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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 17, 2022
Sino-Russian alliance thrives only in the company of a shared enemy
The world must acknowledge that the relationship between Xi's China and Putin's Russia has transformed into one of “strategic entente.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2022
India is stalling WHO’s efforts to make global COVID death toll public
More than one-third of an additional 9 million deaths are estimated to have occurred in India, but the country is not alone in undercounting the pandemic's toll.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2022
Russia demands Ukrainian forces surrender in Mariupol
Control of the pulverized southeastern port city would give Russia its biggest capture of the nearly 2-month-old war.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 17, 2022
Putin’s Ukraine gamble pivots to a very different battlefield
Battles over the past seven weeks raged in populated areas near Kyiv, but the war is moving into wide-open flatland, which will drastically change combat strategy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2022
Russia hits Kyiv and Lviv with strikes after sinking of flagship
An explosion was heard and smoke seen in Kyiv's southeastern Darnytskyi district, where Moscow said it had struck a factory that repairs tanks.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2022
Russia warns U.S. to stop arming Ukraine or face 'unpredictable consequences'
The Russian message — one of a series of warnings punctuated by a formal protest note — suggested rising concerns that the weapons were seriously hindering Russia's combat capabilities.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 16, 2022
Why Ukraine war crimes trials could take many years
Long after the fighting ends, any prosecutions and trials arising from it could be barely beginning. Here is a look at the complexities of bringing aggressors to justice.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2022
For Japanese fishing town of Nemuro, Moscow holds key to survival
Concern is growing over the fate of annual talks between Tokyo and Moscow to set the quota for Japan to catch salmon and trout born in the Amur River.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022
Ukraine's past and present intertwine as a war historian seeks refuge
She was one of the 10 million displaced Ukrainians whose lives have been upended by Russia's invasion. Her newfound status felt alien, something belonging to survivors of past wars.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022
Hiding in plain sight, a Soviet-era air defense system arrives in Ukraine
Slovakia is transporting not only weapons from its own stocks into Ukraine. It is also sending military aid from many other countries.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022
Powerful explosions heard in Kyiv after Russian warship sinks
The explosions appeared to be among the most significant in Ukraine's capital region since Russian troops pulled back from the area earlier this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2022
Russia-Ukraine crisis far away for most in Japan, but not in Hokkaido
More visible demonstrations of Moscow's military power on and around Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido are generating concerns among residents.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022
Ukrainians come home to wreckage, booby traps and fresh laundry
The worst damage is in towns surrounding Kyiv, where Russian troops left a path of destruction, including hundreds of people apparently massacred, as they withdrew to the north.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 15, 2022
Germany’s energy woes are a fiasco of its own making
In both the short and the long term, Germany will be unable to end Russian gas imports without triggering economic chaos and public outrage.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Apr 15, 2022
Japan must lead Asia to the side of law and order
Tokyo should use its influence and its political capital to persuade countries sitting on the fence on the Ukraine war to join it and support a global order that is under attack.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 15, 2022
War brings new Iron Curtain down on Russia’s storied ballet stages
Ballet in Russia is something of a national pastime — a cultural jewel, but also the focus of intense emotion and close scrutiny by its discerning audiences.
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.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
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.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
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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