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RUSSIA UKRAINE WAR

Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 23, 2023
France and Germany seek to relaunch ties despite Ukraine strains
With pressure growing to supply Ukraine with highly regarded German Leopard tanks, Chancellor Olaf Scholz stopped short of any pledge, instead insisting all allies must work together.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Jan 23, 2023
Sakhalin reliance leaves Japan out of step with G7 despite holding presidency
Sakhalin-1 and Sakhalin-2 in Russia's Far East are an anomaly in Tokyo's otherwise lockstep efforts with allies to reduce dependency on Moscow's hydrocarbons.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 23, 2023
Big Ukraine war lesson: There’s only one superpower
The effort against Russia has illustrated what a world without American power would look like — and what it looks like when America uses its unmatched power well.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 22, 2023
Germany beat Putin’s energy squeeze. But for how long?
Germany is building LNG terminals to help draw more imports as Russian gas is replaced by shipments from Norway and the Netherlands.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 22, 2023
'Not broken by war': Ukraine holds funeral for minister killed in crash
Part of a new generation of Ukrainian politicians, Monastyrsky was the highest-ranking official to die since Russia's invasion began last year.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 22, 2023
Amid mounting frustration with Germany, Ukraine holds out hope it will get tanks
While Germany has not yet made a decision on whether to send Leopard 2s to Ukraine, a Kyiv official said his country’s soldiers would begin training on them.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2023
The NATO alliance is holding strong on Ukraine. But fractures are emerging.
The differences are over strategy for the coming year and the more immediate question of what Ukraine needs in the next few months.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2023
Horror of station massacre hangs heavy over Ukraine's Kramatorsk
Despite widespread silence over the brutal attack — one of the deadliest of the war — it has left an indelible mark on survivors and witnesses.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2023
Western military aid girds Kyiv for counterattacks despite tank deadlock
Billions of dollars in new Western military aid, including infantry fighting vehicles, will gird Ukraine for counterattacks, but Kyiv needs other weapons systems to win decisively.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2023
Allies fail to agree on heavy tanks sought by Ukraine
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin also said Ukraine was expected to mount an attack against dug-in Russian troops in the coming weeks.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 21, 2023
Tepco to seek government OK for household rate hike for first time since 2012
If the planned application is approved, the utility is expected to raise the rates by around 30% in or after June, a move that would affect over half of its customer households.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 19, 2023
Europe is winning the winter war by sheer luck
Gas supplies are ample even if cold weather returns in force. The bad news is that it means climate change is still happening.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jan 19, 2023
Thieves in Japan target Toyota Prius hybrids for platinum and palladium
There were 173 thefts of mufflers or catalytic converters in Chiba Prefecture last year, 16 times more than in 2021, according to local police.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 19, 2023
At wartime Davos forum, calls for European unity are eased by relief
“Our energy supply for this winter is secure,” Germany’s chancellor declared as government and business leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 19, 2023
Ukrainian interior minister killed in helicopter crash
The crash set off a large fire, and an entire side of the local nursery building was charred. The Kyiv region's governor said children had been in the nursery at the time of the crash.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2023
Pentagon sends U.S. arms stored in Israel to Ukraine
The Pentagon is tapping into a vast but little-known stockpile of American ammunition in Israel to help meet Ukraine’s dire need for artillery shells in the war with Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 18, 2023
Boris Pistorius to be new German defense minister amid momentous change
The appointment follows the resignation of Christine Lambrecht at a crucial time for the ministry, with Germany under intense pressure to send battle tanks to Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 17, 2023
German defense minister quits at crunch moment for Ukraine aid
Christine Lambrecht resigned on Monday after months of heavy criticism over Berlin's stuttering response to the war in Ukraine as well as a series of gaffes.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jan 17, 2023
Russia and Belarus flags banned at Australian Open after Ukraine protest
The red, white and blue stripes of Russia were seen Monday during a first-round clash between Ukraine's Kateryna Baindl and Russia's Kamilla Rakhimova on Day 1.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 17, 2023
Ukraine missile toll rises to 40 as Russia denies attack
Emergency services gave the new toll specifying that three children were among those dead, and that 29 people were still unaccounted for.

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