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RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2022
Russia, at an impasse with the West, warns it is ready to abandon diplomacy
Hopes faded that negotiators could forge a path toward resolving the security crisis surrounding Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 13, 2022
NATO and Russia talk frankly, but past one another for now
NATO leaders rejected outright Russian demands that the alliance stop enlargement, pull back its forces from member states bordering Russia and guarantee that Ukraine will never join.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 11, 2022
U.S. and Russia still far apart on Ukraine after Geneva talks
Russia and the U.S. gave no sign of narrowing their differences on Ukraine and wider European security in talks, as Moscow repeated demands that Washington says it cannot accept.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 10, 2022
Europe fears economic hit if Russia is sanctioned heavily over Ukraine
European nations also fret that Russia would likely retaliate, possibly even cutting crucial gas supplies to a continent already grappling with record high energy prices.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 9, 2022
U.S. details costs of a Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Biden administration and its allies are developing new possible sanctions ahead of a series of meetings to defuse the crisis with Moscow.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 6, 2022
Britain warns Russia over Ukraine: We're working on high-impact sanctions
Britain warned Moscow on Thursday that it was working with Western partners on high-impact sanctions targeting Russia's financial sector should it invade Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2021
A diplomatic way out in Ukraine
With Russia facing such clear downsides if it opts for war, diplomacy has a reasonable chance of averting conflict.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2021
Tensions flare as Russia's Yamal-Europe gas pipeline reverses flow
Instead of being pumped into European markets, which are facing a winter heating crisis due to sky-high prices, gas has been transported east into Poland and Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 23, 2021
Ukrainians persist in bombed-out front-line village as Russian forces mass
Moscow says it will be forced to act if Western powers do not stop military cooperation with Russia's neighbors.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 22, 2021
'No walkover': Ukraine could extract high price for any Russian attack
Analysts say Ukraine's army is better trained and equipped than in 2014, when Russia captured the Crimean Peninsula without a fight, and highly motivated to defend the country's heartland.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 22, 2021
Putin says Russia has 'nowhere to retreat' over Ukraine
Russia is pressing for an urgent U.S. and NATO reply to proposals it made last week for a binding set of security guarantees from the West.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 21, 2021
U.S. and Britain help Ukraine prepare for potential Russian cyberassault
Russia has attacked Ukraine's power grid in the past, and experts say Moscow might take similar steps as it masses troops along the border.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 19, 2021
Putin’s Ukraine saber-rattling and a last gasp
With Russia's economy faltering, Vladimir Putin may be seeking a military victory to turn around his tanking political fortunes.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 18, 2021
Russia lays out demands for a sweeping new security deal with NATO
The proposal, coming as Moscow masses troops on the border with Ukraine, would establish a Cold War-like security arrangement in Eastern Europe that NATO officials immediately rejected.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 17, 2021
Four ways the U.S. can keep Putin from invading Ukraine
The U.S. should consider disconnecting Russia from the Swift international payment system used by banks around the world, a penalty that helped devastate Iran's economy a decade ago.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 17, 2021
In east Ukraine city, thoughts turn again to war
What started in 2014 with Russia's invasion of Crimea, now seems to be escalating into a wider war, with Ukraine saying 92,000 Russian troops are positioned near its border.
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
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 10, 2021
Biden’s warning to Putin on Ukraine has Indo-Pacific ramifications as well
No one in Japan seems to have pondered the strategic and geopolitical implications that the second Biden-Putin summit meeting may have for the Indo-Pacific region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 9, 2021
Biden says U.S. will not put troops in Ukraine as tensions with Russia ease
Biden said the United States had a moral and legal obligation to defend NATO allies if they are attacked, but that obligation did not extend to Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 8, 2021
Biden is left guessing over Putin’s ultimate aim against Ukraine
The video call between Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin lasted about two hours. It will take months to figure out if the two sides managed to defuse the crisis over Ukraine.
Ishiba delays meeting with Trump, citing legal restrictions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves upon arrival for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, in Callao, Peru, on Friday.
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.
Rising sex tourism exposes loopholes in Japan's anti-prostitution law
While financial misfortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic may have driven some women to work the streets, others simply want more money to spend — or want to pay off their debts — at host clubs.
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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