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UKRAINE

Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2023
No sign of casualties after Russia claims revenge attack on Ukrainian soldiers
A Ukrainian military spokesman called the claim of mass casualties as an attempt by the Russia to show it had responded forcefully to Ukraine's recent strikes on Russian soldiers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan / Perspectives
Jan 9, 2023
Technology remains key to geopolitical success
One of Japan's immediate challenges is to resolve tech supply chain issues and counter China's stranglehold of the world's semiconductor market.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2023
Moscow ends self-proclaimed 36-hour cease-fire
Moscow ends its cease fire. Bombing of regions in eastern Ukraine killed at least two people overnight.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 8, 2023
Frederick the Great’s advice for Ukraine negotiations
Kyiv and Moscow both grasp what the 18th-century King of Prussia understood: Diplomacy without arms is like music without instruments.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 8, 2023
In a Ukraine workshop, the quest to build the perfect grenade
Since Russia's invasion began nearly a year ago, battlefield strategies have focused on dropping munitions from the air.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 7, 2023
Ukrainians mark Orthodox Christmas in Poland with a prayer to return home
Victoria, a Ukrainian refugee, is celebrating Orthodox Christmas in Poland with a simple prayer — that next year she will be back at home.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 7, 2023
'What cease-fire?' Shells fly at Ukraine front despite Putin's truce.
Russian and Ukrainian forces exchanged artillery fire at the front line in Ukraine on Friday, even after Moscow said it had ordered its troops to stop shooting.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2023
Kishida considering visit to Ukraine depending on 'various circumstances'
Kishida also reaffirmed Tokyo's full support for Ukraine in its fight against Russia as Japan assumes the rotating chair of the Group of Seven leading economies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 6, 2023
Russian Muppets or American puppets?
The experience in the 1990s of trying to introduce “Sesame Street” to Russia offers valuable insights into the Russian mind.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2023
Kyiv dismisses Putin's surprise cease-fire order as 'hypocrisy'
The Kremlin said Putin gave the order Thursday for Russian Orthodox Christmas, following an appeal by the patriarch of that church.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 5, 2023
Deadly Ukraine strike reveals Russian tech weakness
While lax mobile phone habits have been blamed for the Makiivka deaths — soldiers may have been texting their loved ones for New Year's.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jan 5, 2023
War in Ukraine highlights importance of cutting-edge technology in conflict
Deployment of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies are key to progress in military conflicts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 4, 2023
Eating the last cannibals
The dangerous new trend among right-wing leaders such as Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump is to openly embrace criminality.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 4, 2023
How pro-Putin operatives in Germany work to turn Berlin against Ukraine
Several million Russian speakers live in Germany, a legacy of Soviet ties to Communist East Germany and decades of German dependency on Russian gas.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 4, 2023
'Not a traitor': The Russians fighting alongside Ukraine's forces
Some of the Freedom of Russia legion's soldiers are fighting in the town of Bakhmut on the eastern front line, the scene of several months of fierce battles.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 4, 2023
Russia blames its soldiers' mobile phone use for deadly missile strike
'This factor allowed the enemy to track and determine the coordinates of the soldiers' location for a missile strike,' Russia's defense ministry said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Jan 4, 2023
United for humanity
Germany's foreign minister argues that there is no other option than to face the next year with a firm sense of confidence that we can drive change to improve people's lives.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2023
How Russia’s war on Ukraine is worsening global starvation
Moscow blocks most shipments from Ukraine, one of the world's largest wheat producers, and its attacks on the country's energy grid also disrupt the flow of food.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 3, 2023
Russian anger grows over strike that killed dozens of troops in Ukraine
In a rare disclosure, Russia's defense ministry said 63 soldiers had died on New Year's Eve in the fiery blast that destroyed a temporary barracks in a former vocational college in Makiivka.
Japan Times
JAPAN / New Year Special 2023
Jan 3, 2023
G7 chair Japan should urge more nations to impose Russian sanctions
Experts call on Tokyo as G7 chair to increase efforts to urge more nations to impose sanctions on Russia and add pressure on Moscow to enter negotiations with Ukraine for a ceasefire.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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