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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2022
As Russia stalls in Ukraine, dissent brews over Putin’s leadership
The slow going and the heavy toll of Putin's war in Ukraine are setting off questions about his military's planning capability and his confidence in his top spies.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2022
Ukraine is changing the world order, just not how Putin hoped
From Berlin to London and Baltic capitals like Tallinn, the metrics of defending Europe have been torn up.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 23, 2022
Alexei Navalny, fiery Putin critic, is handed fresh nine-year prison sentence
Prosecutors had claimed that Navalny, a relentless critic and frequent target of Putin, and Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation, had embezzled donations from supporters.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 22, 2022
The smaller bombs that could turn Ukraine into a nuclear war zone
Fears are growing that if Vladimir Putin feels cornered, he might choose to detonate one of his smaller weapons — breaking the taboo set 76 years ago after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 21, 2022
NATO must get MAD at Russia's nuclear threats
If Russia adopts an aggressive posture and puts its nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles on a high state of readiness, NATO must respond in kind.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2022
Ukraine rejects Russian ultimatums as conflict intensifies
Shelling wrecks a shopping center in Kyiv, leaving at least eight dead.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2022
Truth is another front in Putin’s war
The Kremlin has used a barrage of increasingly outlandish falsehoods to prop up its overarching claim that the invasion of Ukraine is justified.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 21, 2022
Dependence on Russian weapons puts India at odds with other 'Quad' members
India has stood out as one major democracy reluctant to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin — and billions of dollars in weapons purchases mean that's unlikely to change anytime soon.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2022
Some Syrian veterans ready for Ukraine fight, commanders say
Syria is Russia's closest ally in the Middle East, and Moscow's intervention in the Syrian war in 2015 proved decisive in helping President Bashar Assad defeat rebel forces.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2022
Ukrainian president presses Israel for missile defense help amid intense fighting in Mariupol
Some 400,000 people have been trapped in Mariupol for more than two weeks, sheltering from heavy bombardment that has severed central supplies of electricity, heating and water.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2022
Russian rocket attack turns Ukrainian marine base to rubble, killing dozens
That number of Ukrainian marines killed in the missile strike would make it one of the single deadliest attacks on Ukrainian forces since the start of the war three weeks ago.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 20, 2022
Seizing superyachts is not the best way to help Ukraine
Anti-oligarchism only makes sense as part of a total war against the Putin regime, which is not the policy the West has chosen.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2022
For the U.S., a tenuous balance in confronting Russia
Navigating between aiding Ukraine and avoiding an escalation with Moscow has led to a tangle of decisions and sometimes tortured distinctions over weapons and other elements of policy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2022
Why Vladimir Putin invokes Nazis to justify his invasion of Ukraine
The 'Nazi” slur's sudden emergence shows how Putin is trying to use stereotypes, distorted reality and his country's lingering World War II trauma to justify his invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2022
Why China won’t bail Russia out over its invasion of Ukraine
By all indications, even China seems to be reassessing its economic relations with Russia, with Chinese companies and banks refusing to work with Russian companies.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 18, 2022
Two serious miscalculations: Strategic for Putin and tactical for Xi
A Vladimir Putin weakened by a failed Ukraine invasion would not necessarily be a bad thing for Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
Japan Times
EDITORIALS
Mar 18, 2022
Justice in Ukraine depends on our actions, as well as Russia’s
The foundational principles of international law are the sovereignty of states, the equality of states and the inviolability of borders. Russia's invasion has trampled on those pillars.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2022
Russia’s ruined game plan for Ukraine is visible in the south
Mariupol risks acquiring the totemic status of Vukovar or Sarajevo during the Yugoslav wars of the 1990s, sieges whose destruction and cruelty sparked indignation around much of the world.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 18, 2022
Russian missiles strike Ukraine's Lyiv, Biden to talk to Xi
Russian missiles struck an area near the airport of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early on Friday, while Japan and Australia imposed new sanctions on Russia.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
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.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
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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