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RUSSIA

Japan Times
WORLD
Nov 16, 2016
Russian carrier gets first combat duty in massive strike on Syria targets
Russia launched coordinated missile strikes against rebels in Syria on Tuesday and Moscow for the first time used its only aircraft carrier in combat, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 15, 2016
The vast Eurasian hinterland
Prime Minister Abe is employing his new concept of 'Eurasia' to identify in more strategic ways than ever the mutually complementary aspects of Japan and Russia's geopolitical positions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 15, 2016
Will Donald Trump reset U.S.-Russia relations?
Vladimir Putin is happy to see Trump win the White House.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 15, 2016
Russia cool to restart peace treaty talks with Japan ahead of Putin visit: sources
Russia is reluctant to reconvene a meeting on concluding a peace treaty despite repeated requests by Tokyo to speed up the talks ahead of a summit next month between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese government sources said Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Nov 11, 2016
Russian hackers accused of post-election attacks on U.S. think tanks
A Russian hacking group began attacking U.S.-based policy think tanks within hours of Donald Trump's presidential election victory, according to cyberexperts who suspect Moscow is seeking information on the incoming administration.
BUSINESS
Nov 9, 2016
Diet members push study of $6.7 billion Russia gas pipeline ahead of Putin visit
Japanese lawmakers are revisiting a plan to build a $6.7 billion natural gas pipeline from Russia ahead of a visit by President Vladimir Putin to Japan next month.
WORLD
Nov 7, 2016
NATO-hopeful Montenegro says it foiled plot by 'Russian nationalists' to assassinate prime minister
A special prosecutor investigating an alleged plot to sway last month's election in Montenegro said on Sunday a group of "Russian nationalists" had planned to assassinate Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic to get an opposition party into power.
BUSINESS
Nov 7, 2016
Vietnam looks to delay Japan-, Russia-backed nuclear plants amid funds crunch
Vietnam's ruling Communist Party in October instructed government authorities to revise plans to build nuclear power plants with Russian and Japanese assistance with a view to delaying them due to the government's tight finances, it was learned Sunday from party and government sources.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 6, 2016
Aide Yachi to visit Russia next week to lay groundwork for Abe-Putin summit
Japan is making final arrangements for a key foreign policy adviser to visit Russia on Tuesday to lay the groundwork for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's summit with President Vladimir Putin in Japan next month, a government source said.
WORLD
Nov 6, 2016
Moscow warns of possible attacks by Russian jihadis on return home from Syria
Thousands of Russians have been fighting in Syria in anti-government ranks, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on Saturday, issuing a warning of possible attacks by them on their return home.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 6, 2016
Ghost soldiers: Russian mercenaries secretly dying for Kremlin in Syria
The start of this year proved deadly for one unit of about 100 Russian fighters supporting President Bashar Assad's troops in northern Syria.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 5, 2016
Russia, Japan agree to promote economic cooperation in Russian Far East
Trade minister Hiroshige Seko and Russian Far East development minister Alexander Galushka agreed Friday to promote economic development projects in Russia's Far East ahead of a summit between their leaders in December, Japanese government officials said.
Japan Times
LIFE / Food & Drink
Nov 4, 2016
Tokyo's first Russian-style maid cafe
Twelve men sit in silence at a new cafe in Tokyo's Shinjuku district as three women dressed in Russian attire start serving a sour-looking plate of borscht.
WORLD
Nov 4, 2016
Russia makes U-turn after evicting Amnesty from Moscow office
Human rights group Amnesty International can return to the Moscow office it was evicted from this week, a Kremlin human rights adviser said on Thursday after discussing the matter with President Vladimir Putin.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2016
Russia, Japan weigh priority projects for economic cooperation
Russian and Japanese economy and energy ministers agreed Thursday to flesh out dozens of specific projects in the two countries' economic cooperation over the next month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 2, 2016
Government lobbies wary firms to invest in Russia in bid to resolve territorial dispute
The government is lobbying Japanese firms to invest in Russian projects to help secure a breakthrough in a festering territorial row with Moscow when President Vladimir Putin visits Japan in December, sources have said.
BUSINESS / Tech
Nov 2, 2016
Russia-linked hackers exploiting Windows flaw, patch coming Nov. 8: Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday that a hacking group previously linked to the Russian government and U.S. political hacks is behind recent cyberattacks that exploit a newly discovered flaw in its Windows operating system.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2016
Moscow 'cannot' cede islands to Japan, Russian upper house speaker says
Russia "cannot" cede the sovereignty of the Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido, the speaker of the Russian parliament's upper house said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 30, 2016
Security, economics likely to move isle row forward at Abe-Putin summit
A meeting just over a month away could finally bring progress to a dispute over a group of Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands that has prevented the countries from signing a peace treaty to end World War II.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 30, 2016
Japan mulls deal to retrieve Russian-held isles by banning U.S. military from using them
Tokyo might promise Moscow that returning the disputed islands off Hokkaido to Japan will not mean that U.S. military forces will be stationed there in line with Japan-U.S. security arrangements, diplomatic sources have said.

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