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RUSSIA

Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 1, 2023
Japanese journalist injured in Russian missile attack on Kyiv
A man with the Asahi Shimbun daily is believed to be the first Japanese journalist injured in Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2022
In battered Ukrainian city, the latest battle is against winter
On the heels of Russian occupation in the spring and summer and Ukrainian liberation in the fall, emergency crews in Lyman are slowly getting reacquainted with a radically different city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2022
Shielded by Russia and China, Myanmar junta turn more brutal
The two countries have become significantly important to the junta as Western sanctions hurt the country's finances.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2022
Three years in, COVID's true death toll still elusive
The difference between the official and real figures could diverge even further next year, with modeling predicting more than a million deaths in China.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Dec 31, 2022
Xi and Putin meet again, two strongmen in a weak moment
Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in February, Putin has been isolated and highly dependent on China to maintain a semblance of diplomatic and financial stability.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2022
Moscow on the Med: A faraway war transforms a Turkish resort town
Tens of thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have settled in Antalya, on Turkey's southern coast, hoping to avoid the fallout of Russia's war in Ukraine and start new lives.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2022
Putin and Xi hold talks as Russia struggles with war in Ukraine
Their end-of-year video call, the first talks since Xi and Putin met in person in Uzbekistan in September, underscores Moscow's deepening dependence on Beijing.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Dec 30, 2022
A year of war and intensifying competition
It would be right to say 2022 was a year in which violence — from the assassination of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to the war in Ukraine — dominated public discourse.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 30, 2022
Japan insurers to continue marine war coverage near Russia after government steps in
The insurers changed tack after warning policyholders last week of a halt to the insurance coverage from the start of 2023.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 30, 2022
Sirens wail in Kyiv as city hit by Russian drone attack
Waves of Russian air strikes in recent months targeting energy infrastructure have left millions of people without power and heating in often freezing temperatures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Dec 30, 2022
Consumed by the fog of ‘waronomics’
Owing to the fallout from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, many governments today are acting as if they are also at war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2022
Are Putin and Xi in decline? Populism and autocracy still have deep resources.
Liberal democracy is still imperiled, despite all the recent cheerfulness from enemies of authoritarianism.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 29, 2022
U.K.-Japan relations grow stronger amid these trying times
U.K. and Japanese relations grow stronger amid trying times marred by war and rising inflation.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 29, 2022
Putin's gift to allies spark 'Lord of the Rings' jokes
During a summit that took place in St. Petersburg, the leaders of eight post-Soviet states received golden rings that showcase the emblem of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / The Year Ahead
Dec 29, 2022
Dissecting the ties between war and populism
Russia may no longer be the totalitarian society that Nikita Khrushchev ruled six decades ago, but totalitarianism seemingly remains in its DNA.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 28, 2022
Images of 2022: World news
One event stood over all else this year: Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The conflict ushered in rapid shifts on defense, energy and business.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 28, 2022
Japan asks insurers to retain marine war cover for LNG shippers in Russian waters
The Financial Services Agency and Agency for Natural Resources and Energy made the rare request in a joint letter to the country's general insurance association.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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