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RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR

Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2022
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny calls Putin insane and urges anti-war protests
Navalny called for protests across the country and abroad to signal that not all Russians support the war and show solidarity with the thousands detained in anti-war protests in Russia.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2022
Kishida announces that Japan will accept Ukrainian refugees at an early date
Around 660,000 refugees had fled Ukraine to neighboring countries in the six days since Russian soldiers invaded the country, according to the UNHCR.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2022
Russia’s first victim of sanctions is Sberbank’s Europe business
Europe is carving up Sberbank of Russia PJSC's business in the region after sanctions sparked by President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine prompted a run on its local deposits.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 2, 2022
Toyota to suspend Russian car production, vehicle imports
While Western companies have spurned Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, the response of many Japanese firms has been more muted.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2022
What did Xi know about Ukraine, and when did he know?
Putin's declaration of military action was timed to begin just after the closing ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. Was the Russian leader's “restraint” a way of showing respect?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2022
As world rebukes Russia, India tries to stay above the fray
India has been subtle in its moves, playing a constant balancing act between Russia and the United States as it needs both countries to contain China.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2022
Japan scrambles fighters as suspected Russian military helicopter enters Hokkaido airspace
The Defense Ministry said Russia's increased military activity in the sea and airspace around Japan is a cause for concern amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2022
Ukraine faces more brutal form of war as Russia regroups
After early failures, officials from the U.S. and allied nations expect more indiscriminate tactics as Russian forces seek to suppress resistance.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 2, 2022
What happened to Russia's Air Force? U.S. officials and experts are stumped.
The first six days of Russia's assault on Ukraine have confounded expectations and seen Moscow act far more delicately with its air power.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 2, 2022
Dozens volunteer to fight for Ukraine in pacifist Japan
As of Tuesday, 70 Japanese men — including 50 former members of the Self-Defense Forces and two veterans of the French Foreign Legion — had applied to be volunteers, the report said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2022
The solution to the Ukraine crisis lies in Asia
Sanctions and embargoes from the West against Russia over the Ukraine invasion will count for nothing if they are offset by business as usual in Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 2, 2022
Beijing's stance on Ukraine is its latest strategic blunder
The Great Game of the 21st Century may still end up pitting Moscow against Beijing in a region historically seen as Russia's soft underbelly.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 2, 2022
U.S. stands firm behind commitment to Taiwan, delegation says
Taiwan's government is juggling competing high-profile visits from the U.S. in a busy week of diplomacy as former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives.
Japan Times
SUMO / INSIDE SUMO
Mar 2, 2022
Meet sumo's globe-trotting ambassador
Watts has been a prominent figure in sumo for over 30 years and since the 1990s has been a mainstay at World Championships, where she undertakes numerous roles.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 2, 2022
Unity in a foreign policy crisis, but questions still to be answered
U.S. President Joe Biden emphasized allies' resolve in his State of the Union address, but acknowledged Russia may not be deterred from further efforts to reconstitute the Soviet bloc.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 2, 2022
Exxon to leave Russia as Ukraine war pressures energy giants
As pressure grows on global energy giants to respond decisively to the invasion of Ukraine, Exxon Mobil Corp. has said it would join key rivals in exiting Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 2, 2022
In State of the Union, Biden says Putin ‘badly miscalculated’ with Ukraine invasion
The U.S. president assailed the Russian leader as a 'dictator” and warned that the war will leave his country weaker.
Japan's elderly population grows to record 36.25 million
The proportion of people aged 65 and over has risen since the 1950s and is expected to hit 34.8% by 2040, when the second baby boomers (born 1971-1974) will join that group.
'Shogun' becomes first non-English-language winner of best drama Emmy
Japanese actress Anna Sawai, winner of the outstanding lead actress in a drama series award for "Shogun," and Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada, winner of the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for the show, pose in the press room during the 76th Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Japan jumps to No. 2, from sixth place, in Best Countries index
Pedestrians cross an intersection in the Shibuya district of Tokyo. Japan has experienced a postpandemic travel boom, with tourists pouring back in after restrictions closed the country’s borders to travelers.
South Korea is facing deepfake porn crisis
Activists hold up symbolic eye masks during a protest against deepfake porn in Seoul on Aug. 30.
Second assassination attempt on Trump is latest jolt in chaotic campaign
U.S. Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of a Ryan Routh, a suspect in an alleged assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump, in Greensboro, North Carolina, on Sunday.
‘Shogun’ and the painstaking art of ‘getting it right’
Hiroyuki Sanada and the cast and crew of "Shogun" accept the award for best drama series at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
Japan’s schools battle to keep kids cool, with or without AC
Students sit under a misting system during recess at Hikarigaoka Haru no Kaze Elementary School in Nerima Ward, Tokyo, on Sept. 6.
Chris Broad's new bar puts cocktails first, YouTube second
A self-proclaimed lover of great cocktails, YouTuber Chris Broad says his new Shibuya watering hole is more a place to get yourself a solid drink than it is anything related to his social media career.
In LDP presidential poll, three kingmakers hold all the cards
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo in January as former Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga (left) looks on.
How China’s dominance of solar and batteries is impacting Japan’s energy transition
Solar panels and wind turbines at a power plant in Hami in China's Xinjiang region. The U.S. and other countries have described China’s actions against Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region, a key cog in the cleantech supply chain, as a genocidal campaign aimed at erasing an entire culture.

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