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VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY

Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 26, 2022
Ukraine’s TV comedian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy finds his role as wartime leader
Zelenskyy may be among the least likely wartime leaders the world has known, yet he's winning praise in the role just when his political fortunes had been dwindling.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 26, 2022
Putin's end-game? Split Ukraine and install 'tame' leadership.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine looks designed to take Kyiv and create a land corridor south to the Black Sea, splitting the country into two, military analysts and former officials said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 25, 2022
Missiles hit Kyiv as Ukraine capital girds for Russian assault
Air raid sirens wailed over the capital of 3 million people, where some residents sheltered in underground metro stations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2022
Many Russians feel deep unease over going to war
Going to war is one of Russians' greatest fears, according to an independent pollster.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 15, 2022
Throwaway comments in Ukraine spook money markets made 'twitchy' by talk of war
Confusion reigned Monday when media accounts of what appears to have been a tongue-in-cheek quip by Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy ignited ill-advised selling.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 26, 2022
As West warns of Russian attack, Ukraine sends different message
Some analysts say Ukraine's posture of playing down the threat is to prevent panic, while others say it reflects the country's uneasy acceptance that conflict with Russia is nothing new.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 17, 2021
NATO signals support for Ukraine in face of threat from Russia
While NATO's chief sent Ukraine's president an unmistakable message of support in a meeting, it did not come with commitments of military assistance.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jan 17, 2020
Trump denies knowing Lev Parnas despite photos of them together
President Donald Trump insisted he doesn't know Lev Parnas, a Rudy Giuliani associate who says he helped the president's personal lawyer dig up dirt on Joe Biden in Ukraine, despite multiple pictures of Parnas with Trump and his family.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 10, 2020
Ukraine wants to search Iran plane crash site for missile debris
Ukraine outlined four potential scenarios on Thursday to explain the deadly crash of one of its airliners in Iran, including a missile strike and terrorism, as Iranian investigators said the plane was on fire before it fell to the ground.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2019
Trump asked about Ukraine aid before July Zelenskiy call
New documents show President Donald Trump asked about U.S. military aid to Ukraine a month before the call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that went on to trigger an impeachment investigation.
WORLD / Society
Dec 11, 2019
Putin warns of second Srebrenica massacre if Kyiv doesn't grant amnesty for east Ukraine separatists
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that residents of separatist-held regions of eastern Ukraine could be targeted by government forces if Kiev is granted total control over the border between them and Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 9, 2019
Trump says Rudy Giuliani to report on 'plenty' of findings from Ukraine
President Donald Trump said that his personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, plans to prepare a report for the U.S. Justice Department and Congress about allegations of misconduct the former New York mayor says he uncovered during a recent trip to Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 27, 2019
Mike Pompeo suggests debunked, Trump-pushed Ukraine election meddling theory should be probed
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday suggested that Ukraine should be investigated over allegations that it interfered in the 2016 election, a debunked theory advanced by President Donald Trump that witnesses told the congressional impeachment inquiry was spread by Russian spy agencies.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 26, 2019
U.S. House intelligence chairman says Trump impeachment report due early next month
The chairman of the U.S. congressional committee that is leading the inquiry into President Donald Trump's dealings with Ukraine said on Monday the impeachment process would move to the next step shortly after lawmakers return to Washington next week from a break.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 22, 2019
Trump ex-adviser Fiona Hill calls Ukraine election interference theory 'fictional narrative'
President Donald Trump's former Russia adviser, Fiona Hill, urged lawmakers in the House of Representatives impeachment inquiry on Thursday not to promote "politically driven falsehoods" that cast doubt on Russia's interference in the 2016 U.S. election.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 21, 2019
FBI has contacted Ukraine whistleblower's lawyers in probe
The FBI has contacted lawyers for the whistleblower whose complaint about President Donald Trump's July call with Ukraine's president helped kick-start the House impeachment inquiry.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 21, 2019
Aide claims Mike Pence never discussed Bidens or Ukraine company with Gordon Sondland
Vice President Mike Pence's office, responding to testimony on Wednesday by U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, said the two men had not discussed tying the release of U.S. aid to Ukraine to "potential investigations" during a September trip to Poland.
Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 21, 2019
Zelenskiy unveils restored bridge in conflict-torn eastern Ukraine ahead of peace summit
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday unveiled a rebuilt bridge that was blown up in eastern Ukraine in 2015, among several confidence-building measures before a summit next month meant to end a conflict with Russian-backed separatist forces.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 13, 2019
Russia says Kyiv should extend east Ukraine special status law to 2020
Borys Gryzlov, Russia's envoy to an international working group on the conflict in eastern Ukraine, said on Tuesday that Kyiv should extend until 2020 a policy granting special status to that region, known as Donbass, Interfax news agency reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Nov 12, 2019
Ex-U.S. top diplomat Condoleezza Rice finds shadow diplomacy on Ukraine 'deeply troubling'
Condoleezza Rice, a secretary of state under Republican President George W. Bush, said on Monday reports of an unofficial U.S. policy being carried out in Ukraine were "deeply troubling."
Japan ruling bloc loses majority in Upper House after election drubbing
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, who serves concurrently as president of the Liberal Democratic Party, leaves at the party's headquarters following announcement of Upper House election result projections in Tokyo early Monday.
Polls open for key Upper House election that could shake Japanese politics
People vote during Japan's Upper House election at a polling station in Tokyo on Sunday.
Sunken WWII Japanese warship Teruzuki found off Solomon Islands
The Solomon Islands. A team from the U.S. nonprofit Ocean Exploration Trust has discovered the Imperial Japanese Navy destroyer Teruzuki on the deep seabed off the Solomon Islands as the 80th anniversary of the war's end approaches.
Japan team finds ancient ocean full of squids
The ancient ocean was full of squids, whose population exceeded that of fish or ammonites, a Japanese research team mainly from Hokkaido University has found through a new method using technology.
Voters in Tokyo reflect shifting political views across Japan
Pedestrians walk in front of an election notice board displaying posters of candidates in Tokyo on Sunday.
‘Noto Democracy’ and the slow work of civic change
Yukio Iokibe’s “Noto Democracy" centers on Motoyuki Takii, a former junior high school teacher who publishes a handwritten newspaper every month to encourage the residents of Anamizu, Ishikawa Prefecture, to engage in local politics.
In microbes we trust: Embracing the nature of fermented food
You don't need an oven to make Kenji Morimoto's easy and delicious Miso Sticky Toffee Crepe Cake.
Touring the Silk Road — without leaving Tokyo
One of the entrances to Pao Compound, a nine-story Silk Road-inspired complex in Tokyo's Higashinakano neighborhood
The self as a muse: Leonard Foujita's world in paintings and photos
One of Leonard Foujita’s biggest muses was himself. He painted self-portraits, often with a cat on his side, looking back at the viewer. He posed for photographers throughout his life, the displayed photos showing he retained his signature bowl cut and round glasses.
Japan's rice farmers are confounded by Shinjiro Koizumi’s policies
Kiyoshi Shibata stands in front of one of the rice paddies in Murayama, Yamagata Prefecture, where he produces the prefecture's signature rice brand Tsuyahime.

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