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BELARUS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2020
Russia is using the media to wage war in Belarus. Sound familiar?
Vladimir Putin is trying to convey the impression that he is just a concerned neighbor in the Belarusian crisis.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 26, 2020
Belarus is Putin’s to lose
The Russian president's continued support for the Lukashenko regime risks pushing the country toward the West.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 22, 2020
U.S. No. 2 diplomat to visit Russia and Lithuania to discuss Belarus
The No. 2 U.S. diplomat will visit Russia and Lithuania soon for talks on Belarus, two sources familiar with the matter said Friday, as Washington seeks a peaceful resolution to that country's election crisis that averts Russian intervention.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 14, 2020
Belarusian opposition leader calls for new protests and vote recount
Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Friday asked supporters to sign an online petition demanding a recount of last Sunday's presidential election, in which she believes she was cheated out of victory.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Jul 30, 2020
Belarus says it suspects Russian mercenaries of violent plot ahead of election
Belarus said it suspected a group of alleged Russian mercenaries of plotting "acts of terrorism" ahead of a presidential election in August and summoned Russia's ambassador on Thursday for an explanation.
WORLD
Jan 22, 2020
Trump administration planning to add seven countries to travel ban list, reports say
The Trump administration is planning to add seven countries — Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania — to its controversial travel ban list, according to media reports on Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Society
May 23, 2019
Belarus reburies over 1,200 Jews unearthed in Nazi-era mass grave
Belarus on Wednesday buried more than 1,200 Jewish Holocaust victims whose remains were unearthed this year after builders stumbled across a Nazi-era mass grave beneath a construction site in a residential area.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Feb 27, 2019
Remains of hundreds of Jews unearthed in Nazi-era mass grave in Belarus
Soldiers in Belarus have unearthed the bones of hundreds of people shot during World War II from a mass grave discovered at the site of a ghetto where Jews lived under the Nazis.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 17, 2019
Thailand deports 'sex seminar' Belarusian model who claimed to have evidence of Trump secrets
A model from Belarus who was arrested during a "sex training seminar" in Thailand and then claimed to have evidence of Russian interference in U.S. President Donald Trump's election was deported on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 31, 2018
Expect 2019 to test global stability
For all the assurances that the world is getting better, there are huge geopolitical challenges to face and master to make that optimism real.
Japan Times
Figure Skating / ICE TIME
Sep 26, 2017
Yuzuru Hanyu's uneven start no cause for concern
The ability of sports to glorify one moment and humble the next was on full display at the Autumn Classic International in Montreal over the weekend.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 28, 2016
Chernobyl's lessons unlearned
No post-Soviet leaders seem to have drawn the right conclusions from the Chernobyl tragedy that took place 30 years ago this week.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 9, 2015
Belarus vote sets stage for Putin duel with EU
For an election deemed unnoticeable by international observers, there will be plenty of global attention when Belarus votes for president on Sunday.
Japan Times
TENNIS / MATCH POINT
Apr 24, 2015
Morita encouraged by play after long layoff
Though Japan lost to Belarus 3-2 in last weekend's Fed Cup tie at Ariake Colosseum, there was some good news to emerge from the event.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Apr 19, 2015
Belarus prevails against Japan in Fed Cup showdown
Former world's No. 1 Victoria Azarenka teamed up with Olga Govortsova to beat Japan's pair of Ayumi Morita and Shuko Aoyama 6-3, 6-4 in the doubles match, giving Belarus a 3-2 triumph in the Fed Cup Group II playoffs on Sunday at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Apr 18, 2015
Japan, Belarus tied after opening day of Fed Cup World Group II playoff
Kurumi Nara won her singles match to cancel out former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka's victory in the opening rubber as Japan and Belarus ended the first day of their Fed Cup World Group II playoff on Saturday tied at 1-1.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
Ruling coalition and DPP strike last-minute deal over economic policy
DPP policy chief Makoto Mahaguchi speaks at the party's policy gathering in Tokyo on Wednesday.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.
Japanese expats in Asia find community through rugby
The Taiwan Fivewoods celebrate their victory at the 2023 Asian Japanese Rugby Cup in December of last year.
In Fukushima, a weekend of prose, poetry and translation
Aomori-based writer JJ Carter presented on tabletop gaming as creative inspiration for building characters and narratives.
For Dr. Nakamats, aging is just experience in action
Though he didn't win the recent gubernatorial election in Tokyo, the 96-year-old Dr. Nakamats' run was seen as inspirational in Japan's aging society.

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