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Japan Times
WORLD / Society
Oct 28, 2019
'Grass' or 'VIP'? How rural Vietnamese make treacherous journey to Europe
For Vietnamese seeking to embark on the treacherous journey to a new life in Europe, a key question can be: "Grass" or "VIP"?
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 25, 2019
Russia-Turkey deal poses challenge to West
The Kremlin offers authoritarians a brokerage service based on cynical principles of mutual gain rather than values and allegiances.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Oct 25, 2019
Russian operatives sacrifice followers to stay undercover on Facebook ahead of U.S. election
Efforts by Russian influence campaigns to stay undetected on social media ahead of next year's U.S. elections are undermining their ability to gain followers and spread divisive political messages, a senior Facebook executive told Reuters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 24, 2019
Ex-U.S. Marine accused of spying in Russia says guard threatened him with gun: Interfax
A former U.S. Marine held in Russia on suspicion of spying told a court Thursday that a prison guard had forced him to his knees in custody and that he had been threatened with a gun, the Interfax news agency reported.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 24, 2019
Russia lands nuclear bombers in Africa as Putin hosts continent's leaders in quest to up Moscow's influence
Russia landed two nuclear-capable bombers in South Africa on a training mission on Wednesday, a flight apparently timed to coincide with President Vladimir Putin's opening of a flagship Russia-Africa summit designed to increase Russian influence.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2019
Putin took the Mideast, the U.S. can get it back
Thanks to Obama and Trump, Russia the 'regional power' has added a new region.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2019
Trump's Syria envoy says Turkey's onslaught hinders Islamic State fight
Donald Trump's special envoy for the Syrian conflict said the administration made clear "at every level" that it opposed Turkey's invasion of northern Syria and that the resulting offensive has undermined the fight against Islamic State.
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 23, 2019
Russia-linked group likely used Iranian hacking tools, NSA says
A Russia-linked group is believed to have utilized Iranian tools to conduct cyberattacks against dozens of countries, in an apparent effort to mask their identities, according to joint advisories by the U.S. and the U.K.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 22, 2019
Russian accounts targeted U.S. voters on Instagram ahead of 2020 election, Facebook says
A network of Instagram accounts operated from Russia has targeted Americans with divisive political messages ahead of next year's presidential election and posed as local people in U.S. states including Virginia and Florida, Facebook said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2019
Chinese nuclear plans cloud prospects for new U.S.-Russia missile deal
A key hurdle to extending a landmark nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia isn't Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin. It is China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 18, 2019
White House admits quid pro quo, saying request for 2016 poll probe was factor in frozen Ukraine aid
President Donald Trump's withholding of $391 million in military aid to Ukraine was linked to his request that the Ukrainians look into a claim — debunked as a conspiracy theory — about the 2016 U.S. election, a senior presidential aide said on Thursday, the first time the White House acknowledged...
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 17, 2019
As Russia advances into Syrian area left by U.S., White House tries to persuade Turkey to halt assault
The Trump administration dispatched its top officials to Turkey on Wednesday for emergency talks to try to persuade Ankara to halt an assault on northern Syria, while Russian troops swept into territory abandoned by Washington in a sudden retreat.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 10, 2019
Civilians flee Syrian border towns as Turkish forces pound 'terror corridor' targets after U.S. pullout
Turkey launched a military operation against Kurdish fighters in northeast Syria on Wednesday just days after U.S. troops pulled back from the area, with warplanes and artillery striking militia positions in several towns in the border region.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 9, 2019
Turkey prepares incursion into Syria to 'neutralize threat' of Kurdish forces
Turkish forces, together with the rebel Free Syrian Army, will cross the Syrian border "shortly," President Tayyip Erdogan's communications director said early on Wednesday after a surprise withdrawal of U.S. troops made way for the Turkish incursion.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Oct 9, 2019
Russian operative said 'we made America great' after Trump's win: GOP-led Senate report
Kremlin-directed operatives opened champagne when Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016, according to a communication disclosed in a new Senate Intelligence Committee report outlining Russia's sweeping social media efforts to help him win.
BUSINESS
Oct 9, 2019
Russia and China to sign treaty on combating illegal online content, raising alarms over internet censorship
Russia and China will sign a cooperation treaty aimed at combating illegal content on the Internet this month, Russia's state communications watchdog said on Tuesday, an example of deepening cooperation between the powers.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 8, 2019
Putin's Russia is now a Middle Eastern country
The Eurasia giant has found its place among the oil dictatorships.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 8, 2019
Japan to conduct trial tour to Russian-held isles from Wednesday
A trial sightseeing tour to two of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido at the center of a decadeslong territorial row between Tokyo and Moscow will take place between Wednesday and Oct. 16, the Japanese government has said.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 7, 2019
'Beginning of the full capitulation': Thousands rally in Kyiv to protest autonomy plan for eastern Ukraine
Thousands of people gathered in Kyiv's main square on Sunday to protest President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's deal with Moscow to grant autonomy to Ukraine's pro-Russian rebel-held east as part of efforts to end a five-year conflict there.

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