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RUSSIA

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 9, 2018
North Korean leader Kim confirms interest in visiting Russia, lawmaker says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has confirmed his readiness to visit Russia, the RIA news agency quoted Valentina Matvienko, the speaker of the upper house of the Russian parliament, as saying after she met him in Pyongyang on Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 7, 2018
Syria is preparing chemical weapons for attacks in Idlib, U.S. envoy says
There is "lots of evidence" that chemical weapons are being prepared by Syrian government forces in Idlib in northwest Syria, the new U.S. adviser for Syria said on Thursday as he warned of the risks of an offensive on the country's last big rebel enclave.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 7, 2018
France, Germany, Canada and U.S. back Britain over fatal nerve agent poisoning allegedly by Russian agents
Britain, France, Germany, Canada and the United States pledged on Thursday to work to disrupt "the hostile activities of foreign intelligence networks" and called on Russia to disclose its nerve agent program.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Sep 7, 2018
Rudy Giuliani to AP: Trump will not answer obstruction questions
President Donald Trump will not answer federal investigators' questions, in writing or in person, about whether he tried to block the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, one of the president's attorneys told The Associated Press on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Sep 6, 2018
Planes, trains and fake perfume: How Novichok arrived in Britain
The sheer audacity of Russia's chemical-weapon attack on the U.K. can be traced through the journey of a small — and fake — Nina Ricci Premier Jour perfume bottle.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 4, 2018
Trump could push Germany toward Russia and China, veteran diplomat says
The longer Donald Trump stays in office, the higher the risk that anti-American forces will gain the upper hand in Germany and push it into the arms of Russia and China, veteran German diplomat Wolfgang Ischinger said in an interview.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 4, 2018
Militants must be 'cleaned out' of Syria's Idlib, Iran says
Iran called on Monday for militants to be "cleaned out" of Syria's Idlib province, as it prepared for talks with Syria and Russia about confronting the last major enclave held by rebels opposed to President Bashar Assad.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 3, 2018
Pope calls for all parties to safeguard Syrian civilians in Idlib
Pope Francis on Sunday appealed to all parties who have influence in Syria to defend human rights and safeguard the civilian population in the rebel-held northern region of Idlib, which faces an imminent attack by government forces.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 3, 2018
Democrats blast Trump move to withhold 100,000 pages of Brett Kavanaugh's records
Senate Democrats criticized the withholding of documents ahead of Tuesday's start of confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, even as a top Republican predicted he would be approved by a healthy margin.
EDITORIALS
Sep 2, 2018
Up in arms over Russian exercises
While it is too early to be concerned, Japan and the rest of the world should keep a close eye on growing military ties between Russia and China.
Japan Times
WORLD
Sep 1, 2018
UNICEF warns 1 million Syrian children are at risk if Idlib assault happens
More than a million Syrian children are at risk in the event of a government military assault on the rebel-held province of Idlib, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
Sep 1, 2018
Russia to stop flying U.S. astronauts to the International Space Station in April, increasing pressure on NASA
Russia's contract to ferry NASA astronauts to the International Space Station aboard Soyuz rockets will end in April, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters on Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2018
Trump won't say when he learned of Michael Cohen payment to Stormy Daniels
President Donald Trump refused Thursday to say whether he knew before the 2016 election about his former lawyer's $130,000 payment to a porn star, but said there was no campaign finance violation.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 31, 2018
Russia said failing in bid to tap more precise tech to block Telegram messenger services
Russia is experimenting with more precise technology to block individual online services after an attempt to shut down banned messaging service Telegram failed, but Moscow has yet to find a way to shut it down without hitting other traffic.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2018
Trump says Jeff Sessions is safe on job at least until November elections
President Donald Trump said on Thursday that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was safe in his job at least until the November congressional elections, Bloomberg News reported after interviewing the U.S. leader.
WORLD
Aug 31, 2018
As world changes, Europe rethinks strategic dependence on Trump's U.S.
In 1776, the New World declared independence from the old. Today, it is the Old World that is declaring independence from the new.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2018
A master class in the art of political survival
The Kremlin isn't completely unresponsive to popular opinion, but it won't tolerate dissent that demands radical change.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Aug 29, 2018
U.S. judge gives partial win to prosecution ahead of Paul Manafort's second trial
A judge overseeing the upcoming second trial of former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort on Tuesday approved the prosecution's request to allow evidence about a Justice Department inspection of Manafort's lobbying activities in the 1980s but limited the scope of what it can show.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 27, 2018
Democrats aren't talking Trump impeachment but are vowing probes if they prevail in midterms
Democrats demurred on Sunday on whether Donald Trump has committed impeachable offenses after he was implicated last week in a potential crime, but promised vigorous investigations if the party takes control of the U.S. House in the midterm elections.
Japan must correct Trump’s false data for trade talks, says Kono
Former Foreign Minister Taro Kono
Japan wants to 'separate' tariff and security issues. That may be tough.
Japan’s chief tariff negotiator, Ryosei Akazawa, poses with a "Make America Great Again" cap at the White House in Washington on April 16.
Social media helps fuel growing 'sex tourism' in Japan
People walk down a street in the red-light entertainment area of Kabukicho in the Shinjuku district of Tokyo on March 31.
Nintendo says demand for Switch 2 console in Japan is overwhelming
An attendee plays with the Nintendo Switch 2 gaming device at a media event in Tokyo on April 3.
Top Japanese firms scrap employment system that held women back
MUFG Bank, a unit of the nation’s biggest banking group, is among firms that recently scrapped a clerical job category that consisted almost exclusively of women, a sign that the financial sector is finally getting more serious about reducing gender inequalities.
Japan weighs using U.S. rice imports as tariff negotiation tool with Trump
A restaurant owner pours California-grown Calrose rice into a rice cooker at his restaurant in Tokyo
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
Crow meat, goat tartare: Mauvaise Herbe raises its game
Crow meat, shaped into a ball and attached to a foot of the bird, is one of the peculiar offerings of game at Mauvaise Herbe.
Cases of epidural use in labor rise in Japan alongside concerns
Of the 721,000 childbirths reported in 2024 in Japan, 13.8% involved the use of an epidural, according to the Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
Nothing sells like Shohei Ohtani, MLB’s marketing megastar
People walk past an advertisement featuring Los Angeles Dodgers two-way star Shohei Ohtani outside Tokyo Dome on March 18.

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