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RUSSIA

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2022
As war rages into its 100th day, Russia now controls a fifth of Ukraine
Though battered, depleted and repulsed from their initial drive to capture the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, Russian troops have used their superior artillery power to make new gains.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 2, 2022
Europe eyes common subsea wind power grid to bolster energy security
An idea being looked at are offshore grids, with new wind farms connected to hubs, or energy islands, and linked by interconnecting power cables.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2022
Europe’s Russian oil ban could mean a new world order for energy
In effect, Europe is trading one unpredictable oil supplier — Russia — for unstable exporters in the Middle East.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2022
As food shortages loom, a race to free Ukraine’s stranded grain
The Lithuania route appears to be the most promising for getting food quickly to areas like the Middle East and Africa that need Ukrainian grain the most, even if it is also a long shot.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2022
The U.S. is sending advanced weapons to Ukraine. But conditions apply.
There is no question that the decision to give Ukraine the weapons they have requested for weeks marked a major escalation in the kind of military aid that Washington is providing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2022
Pandemic and Ukraine war threaten clean energy gains for world's poorest
The impact of the pandemic on incomes has made basic energy services unaffordable for nearly 90 million people in Asia and Africa, according to international organizations.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2022
Putin thinks his biggest ally in Ukraine is time
For Ukraine, still outgunned and economically devastated, a key risk lies in the durability of the lifeline of fiscal and military support from abroad.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Jun 1, 2022
Indian private refiners profit from cheap Russian crude as state refiners suffer
Private refiners have helped drive total Indian fuel exports 15% higher in the first five months of 2022 compared with the same period in 2021.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 1, 2022
Japan’s experience rebuilding can help Ukraine, Tokyo's envoy says
Ukraine has estimated direct losses from the war totaling at least $650 billion, with the indirect cost being as much as $1 trillion.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2022
‘The killings didn’t stop’: In Mali, a massacre with a Russian footprint
Witnesses and analysts say the death toll was between 300 and 400 by their most conservative estimates, with most of the victims civilians.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2022
The decline and fall of 'Davos Man'
The Ukraine invasion loomed large at this year's annual World Economic Forum, where political and business leaders once gathered to celebrate globalization and pursue more of it.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2022
With 100 million refugees, the migrant crisis has barely begun
War and famine will make millions more take flight. And then comes climate change. How will the world cope?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2022
How the world is paying for Putin's war in Ukraine
Russia is being propelled by a flood of cash that could average $800 million a day this year — and that's just what the commodity superpower is raking in from oil and gas.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2022
Russian yachts and money going where U.S. influence has waned
Turkey, Israel and the UAE have emerged as magnets for Russia's wealthy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2022
Global fuel supplies vulnerable as refiners struggle with closures, cutbacks and war
With capacity shrunk by the pandemic and demand rebounding, the strain could persist for years and keep prices elevated.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 1, 2022
Biden agrees to provide Ukraine with longer range missiles
The U.S. is providing Ukraine with high mobility artillery rocket systems after Ukraine gave 'assurances' they will not use the missiles to strike inside Russia.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 1, 2022
Japan Times 1972: 3 Japanese kill 26 at Tel Aviv
Tragedy strikes in 1972 when three Japanese gunmen terrorize Israel, and police take into custody the criminal that would become known to the country as 'Boy A.'
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
Japan beats Taiwan ahead of rematch in Premier12 final
Keita Sano celebrates with his teammates after scoring on Kotaro Kiyomiya's two-run triple against Taiwan during their Premier12 game at Tokyo Dome on Saturday.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
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.

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