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UKRAINE

Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 4, 2023
Fears of Russian nuclear weapons use have diminished, but could re-emerge
Nearly a year into the war in Ukraine, U.S. policymakers and intelligence analysts have more confidence that they understand at least some of President Vladimir Putin’s red lines.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 4, 2023
Western allies pledge precision rockets and missile systems to Ukraine
The precision rockets and missile systems could help President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his forces retain control of the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 3, 2023
What are the possible endgames in Ukraine war?
Prudent nations would do well to prepare for peace even in the midst of the Ukrainian conflict.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 3, 2023
U.S. supports allowing Russian athletes to compete at 2024 Olympics as neutrals
The IOC's willingness to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes in Paris has divided the sporting and diplomatic world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2023
Soaring death toll gives grim insight into Russian tactics
The slaughter from fighting in and around the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut and the town of Soledar has ballooned what was already a heavy toll.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2023
EU-Ukraine wartime summit to deliver on some issues, disappoint on others
Zelenskyy has called for more punitive measures against Russia by the EU, but new sanctions the bloc is preparing are set to fall short of the Kyiv government's demands.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 3, 2023
Ukraine's new weapon will force a Russian shift
The Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb, will allow Ukraine's military to hit targets at twice the distance reachable by the rockets it now fires.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 2, 2023
Russia advances in eastern Ukraine as strike on apartments kills civilians
Fierce fighting was unabated in eastern Ukraine, where Russian troops are trying to gain ground near the strategic logistics hub of Lyman.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 2, 2023
Latvia vows to boycott Olympics if Russia included
Latvia, which borders Russia, has been a strong supporter of Ukraine together with Baltic neighbors Estonia and Lithuania.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 1, 2023
Russia can’t replace the energy market Putin broke
Russia's European network of gas fields and pipelines developed at a cost of hundreds of billions of dollars has been effectively thrown away due to the war in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 1, 2023
Ukraine to hold EU summit in Kyiv with hope for progress on bloc membership
Ukraine gained EU candidacy status in June last year, several months after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops rolling into the country.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Feb 1, 2023
IOC rejects Russian demand that its athletes compete without restrictions
The debate had intensified since the IOC said last week it was examining a 'pathway' for Russians to compete in Paris.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 31, 2023
Putin’s war in Ukraine pushes ex-Soviet states toward new allies
Officials from ex-Soviet states in central Asia and the Caucasus say the war has prompted their governments to look for ways to reduce dependence on Moscow.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jan 31, 2023
Ukraine's Usyk motivated by boxing and memory of friend lost to war
Usyk said a unification title fight with British fighter Fury could possibly take place 'at the end of April.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 31, 2023
Biden says no F-16s for Ukraine as Russia claims gains
Ukraine had planned to push for Western fourth-generation fighter jets such as the F-16 after securing supplies of main battle tanks last week.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 31, 2023
IOC rejects 'defamatory' criticism from Ukraine
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak described the body as promoting 'violence, mass murders, destruction' with its comments on possibly Russian participation.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 30, 2023
The assassinated are the peacemakers
Just as the Ukraine war carries a high price, so would peace with Russia — not least for whomever negotiates it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2023
At Ukraine front, embattled Bakhmut residents desperate for water
The city had been battling to keep water flowing since March, when shelling knocked out a canal that was one of the main sources, along with two wells.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 30, 2023
NATO chief urges South Korea to step up military support for Ukraine
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg is in Seoul, the first stop on a trip that will include Japan and is aimed at strengthening ties with U.S. allies.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jan 30, 2023
Putin plans new Ukraine push despite losses as he prepares for years of war
The renewed offensive may start as soon as February or March, people close to the Kremlin have said.
Japan stands its ground after Trump letter delivers 25% U.S. tariff shock
U.S. President Donald Trump (left) and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick at Morristown Airport, New Jersey, on Sunday. Trump on Monday sent letters to 12 countries notifying them of new "reciprocal" tariff rates effective Aug. 1.
Japan to set up 'control tower' for crimes by foreign residents
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Tuesday.
China’s housing crisis is worse than it seems
Residential buildings under construction in Shanghai in July 2022. The Chinese government risks long-term decline by repeating Japan’s policy mistakes in handling its real estate and demographic crises.
Over 800 people found to be involved in TOEIC cheating scheme
An English conversation test paper and bubble answer sheet. A Chinese graduate student from Kyoto University is suspected of having attempted to use a small microphone under a mask to tell other takers of a popular English-language proficiency test the correct answers.
Japan braces for more quakes as authorities dismiss doomsday hype
Evacuees from Akuseki Island, located in the Tokara island chain in Kagoshima Prefecuture, arrive at Kagoshima Port on Friday.
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.
Foreign nationals' presence in Japan emerges as key issue in Upper House poll
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba delivers a campaign speech next to a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the Upper House (top center left) in Yokohama on Sunday.
Scams involving police impersonation surge
A video by the National Police Agency warns about fake scams.
Lawson to let visitors use larger parking lots as paid car campsites
A Lawson convenience store in Yachiyo, Chiba Prefecture. A new service from the company comes amid the rise in inbound tourists, making hotels and inns harder to book and more expensive.
The future is bright inside the visionary mind of architect Sou Fujimoto
The exhibition of Fujimoto’s architecture surveys his career to date, as well as looks ahead as shown in his proposal of a future floating city designed in collaboration with data scientist Hiroaki Miyata.

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