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JAPAN / Politics
Feb 15, 2016
Russian foreign minister to visit, lay groundwork for a possible summit
Visit from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov slated for April but no dates set yet for a meeting to discuss territorial dispute.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 15, 2016
Putin is no ally against Islamic State
Russian President Vladimir Putin's current aim is to foster the EU's disintegration, and the best way to do so is to flood it with Syrian refugees.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2016
Russia warns of new Cold War amid surging violence in eastern Ukraine
Violence in eastern Ukraine is intensifying and Russian-backed rebels have moved heavy weaponry back to the front line, international monitors warned on Saturday as Moscow responded by accusing the West of dragging the world back 50 years.
WORLD
Feb 13, 2016
Saudi Arabia to send planes to Turkey for Islamic State fight: report
Saudi Arabia will send aircraft to NATO-member Turkey's Incirlik Air Base for the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu was reported as saying Saturday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 12, 2016
Russia warns of interminable or world war if Syria talks fail, U.S., Arab armies go in
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev raised the spectre of an interminable or a world war if powers failed to negotiate an end to the conflict in Syria and warned against any ground operations by U.S. and Arab forces.
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 11, 2016
Note to Baltic states: Israel is a tiny country, too
The Baltic states should draw defense lessons from Israel, which also faces an attack from a larger enemy, with little territory upon which to fight a lengthy defense.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2016
Russian firepower helps Syrian forces edge toward Turkish border
The Syrian army advanced toward the Turkish border Monday in a major offensive backed by Russia and Iran that rebels say now threatens the future of their nearly 5-year-old insurrection against President Bashar Assad.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 7, 2016
Erdogan signals Turkey won't stay out of Syria if asked to help
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country should not repeat in Syria the same mistake it made in Iraq when it turned down a U.S. request to be part of the coalition that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2016
Fall of Aleppo in Syria would hand Putin a symbolic prize he craves
Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks Russian airstrikes in Syria have helped turn the war's tide, but the pace of the Syrian Army's advance has frustrated him, some sources say. If Aleppo falls, he could get the military and symbolic prize he has been craving.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 7, 2016
NATO plans biggest build-up against Russia since the Cold War
Backed by an increase in U.S. military spending, NATO is planning its biggest build-up in Eastern Europe since the Cold War to deter Russia, but it will reject Polish demands for permanent bases.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 4, 2016
At last, justice for Litvinenko
While the punishment doesn't fit the crime, the importance of revealing the truth about Alexander Litvinenko's death cannot be overestimated.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2016
Syrian government forces threaten to encircle Aleppo as peace talks falter
A Syrian military offensive backed by heavy Russian airstrikes threatened to cut critical rebel supply lines into the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday, while the warring sides said peace talks had not started despite a U.N. statement they had.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 3, 2016
Islamic State's Iraq, Syria stakes shrinking but oil-rich Libya another story: Kerry
An international coalition is pushing back Islamic State militants in their Syrian and Iraqi strongholds, but the group is threatening Libya and could seize the nation's oil wealth, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Tuesday.
WORLD
Feb 1, 2016
Russian jet's airspace violation painted on Turkey, NATO radar: prime minister
Both Turkish and NATO radars detected a Russian jet violating Turkish airspace, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday, rebuffing Russian claims that the violation was "pure propaganda."
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jan 29, 2016
Putin's son-in-law boosted by $1.75 billion Russian state loan
The son-in-law of Vladimir Putin stands to benefit from $1.75 billion in cheap finance from the Russian state, a Reuters examination of public documents shows. The money will help fund a petrochemical project at a company in which Kirill Shamalov, husband of Katerina Tikhonova, the Russian president's...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 26, 2016
Pyongyang's nuclear test leads Moscow to pivot east
Russia's break from North Korea in the wake of its latest nuclear test should be viewed as a tactical, short-term decision aimed at improving relations with Japan and bolstering its international reputation as a diplomatic arbiter.
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 26, 2016
Russia learns stealth warplanes are hard to do
While the U.S. is building up its fleet of stealth warplanes, financial circumstances have prompted Russia to buy greater numbers of cheaper, non-stealthy jet fighters.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Japan will spend ¥325 million in government funds on Princess Yuriko's funeral
Princess Yuriko waves during the New Year's public greeting at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo in January 2019.
MUFG fires worker over ¥2 billion theft from clients’ safe deposit boxes
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is investigating the incident and consulting with the police.
China reinstates visa-free travel for Japanese nationals
Beijing Daxing International Airport
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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