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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 30, 2020
China balks at U.S. efforts for nuclear arms talks
Beijing perceives U.S. policy as being increasingly aggressive and aimed at containing China. Nuclear forces are seen as the ultimate guarantor of national security.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2020
Japan eager to settle territorial row with Russia, Suga tells Putin
Hours before the talks between the leaders, Russia announced the start of military exercises on two of the islands involving more than 1,500 personnel.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2020
White House wants to know how fast nukes could be pulled out of storage, report says
The report comes as talks over extending the last remaining strategic arms control agreement between the U.S. and Russia remain deadlocked.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 29, 2020
Fiercest clashes since 1990s rage in Azerbaijan's ethnic Armenian enclave
Fighting escalated sharply on Monday between Azerbaijan and its ethnic Armenian mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, and at least 55 people were killed in a second day of heavy clashes.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 28, 2020
Lukashenko and Erdogan are laughing at the EU
The EU still requires unanimity for all foreign policy decisions. This has been one factor, amid many, that's neutered European foreign policy over the years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 27, 2020
Suga and Putin planning first phone talks for Tuesday
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Russian President Vladimir Putin are planning to hold their first talks on Tuesday, a Japanese government source said Saturday.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 24, 2020
U.N. fails to shine at its diamond jubilee
The world is facing a set of unprecedented crises and the world body is distracted by geopolitical rivalries and a growing tendency of governments to go it alone.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 22, 2020
International law under assault — from unexpected directions
Disturbing of late has been the growing disregard for international law among governments that have been pillars of the world's legal order such as the U.S. and the U.K.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2020
The buck stops with Putin
Those now accusing the Kremlin in Alexei Navalny's poisoning are unlikely to find any “smoking gun.” It doesn't matter: ultimately, the Kremlin is to blame.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 20, 2020
Hong Kong offers a glimpse of one Belarus future
From the start, the crowds in Minsk learned from Hong Kong's broad-based, leaderless campaign. They, too, were making demands of a system ill-equipped to compromise.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 20, 2020
Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny posts photo of himself walking
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny was seen walking down the stairs in a photo posted on his Instagram feed on Saturday, five days after a Berlin hospital said he had been taken off a ventilator and could breathe independently.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / THE LIVING PAST
Sep 19, 2020
Japan and Russia: Sharing a view of the West
There are striking affinities between Japan and Russia, noticeable even before either country was fully aware of the other.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 18, 2020
Poisoning of Alexei Navalny has turned Merkel against Putin
What Western officials call a botched attempt to kill a leading opposition figure has triggered a new downward spiral in Russia's ties with Europe.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 17, 2020
Japan neighbors hope to improve ties with Tokyo as Suga succeeds Abe
When asked about the appointment of Nobuo Kishi as defense minister, a spokesman for Beijing urged Japan to respect the mainland's 'one China' policy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2020
Europe needs to recognize the threat from Russia
Moscow's forthright challenge to international norms demands a forceful Western response. But it won't come from the Trump administration.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 15, 2020
Putin opponent Navalny posts photo from hospital and plans to return to Russia
The opposition politician has said he can now breathe independently after being poisoned in Siberia last month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 13, 2020
Putin doubles down on Belarus ally, wary of protest contagion
Russian President Vladimir Putin is tightening his embrace of beleaguered ally Alexander Lukashenko as the Belarusian ruler intensifies a crackdown on monthlong protests.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Sep 10, 2020
Apparent poisoning of Alexei Navalny reveals Putin's world
Moscow must be punished for its actions and Putin stripped of the delusion that he is untouchable.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 10, 2020
Alexei Navalny improving and police guard stepped up, report says
Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has made further progress in his recovery after what Germany said was poisoning with a Soviet-style Novichok nerve agent, and is able to speak again, Der Spiegel magazine reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 9, 2020
Brave new words hint at a less democratic future
As China tightens its grip on Hong Kong, its vocabulary of hurt national feelings and threat is turning up in the territory.

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