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WORLD / Politics
Jun 10, 2014
Sides battle for Ukraine-Russia border
Ukrainian border guards stand grim-faced and nervous at the remote Marynivka checkpoint on the frontier with Russia, fearing an attack by pro-Moscow separatists at any time.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 9, 2014
As talks kick off, Ukrainian leader says violence must end this week
New Ukrainian leader Petro Poroshenko said the violence that has rocked the former Soviet republic's easternmost regions must end this week as peace talks began involving an envoy of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 7, 2014
Putin meets with Ukraine president-elect at French D-Day event
The leaders of Russia and Ukraine held their first talks Friday since Moscow annexed Crimea, airing ways to end their four-month conflict in a brief encounter during commemorations in France of the World War II D-Day landings.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 6, 2014
As Ukraine moves on rebel stronghold, residents live with sound of shelling
Only one of the Ukrainian Army checkpoints encircling the separatist stronghold of Slovyansk, where a military operation was in its third day on Thursday, was letting traffic through — most on its way out.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 4, 2014
Truth is lost as eastern Ukraine unravels further
Stepping over shrapnel in a leafy park in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk, pro-Russian rebel leader Vasily Nikitin gives his version of what happened in the few seconds of violence that killed eight people in broad daylight.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2014
Managers in China stoking labor activism
Behind China's biggest strike in decades last month was a new player in Chinese labor activism: management.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 29, 2014
Putin builds new economic union on ashes of Soviet empire
It won't exactly mean going back to the USSR, but Vladimir Putin is laying the foundations of a huge trading bloc which opponents see as an attempt to re-create at least part of the lost Soviet empire.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 28, 2014
Ferocious clashes in Ukraine increase risk for Putin
An army assault on pro-Russian rebels in east Ukraine will not have taken Vladimir Putin by surprise, but the ferocity of the clashes may have — and could be a game-changer if they spin out of control.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2014
EU official says Ukraine-Russia gas row talks make some progress
Europe's energy commissioner said Monday Ukraine and Russia have made further progress in a dispute over gas prices and his proposal that Ukraine pay $2 billion of back debt by Thursday could pave the way for further talks Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 24, 2014
Kiev pins hopes on oligarch's fighters in battle against eastern separatists
Ukrainian self-defense fighters who clashed with armed pro-Russian separatists on Friday are at the forefront of Kiev's efforts to prevent the country from splitting.
WORLD / Politics
May 21, 2014
Russia turns fire on dual citizens
Parliament approved legislation on Tuesday requiring Russians to declare dual citizenship or face criminal prosecution after President Vladimir Putin endorsed the measure as part of a more nationalist course taken since his annexation of Crimea.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 20, 2014
Kiev's election plans falter in east
From a cramped office in residential Donetsk, election officials Sunday frantically worked to prepare for next Sunday's Ukraine presidential poll, despite what they described as intimidation and threats from pro-Russian separatists.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 20, 2014
China slams U.S. charges over hacking, data theft
The United States on Monday charged five Chinese military officers and accused them of hacking into American nuclear, metal and solar companies to steal trade secrets, ratcheting up tensions between the two world powers over cyberespionage.
JAPAN
May 17, 2014
Why Kansai's corporate captains are trumpeting TPP
Several years ago, at the Kansai Economic Seminar, an annual snoozefest of pompous platitudes and pretentious, paternalistic pontificating by the old men who run Kansai's major corporations, one senior leader called for entering the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 15, 2014
Ukraine begins peace talks without separatists
European-backed peace talks on ending Ukraine's crisis began with little promise Wednesday when pro-Russian insurgents — who weren't even invited to the session — demanded that the Kiev government recognize their sovereignty.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 14, 2014
Kiev forces suffer heaviest losses yet as separatists ambush, kill troops
Pro-Russian separatists ambushed Ukrainian troops on Tuesday, killing seven, in the heaviest loss of life for government forces in a single clash since Kiev sent soldiers to put down a rebellion in the country's east.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 13, 2014
Ukrainian security forces riven by mistrust
The two men crouched in the shade of a tree. The ballot papers they were accused of forging lay on the front of their Russian-made Moskvich car, stopped and searched by Ukrainian soldiers on the outskirts of the port city of Mariupol, in the country's rebel southeast.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2014
EU moves cautiously to raise pressure on Russia over Ukraine crisis
The European Union is set to step up pressure on Russia on Monday by taking a first cautious step toward extending sanctions on companies, as well as people, linked to Moscow's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 12, 2014
Pro-Russian rebels declare victory in east Ukraine vote on self-rule
Pro-Moscow rebels declared a resounding victory in a referendum on self-rule for eastern Ukraine, with some saying that meant independence and others eventual union with Russia as fighting flared in a conflict increasingly out of control.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 11, 2014
East Ukraine referendum raises fears of dismemberment
Rebels pressed ahead with a referendum on self-rule in east Ukraine on Sunday and fighting flared anew in a conflict that has raised fears of civil war and pitched Russia and the West into their worst crisis since the Cold War.
Tokyo hit by torrential rainfall at rush hour
People line up at Shibuya Station in Tokyo as they try to avoid the heavy rain on Thursday.
Foreign drivers in Japan to face tougher license conversion rules from October
According to the National Police Agency, there were 75,905 people who converted their foreign driver’s license to a Japanese one in 2024, up from 48,885 in 2019.
Nissan clinches $4.5 billion bond deal after orders soar
Nissan Motor has raised $4.5 billion through a junk bond sale in U.S. dollars and euros, part of which carries a record-high coupon rate.
Chinese fighters came within 30 meters of Japanese spy aircraft, Tokyo says
A Chinese JH-7 fighter jet makes an near an Air Self-Defense Force YS-11EB surveillance aircraft over the East China Sea this week in this image released Thursday.
What Japanese politics could look like after Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who heads the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (center) waves to attendees as he departs after delivering a campaign speech in Yokohama on Sunday.
New IG Arena set to dial down temperature at Nagoya Basho, in a good way
With IG Arena getting glowing early reviews as the Nagoya Basho’s replacement venue, it may be a while before fans wax nostalgic about the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium.
Once a niche, anime is now mainstream content for Netflix and other streaming services
Though Netflix remains the dominant choice globally for anime viewers, Amazon Prime Video has also invested heavily in anime, steadily adding titles to their catalogue.
NGOs condemn rise in anti-immigrant rhetoric ahead of Upper House vote
Sanseito head Sohei Kamiya holds a board that reads "Japanese First" in Tokyo on July 2. In a joint statement on Tuesday, eight human rights nongovernmental organizations described the far-right party's stance as "hate speech."
Japanese dancers find a home abroad at Houston Ballet
“Giselle” lead Yuriko Kajiya (center), performing with Connor Walsh as Albrecht, is one of six Japanese dancers at Houston Ballet.
From the Abes to the Ohtanis: How siblings shape athletic development
Olympic judoka Uta Abe (second from left) and Hifumi Abe (second from right) with their brother Yuichiro (center) and their parents. “I’m always consciously trying to be a good older brother,” Yuichiro said.

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