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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 15, 2023
Russia and a return to Soviet-style central planning
With Russia's economy crumbling, some of the country's leading economists are advocating for a return to Soviet-style central planning.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 15, 2023
Russian strikes hit targets across Ukraine, leaving at least 14 dead in Dnipro
Rescue teams toiled through the night in freezing temperatures in the aftermath of the Dnipro attack, with officials saying people were still alive underneath the massive pile of wreckage.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 15, 2023
Britain says it will give Ukraine tanks, breaching a Western restriction
The U.K.'s Challenger 2 will be the first Western-made battle tank to be sent to Ukraine since Russia invaded last February.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2023
Russian missiles strike vital infrastructure in Kyiv and Kharkiv
A series of blasts were heard in Kyiv before the air raid siren even sounded, which is highly unusual.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Jan 14, 2023
Russia may hike taxes as military spending and oil price weigh on budget
Russia is becoming too dependent on oil revenues to support its budget as it ramps up military spending, economists said, warning that the government may have to raise taxes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2023
How Western goods reach Russia: a long line of trucks through Georgia
With Western sanctions barring many imports, a lot of what Russia needs now travels a slow, crowded truck route through the Caucasus Mountains from Georgia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2023
Russia claims capture of Ukraine's Soledar, but Kyiv says still fighting
The capture of the town has taken on an outsized importance as it would, if confirmed, give Moscow a trophy for one of the bloodiest campaigns of the war following major setbacks.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 13, 2023
Japan to provide $95 million to help Ukraine rebuild
Tokyo will provide the funds through the U.N. Development Program to help rebuild the country's key infrastructure destroyed by Russian attacks, the Ukrainian government has said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 13, 2023
Ukraine says forces are holding out as 500 civilians remain trapped Soledar
Russia's ultranationalist contract militia Wagner Group, run by an ally of President Vladimir Putin, claimed to have taken the town after intense fighting.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 12, 2023
As Ukraine battlefields freeze, don’t expect the big offensive yet
Military analysts say that while the shift from muddy to frozen terrain is important, it's just one of many factors commanders would consider before risking a major new assault.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 12, 2023
Fate of Ukraine's Soledar uncertain as Wagner claims control
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said fighting was still raging in the key eastern city.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 11, 2023
Thanks for the tanks, but send Ukraine Abrams and Leopards too
Western angst about deploying “offensive” weapons is misplaced. Ukraine's entire struggle is self-defense. They need the weapons.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2023
'A person has a limit': Elderly languish in war-hit east Ukraine
Those who stay cite various reasons for doing so: from simple defiance to the need to care for sick relatives — or just a lack of better options.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Jan 11, 2023
In Ukraine, a young gymnast's Olympic dreams hit by war
Anytime she goes to bomb shelter, she has to warm up all over again, leaving less time to actually improve.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2023
Russia's Wagner mercenaries battle Ukrainian resistance in Soledar's town center
Soledar has been the focus of intense fighting as Russia has viewed it as key to its campaign for the nearby strategic city of Bakhmut and Ukraine's larger eastern Donbas region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 10, 2023
Ukraine fights Russian assault on salt mining town along eastern front
Russia has stepped up a powerful assault on Soledar in eastern Ukraine, officials in Kyiv said, forcing Ukrainian troops to repel waves of attacks led by the Wagner contract militia.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 9, 2023
Putin’s energy gambit fizzles as warm winter saves Europe
Mild weather, a wider array of suppliers and efforts to reduce demand are helping, with gas reserves still nearly full and prices tumbling to prewar levels.
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.
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.
Tokyo releases AI-generated video of Mount Fuji erupting
A screenshot from an AI-generated video showing what could happen to Tokyo if Mount Fuji erupted
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.
Fingers sore from too much phone time? You might have ‘sumaho yubi.’
A catch-all term for tendonitis and arthritis caused by excessive smartphone use, 'sumaho yubi' may be difficult to treat for gadget-crazy Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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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
By Alex K.T. Martin

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