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UKRAINE

Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 24, 2022
Defiant Ukraine marks Independence Day six months after invasion
Independence Day, which falls six months since Russia's Feb. 24 invasion, has this year taken on hallowed significance for Ukrainians determined not to fall back under Moscow's yoke.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2022
U.N. rights office 'very concerned' about planned trials of Ukrainian POWs
Russian-backed authorities appear to be installing metal cages in a hall in Mariupol as part of plans to establish what they were calling an 'international tribunal,' the U.N. said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 23, 2022
Discouraging dissent makes for bad decision-making
Neither the Russian nor Chinese leadership encourage dissent or even invite challenges, which according to real-world experience suggests a virtual guarantee they will experience failure in their decision-making.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 23, 2022
The Dugins: Media-savvy far-right Russian prophets
Alexander Dugin gained prominence in the 1990s in the intellectual chaos that followed the break-up of the Soviet Union.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2022
Russian security service accuses Ukraine of killing Alexander Dugin's daughter
The Federal Security Service said the attack was carried out by a Ukrainian woman born in 1979 who had arrived in Russia in July and spent a month preparing the attack.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 22, 2022
After six months of war, what's next for Ukraine?
The conflict has turned into a grinding campaign of daily air strikes and battles with no clear endgame in sight.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2022
Russia’s war in Ukraine has echoes of the Soviet Union’s end
Empires like Russia — especially the biggest ones — don't end quickly or peacefully.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Aug 21, 2022
Oleksandr Usyk targets Tyson Fury after win over Anthony Joshua
The pressure was on both former Olympic champions, with one representing a country fighting for its existence after a Russian invasion, while the other was battling for his boxing future.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2022
Russian crops and fertilizer must move 'unimpeded,' U.N. chief says
Guterres traveled this week to Ukraine, where he met the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey, Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in the western city of Lviv on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 21, 2022
Zelenskyy warns of 'ugly' Russian attack ahead of Ukraine Independence Day celebrations
'We must all be aware that this week Russia could try to do something particularly ugly, something particularly vicious,' the Ukrainian president said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2022
Odesa is defiant. It’s also Putin’s ultimate target.
Odesa, grain port to the world, city of creative mingling, scarred metropolis steeped in Jewish history, is the big prize in the war and a personal obsession for Putin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 20, 2022
Putin to allow inspectors to visit Russian-occupied nuclear plant
The French president's office said Moscow had 'reconsidered' a demand that the International Atomic Energy Agency travel through Russia to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear site.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 19, 2022
U.N. chief seeks to secure Ukraine nuclear plant and explore peace talks
Antonio Guterres said he is gravely concerned by circumstances at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and called for military equipment and personnel to be withdrawn.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 17, 2022
Ukraine strikes again in Crimea, challenging Russian hold on peninsula
Ukrainian attacks in Crimea represent a growing challenge to Putin, with the peninsula's security key to Russia's military effort — and to Putin's political standing at home.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 17, 2022
U.N. action to isolate Russia wanes almost six months into Ukraine war
'As the war has dragged on, it has become harder to find meaningful ways to penalize Russia,' said Richard Gowan, U.N. director at the independent International Crisis Group.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 16, 2022
Net-zero and Russia war drive nascent hydrogen economy
Green hydrogen is in sharp focus as governments seek to slash carbon emissions amid record-high temperatures and to safeguard energy supplies hit by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 16, 2022
Renewed Ukraine grain exports helping lower food prices, World Bank economist says
The World Bank does not expect food prices to increase for the rest of the year, the organization's senior agriculture economist said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 15, 2022
Ukraine counters in the south as Russia pounds Donetsk region
Kyiv has said for weeks it is planning a counteroffensive to recapture Zaporizhzhia and neighboring Kherson province, the largest part of the territory Russia has seized.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 14, 2022
With new weaponry, Ukraine is subtly shifting its war strategy
Despite massive losses, Russia still holds an advantage over Ukraine in a head-to-head fighting, but Ukraine is waging the war on its own terms.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 14, 2022
Dark thoughts haunt Ukrainians in shadow of nuclear crisis
Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya power plant — Europe's biggest — has been on the front line since it was captured by Russia in March.
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.
Trump announces new tariff rate on Japan — and extension of deadline to Aug. 1
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt holds a trade letter sent by the White House to Japan during a news conference at the White House in Washington on Monday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A tiny mountain hamlet keeps traditional log rafting afloat
Once a way to transport lumber from the mountains to the coast, log rafting is now Kitayama's biggest attraction.
A furever friend: Tips for responsible dog ownership in Japan
Dog ownership may seem daunting in Japan, but with the right tools and logistical knowledge, you can ensure a healthy, happy life for your pet.

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