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RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR

Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 3, 2023
Ukraine reports Russian attacks in east and progress in south
Russian accounts of the front line said Moscow's forces had repelled Ukrainian attacks near villages ringing Bakhmut and in areas further south.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jul 2, 2023
Vladimir Putin is weakened — but his system isn’t
Russia’s predatory system of bureaucrats, officers, managers and media personalities won’t object to change at the top — as long as they can count on getting fed.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 2, 2023
'More than words': The Japanese men joining Ukraine's fight
A handful have joined Ukrainians battling the Russian invasion, defying their government's warnings and bucking a decadeslong national principle of pacifism.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Jul 2, 2023
With eye on China, Japan to deepen ties with NATO at key leaders' summit
A NATO office in Tokyo and a new partnership agreement with the alliance are set to top Fumio Kishida’s agenda when he attends next week's summit in Lithuania.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jul 1, 2023
Putin’s bid to reassert Kremlin authority is showing cracks
Infighting spread within the security establishment as the Russian president moved on senior players thought to have supported the 24-hour mutiny by Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 30, 2023
Failed mercenary mutiny exposes Putin’s weakness
After the Wagner mutiny, Vladimir Putin's position is now in question and he no longer knows who he can trust.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2023
Top Russian general Surovikin quizzed over mutiny challenging Putin’s rule
The general is being kept in one place but isn’t in prison, and investigators are treating him cautiously to avoid antagonizing others within the military, according to a source.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2023
Wagner’s exit from Ukraine won’t radically alter the war’s course
Ukraine confirmed on Wednesday that Wagner troops were no longer fighting at the front, replaced by a mix of paratroopers and inexperienced regular troops.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2023
Russians’ support for peace talks with Ukraine grows after unrest, poll shows
The share of respondents backing negotiations increased by eight percentage points to 53% from a month earlier.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2023
Eastern Europe sounds warning on Wagner mercenaries in Belarus
Latvia’s prime minister, Krisjanis Karins, said the presence of Wagner in neighboring Belarus posed an urgent threat of 'infiltration” into the European Union.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 29, 2023
Where did all that Russian gas go?
The war has cut Russia adrift from Europe, its biggest gas export market. So what has Russia — which has the largest reserves in the world — done with all that spare gas?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 29, 2023
Failed Russia mutiny offers China valuable lesson on military missions
The recent mutiny in Russia could make Chinese leader Xi Jinping think twice about launching a war in the Taiwan Strait or elsewhere.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 29, 2023
G7 tells 'Global South' that a just peace requires Russia leaving Ukraine
The gathering took place against the backdrop of an attempted mutiny in Russia but focused on the war in Ukraine and its future.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 29, 2023
Where are Russia's top generals? Rumors swirl after mercenary mutiny
Valery Gerasimov, Russia's top general, has not appeared in public or on state TV since the aborted mutiny. Absent from view too is Gen. Sergei Surovikin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 29, 2023
As Russia teetered, the elite trembled, and some private jets left
Fear triumphed over loyalty among some of Russia's elite as the Wagner mercenary group marched toward Moscow, and now some worry of becoming a target of Vladimir Putin's wrath.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 28, 2023
The return of the warlords
China's collective memory of its own warlords is one reason why the country's leaders are determined to keep military force firmly under the control of the ruling Communist Party.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 28, 2023
Wimbledon braces for Ukraine and Russian cold front
The sporting fallout from the Russia-Ukraine war will likely be on the minds of many amid the tranquil surroundings of the All England Club in London when Wimbledon gets underway on Monday.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
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.

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