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RUSSIA

JAPAN
May 6, 2013
Akita man funds scholarships for impoverished Russian students
An Akita native who has personally funded scholarships for over 10 years to Russian students learning Japanese at a Vladivostok university says that he hopes the recipients will become a bridge to promote bilateral friendship.
COMMENTARY / World
May 1, 2013
Why Putin's peace pact in Chechnya will collapse
The involvement of two ethnic Chechens in the Boston Marathon bombing shows that the wars that ravaged the Russian republic more than a decade ago aren't over.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 29, 2013
Abe starts four-nation trip; sets off for Russia
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe left for Russia on Sunday for talks with President Vladimir Putin, on the first leg of a weeklong trip that will also take him to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Turkey.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 27, 2013
Globe-trotting Abe has energy on the brain
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is embarking on a diplomatic quest from Sunday that will take him halfway around the globe to Russia and the Middle East accompanied by dozens of top corporate executives, with one key goal in mind: energy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Apr 25, 2013
CIA asked that bomber be put on terror watch list
The CIA pushed to have one of the suspected Boston bombers placed on a U.S. counterterrorism watch list more than a year before the attacks, U.S. officials say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 25, 2013
Mori: Ease all or naught claim to Russia-held isles
Former Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori says Japan should be flexible in resolving the long-standing territorial disagreement with Russia by not sticking too much to the policy of seeking the return of every disputed island off Hokkaido.
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2013
Abe's Russia visit eyed as way to jump-start territorial talks
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said that he and his Russian counterpart have agreed on steps that will give Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the chance to jump-start stalled talks on a territorial dispute during his planned visit to Moscow.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 29, 2013
Speed up territorial talks with Russia: ex-diplomat
A retired senior diplomat has urged Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's government to accelerate negotiations on a territorial row with Russia, saying the "window of opportunity" to resolve the long-standing issue is only likely to remain open until "the end of this year."
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 27, 2013
Berezovsky: a tale of betrayal by pal Putin
Boris Berezovsky had always believed in British justice. It was, after all, a British judge who had granted him asylum, after Berezovsky fell out with his one-time protege, Vladimir Putin, and fled in 2000 to London.
BUSINESS
Mar 26, 2013
Cyprus bailout's long-term impact uncertain
European leaders Monday hailed a last-minute bailout for Cyprus as an important step in defending their unified currency, but some officials and analysts questioned whether the deal raised new problems that could still threaten the survival of the euro.
WORLD
Mar 26, 2013
Berezovsky was 'down' but wouldn't bow to Putin: allies
Associates of exiled Russian oligarch and Kremlin critic Boris Berezovsky, who was found dead Saturday, questioned claims that he had begged President Vladimir Putin for forgiveness, but said he had been depressed and suicidal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 25, 2013
Beijing sees lessons in Soviet past
Chinese Communist Party officials and intellectuals say President Xi Jinping's fixation on the Soviet Union may prove crucial to China's future direction.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 23, 2013
Are Russian assassins on the streets of Britain?
Shortly after 5:15 p.m. on Nov. 10, a jogger turned into Granville Road in Weybridge, southern England, running along the hedge-lined street of one of Britain's wealthiest enclaves. Then, 50 meters from his home, he staggered into the road and died.
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2013
The roots of Vladimir Putin's authoritarian allure
Far-right parties in Western Europe surprisingly are expressing admiration ? and outright support ? for Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 25, 2013
As Medvedev is savaged, Putin silent
A campaign of insinuation and insult has targeted Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, and in a country where all power flows from the top downward, his boss, President Vladimir Putin, has done nothing all winter to stop it.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 22, 2013
Putin: Lack of treaty 'abnormal'
President Vladimir Putin on Thursday described the absence of a peace treaty between Japan and Russia as an "abnormal situation" and expressed his readiness to resolve the long-running dispute over a group of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 17, 2013
Kagawa teenager wins best student award at Russia's top music academy
A 16-year-old from Kagawa Prefecture has won the best student award at the Gnessin Moscow Special School of Music, Russia's top music school that has trained gifted children since the late 19th century.
WORLD / Science & Health
Feb 17, 2013
Much footage of meteor came from car cams
Washington THE WASHINGTON POST
Japan Times
CULTURE / Film
Feb 15, 2013
'A Good Day to Die Hard'
I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that if you had to see yet another 20th-century action star, alive and well and kicking ass for the benefit of the over-40s crowd — and that star is Bruce Willis, whom you can remember as having a full head of hair (brunette) and a terrible taste in suits...
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 8, 2013
Russian fighters intrude into Japanese airspace on isle row day, spurring protest
Two Russian fighter jets briefly intrude into Japanese airspace off Hokkaido, the first such incursion in five years.
Japan's population continues to fall even as foreign resident count rises
The number of residents in Tokyo as of Jan. 1 rose by 0.03% from a year before, data shows, marking a year-on-year increase for the first time in three years, while the country's other 46 prefectures saw their populations continue to decline.
Ahead of the Olympics, Japan is still talking about the gymnast who won't be there
Japan's Shoko Miyata withdrew from the gymnastics team herself over her drinking and smoking, although it had already appeared as though the association was prepared to send her home from the team’s training camp in Monaco.
Yen melt-up nudges Japanese stocks into correction territory
Japanese stocks are down 10% from their July peak as the yen strengthens.
‘Crazy’ yen rally is at risk of shattering as soon as Wednesday
Some investors are warning that a yen rally is fragile, as was on show this week when the yen rapidly retraced an advance after Thursday’s stronger-than-expected U.S. economic growth figures.
Japan's average life expectancy rises for first time in three years
A decline in COVID-19-caused deaths likely helped boost the average life expectancy for Japanese men and women to rise for the first time in three years in 2023.
The Japanese Olympians looking to shine in Paris
Rim Nakamura, who is attempting to win Japan's first Olympic gold medal in cycling, will be one of the top Japanese athletes to watch at the Paris Games.
Japan’s minimum wage set for record ¥50 hike in major boost
Demonstrators rally to demand a big hike in minimum wages in Tokyo last week.
Japan loses top spot on strongest passport list to Singapore
Japan had the strongest passport for six years running from 2018, before being dethroned by Singapore on the 2024 list.
Why Japan's mysterious stash of classified funds escapes scrutiny
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi (right) during a meeting in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Japan eyes gold — and the future — as Olympic men's soccer campaign begins
Japan midfielder Yu Hirakawa controls the ball during a match against the United States in Kansas City, Kansas, on June 11.

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