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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2023
Web of secret chip deals allegedly help U.S. tech flow to Russia
Customs data shows that semiconductors made by large U.S. companies have been getting to Russia via third-party firms since the Ukraine war started.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 16, 2023
China’s precarious balancing act
While the China has no interest in being isolated, it also cannot afford to abandon its warmongering friend and neighbor, Russia.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 16, 2023
U.S. and Russian military chiefs in rare talks after drone downed
Moscow's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu told his U.S. counterpart, Lloyd Austin, that American drone flights by Crimea's coast 'were provocative in nature.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 15, 2023
Japan to keep Russia stripped of 'most-favored' trade status amid war
The punitive step, taken in unison with the United States and other Group of Seven members, is likely to remain in place for another year through the end of March 2024.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 15, 2023
Georgia is a new front in Russia’s hybrid war
Vladimir Putin wants Georgia, a once staunch U.S. and European ally, firmly in his club of authoritarian states.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Mar 15, 2023
Paris 2024 chief says IOC has 'last word' on Russian inclusion
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Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 15, 2023
U.S. says Russian jet caused spy drone crash over Black Sea as Moscow denies collision
The incident marked the first such direct encounter between the two world powers since Russia invaded Ukraine over a year ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 14, 2023
Nuclear weapons loom large in a post-Ukraine world
A resentful and exhausted Russia is increasingly relying on nuclear arms to achieve its goals.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 14, 2023
Taking page from Ukraine, Taiwan shows off new killer drones
Taipei's top research institute unveiled the single-use attack drones as the self-ruled island focuses on asymmetric capabilities to defend against the much larger Chinese military.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 14, 2023
Russia and Ukraine battle for Bakhmut as ICC seeks war crime arrest warrants
The International Criminal Court is expected to seek the arrest of Russian officials for forcibly deporting children from Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2023
Europe is knocking on debt’s door
By continuing to issue common bonds to finance its expenditures, the European Commission is harming savers and undermining the creditworthiness of national governments.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2023
Ukraine must rewrite Russia’s narrative in the Global South
Ukraine has won the West’s support in the war against Russia. But to ensure victory, it will need the developing world’s, too.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2023
A (literal) passport out of Russia: Give birth in Argentina
Since the Ukraine war, pregnant Russians have been flocking to the South American country, where obtaining citizenship is relatively easy if your child is born there.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2023
Casualties in Donetsk mount as Russia and Ukraine fight for Bakhmut
Kyiv said Russian forces had suffered more than 1,100 dead in recent days in the Bakhmut area, while Moscow said 220 Ukrainian services members had been killed in 24 hours of fighting.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 13, 2023
Fueled by Ukraine, European arms imports double in 2022
With a 93% jump compared to the year before, imports have also increased due to accelerating military spending by European states including Poland and Norway, researchers said.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 10, 2023
Russia shifts tactics with deadly missile strikes on Ukraine
Ukraine said it shot down 34 of the 81 missiles fired, a lower than usual proportion because the barrage included three classes of weapon against which it has no defense.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 9, 2023
Russian missiles hit Ukrainian cities and cut power to nuclear plant
Russian missiles knocked out the power supply to Europe's largest nuclear plant during a barrage of strikes targeting cities across Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Mar 9, 2023
Facing minefields and cash crunch, Ukraine farmers to sow smaller crop
Ukrainian farmers, who began planting spring crops last week, earn less than before as buyers factor in the war's higher costs and risks, giving them little incentive to maximize output.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 9, 2023
After Ukraine, does Putin have his eyes on another country?
Moldova is leaning West. That’s why the Kremlin is taking aim at the former Soviet republic.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 8, 2023
China says it’s neutral on the Russia-Ukraine war, but is it?
Xi Jinping may see Vladimir Putin as a kindred spirit, but what does the People's Liberation Army think of the Russian military?

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