Russia, there will be no end to capital drain and no adequate stimuli for invigorating a massive influx of investment capital.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 29, 2013
Russia wins on Ukraine, but neighbors wary
Russia's success in getting Ukraine to pull back at the last minute from signing an agreement with the European Union obscures a deeper trend: Moscow's relations with its neighbors have been on a downward slope for several years, and they show no signs of improving.
EDITORIALS
Nov 28, 2013
The Ukraine tug of war
Russian President Vladimir Putin has won an important foreign policy victory with the decision by Ukraine to suspend talks on an association agreement with the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 27, 2013
With shift to Russia, ex-leader stays in cell
For many in the United States and Europe, Ukraine's future had been bound up with the fate of a former prime minister with halolike braids who was jailed in an act of political retribution.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 23, 2013
Ukraine puts brakes on historic EU deal
Stuck between Russia and the European Union, and chafing at the need to choose between them, the Ukrainian government faltered Thursday as threats from its big Slavic neighbor mounted.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 15, 2013
Last shipment is sent under U.S.-Russian uranium deal
Take a canister, fill it with down-blended uranium worth $2.5 million, secure it and 39 others to the deck of a container ship, send it off toward Baltimore, and you have nearly completed a deal that provided commercial uses in America for the remains of 20,000 dismantled Russian nuclear bombs.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Nov 12, 2013
Ishii guides Japan volleyball squad to four-set triumph over Russia
Yuki Ishii's match-high 22 points led host Japan to a four-set victory (25-20, 26-28, 25-16, 26-24) over Russia at the World Grand Champions Cup on Tuesday night.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society / FOCUS
Nov 12, 2013
Russian nationalism stokes ethnic strife
When Russians celebrated the Day of National Unity last week, marchers waving imperial flags and shouting racist slogans paraded through cities across the country while ethnic minority citizens and migrants from the former Soviet Union stayed out of sight, better to avoid a beating.
WORLD
Nov 12, 2013
Artist nails his genitals to Red Square
A Russian performance artist nailed his genitals to the ground in Moscow's Red Square to protest Russia's "police state" as the country marked national police day.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 3, 2013
Secret documents reveal how close USSR came to launching nukes in '83
Chilling new evidence that Britain and America came close to provoking the Soviet Union into launching a nuclear attack has emerged in former classified documents written at the height of the Cold War.
JAPAN
Oct 31, 2013
Expectations high for Japan-Russia parley
Obese diabetic mice given an experimental drug designed to mimic a hormone with anti-diabetic effects improved the health of the animals and extended their life span, a study finds.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 29, 2013
Yet another generation imprisoned in Russia
Disaster struck the New York home of a physics teacher and former Soviet dissident after his son, a Greenpeace activist, was jailed a month ago jailed in Murmansk, Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 22, 2013
Russia eyeing NSA-like surveillance
Less than three months after granting asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, Russia is preparing to implement the kind of electronic surveillance that Snowden uncovered in the U.S.
A prophesied disaster (likely) won’t strike Japan this weekend
A viral manga prediction of a July 5 disaster has gripped Japan with anxiety and triggered an economic impact, but experts warn that while such dates are unreliable, the threat of a massive earthquake remains real. 
Magnitude 5.5 earthquake jars Tokara Islands amid flurry of seismic activity
A strong quake struck off the Tokara Islands on Thursday afternoon, with the island chain having recorded around 1,000 earthquakes since a burst of seismic activity first began on June 21.
Japan to require flight passengers to keep power banks within sight
The transport ministry has announced new regulations requiring flight passengers to keep power banks within sight to mitigate fire risks while on board planes.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Residents of Tokara Islands begin evacuation as seismic swarm continues
Details about evacuations from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, is seen written on a whiteboard in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Ghibli’s Isao Takahata exhibit shows how beloved anime is made
“The man who planted Japanese animation” exhibition includes a variety of sketches, drawings and animation cels from Isao Takahata films such as color design for characters by Michiyo Yasuda from "Grave of the Fireflies."
Flag football facing challenges and opportunities ahead
Japan’s women’s flag football team at the 2025 International Bowl in Los Angeles in June. The sport is enjoying continued growth in the country.
From Hokusai’s Great Wave, shinkansen to One Piece: a cultural treasure box for Lego Japan
Michael Ebbesen, general manager of Lego Japan, says Lego bricks based on Japanese culture have a rich global appeal and are sellable around the world.
With farmed fish, RelationFish swims against the tide in fine dining
Chef Hideaki Matsuo (middle) and the staff of Oseto Suisan Fisheries prepare to check on their sustainably farmed fish.
As Southeast Asia heats up, a Japanese cooling giant sees a major opportunity
An employee of Daikin Cambodia explains the use of different tools during an air conditioner installation training session in Phnom Penh. Daikin is one of Japan’s oldest air conditioning companies, but as Japan’s population falls, the firm is keying in on overseas growth.

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