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UKRAINE

Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 7, 2023
Ukraine seeks U.S. cluster bombs to adapt for drone use
Kyiv has urged members of Congress to press the White House to approve sending the weapons but it is by no means certain that the Biden administration will sign off on that.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 6, 2023
Be very wary of the slippery slope of occupation
To condemn Russian colonialism properly, one must be consistent and also condemn other examples, not least Israel’s subjugation of Palestinians in the occupied territories.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 6, 2023
South Korea is exporting billions in arms, just not to Ukraine
Traditional weapons suppliers like the US have faced production shortages in the war effort, and South Korea has stepped in to fill the gap in the global arms market.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 6, 2023
Polish-German tensions expose crack in unified Ukraine front
Quarreling in Warsaw and Berlin over missiles, tanks and spare parts has reached a new level.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 5, 2023
With Ukraine under pressure in Bakhmut, fight becomes a battle over roads
The Ukrainian military acknowledged that soldiers inside the city were encircled on three sides by a combined force of the Russian army and the Wagner private military company.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 4, 2023
The West tried to isolate Russia. It didn’t work.
A year into the war in Ukraine, it’s becoming clearer: While the West’s core coalition remains remarkably solid, it never convinced the rest of the world to isolate Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 4, 2023
Biden and Germany's Olaf Scholz vow to punish Russia for war in Ukraine
Separately, an EU official said any arms provided by China to Russia in its war against Ukraine would trigger sanctions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2023
How Putin's war is poisoning Ukraine's breadbasket
Scientists looking at soil samples taken from the recaptured Ukrainian region of Kharkiv found high concentrations of toxins such as mercury and arsenic from munitions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2023
Ukraine clings to Bakhmut, but time may be running out as Russians advance
Moscow says seizing Bakhmut would open the way to fully controlling the rest of the strategic Donbas industrial region bordering Russia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 1, 2023
A Japan-Europe alliance against Eurasian despotism
If Japan and European nations allow Russia to use force to unilaterally change the status quo in Europe, China would be encouraged to forceful expand its sphere of influence in Asian waters.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 1, 2023
When mob diplomacy rules the day
As the recent Chinese balloon saga showed, public opinion is increasingly in the driver’s seat, and it is steering international relations away from open, honest dialogue.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 1, 2023
Russians intensify assault on Bakhmut as Ukrainian forces try to dig in
One U.S. official predicted few short-term territorial gains for Russia, describing the situation on the front lines of the war as a 'grinding slog.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 28, 2023
Janet Yellen makes surprise visit to Kyiv to reaffirm U.S. economic aid to Ukraine
Yellen met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko and other key government officials just days into the war's second year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 27, 2023
U.S. in pressure campaign to stop China from arming Russia
While Washington has seen no sign Beijing has done so yet, the White House underscored the U.S. message this weekend that China should not cross that red line.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2023
Unity on Ukraine is also unity on peace and justice
With the invasion of Ukraine, all countries must recognize that Russia’s challenge to the post-1945 international order affects them, regardless of their political system or alliance.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2023
Year of conflict in Ukraine has left Europe forever changed
The Ukraine war has transformed the continent more profoundly than any event since the Cold War’s 1989 end.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2023
Tempered in a crucible of violence, Zelenskyy rises to the moment
In much of the world, the Ukrainian leader has become a household name, representing his country's tenacity and underdog victories against Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2023
Macron to visit China as he urges Beijing to push Moscow to end war
The French president said Saturday he would visit China in 'early April' and urged Beijing to help 'put pressure' on Russia to end the war.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 26, 2023
War in Ukraine deepens divide among major economies at G20 gathering
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen urged her counterparts at a summit in India to condemn Russia’s actions, and she defended the cost of supplying aid to Kyiv.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2023
The U.N. Security Council struggled to even agree to hold a minute of silence for Ukraine
The meeting underscored how different nations hew to their own interpretations of the war in Ukraine.
Character-crazed Japan has little appetite for Labubu
A pop-up advertisement for the newly opened Chiikawa Park in Tokyo's Ikebukuro neighborhood demonstrates how the country is chockful of cute characters — to the detriment of trends like Labubu.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
JICA to designate four Japanese cities as 'hometowns' for African nations
The Japanese flag (left) with the flag of the African Union
Man arrested in Kobe stabbing had been staying at hotel near victim’s home
Masashi Tanimoto arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of a woman in Kobe, is sent to prosecutors on Sunday.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Japanese prefectures break with labor ministry on minimum wage
The ministry of labor has suggested a 6% minimum wage increase, but most prefectures reporting so far are opting to go slightly higher.
Are 'coolcations' the answer for Japan's heat-weary tourists?
Hikers on a trail in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture. As extreme heat continues to grip Japan, a tectonic shift may be underway in the nation’s summer tourism scene as more people gravitate toward cooler destinations.
Germany's first sakemaker offers a bold brew of ideas
Reigen, Germany's first sake brewery, makes a diverse, nontraditional range of sake that includes fruit-flavored sips and wine barrel-aged renditions.
Alicia Keys closed Summer Sonic, but J-pop owned it
Summer Sonic’s 2025 lineup demonstrated its strength, showcasing the latest in J-pop, including “new kawaii” act Fruits Zipper.
Is the LDP’s catch-all approach to politics still effective?
Former economic security minister Sanae Takaichi visits Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo on Aug. 15. Political commentator Toru Hashimoto has suggested that Takaichi ought to lead a group of like-minded hawkish politicians out of the Liberal Democratic Party and form their own party.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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Tetsuzo Shiraishi, speaking at The Center of the Tokyo Raids and War Damage, uses a thermos to explain how he experienced the U.S. firebombing of March 1945, when he was just 7 years old.
From ashes to high-rises: A survivor’s account of Tokyo’s postwar past
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