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RUSSIA

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 19, 2021
Kremlin blames vaccine hesitancy as delta variant drives Moscow surge
The Kremlin on Friday blamed a surge in COVID-19 cases on reluctance to have vaccinations and "nihilism" after a record 9,056 new infections in Moscow, mostly with the new Delta variant, fanned fears of a third wave.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Jun 19, 2021
Biden starts off strong in Europe
Biden could rightfully claim that “the United States is back.” The lingering question is: For how long?
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 18, 2021
With Putin behind him, Biden’s focus shifts to Xi
The world's second-largest economy was on the agenda throughout Biden's meetings with the Group of Seven leaders, NATO, the European Union and even Putin.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 17, 2021
Biden and Putin paper over splits as both claim summit victories
Putin got one thing he craved — legitimacy on the international stage. Biden argued he confronted Putin over cyberattacks and Russia's treatment of democracy activists.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 12, 2021
Putin eyes working with 'predictable' Biden as Russia-U.S. ties remain tense
Putin suggested that, in spite of heightened tensions with the U.S., he may be able to work with Biden in part because he's more predictable than Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 10, 2021
Court outlaws Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny's network in pre-election knockout
The ruling delivers a final blow to a vast political network that Navalny built up over many years to try to challenge Putin's grip on power.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 9, 2021
It’s not a gulag, Russia says of plan to put prisoners to work
The head of the country's prison service offered a solution to the shortage of migrant labor through reviving the Soviet-era practice.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2021
Legacy weapons are eroding the military’s edge
Though the U.S. spends three times more on defense than any other country, its technological edge is eroding — due in part to the cost of maintaining aging weapons programs.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 8, 2021
Biden bringing game to G7 summit
The Biden administration was wise to acknowledge that it could not stop the pipeline. It therefore decided to use acceptance of the project to gain more cooperation from Germany.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History / JAPAN TIMES GONE BY
Jun 6, 2021
Japan Times 1971: Japanese believe they are 'superior'
As witnesses took to the stand at the 1946 Tokyo trials, they addressed the propaganda campaign that led the Japanese to think they were superior. Attitudes hadn't changed 25 years later.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 3, 2021
America must rediscover human-rights realism
A policy that virtually ignored human rights, however, would reduce the U.S. to the one-dimensional realpolitik that characterizes Chinese and Russian behavior.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 3, 2021
Hacks force Biden into more aggressive stance on Russia
The U.S. president has launched a review of the threat posed by ransomware after an attack on JBS, the world's largest meatpacker.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 30, 2021
Putin is betting coal still has a future
Russia believes that coal consumption will continue to rise in big Asian markets like China even as it dries up elsewhere.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 30, 2021
Belarus' Lukashenko: Hijacking Western complacency
To the European Union, Lukashenko has issued a direct challenge: “We can make fools of you whenever it suits us, and you will not hurt us, because you are weak.”
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.

Podcast

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