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VLADIMIR PUTIN

Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 23, 2022
Putin insulated Russia’s economy. Will Biden’s sanctions hold him back in Ukraine?
The Biden administration might find it has to impose the absolute harshest sanctions — ones that would inflict suffering on many ordinary citizens — or look for a noneconomic option.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 23, 2022
Russia and the specter of a permanent Ukraine crisis
The relatively small step Putin took is not a sign of weakness nor the end of the Ukraine crisis. It's the strongest move he could have made in the conspiratorial, hostile world he inhabits.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 23, 2022
Putin moves on Donbas but signals deeper designs on Ukraine
The Russian leader has shifted the crisis into a new, more dangerous phase, suggesting his ultimate aims go far deeper than extending Moscow's sway over two struggling separatist regions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 23, 2022
Ukraine enclaves long steeped in conflict face new peril
For nearly a decade violence has defined life for people in parts of eastern Ukraine, where Russian-backed separatists have carved out enclaves and waged a steady skirmish.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 22, 2022
Putin calls Ukrainian statehood a fiction. History suggests otherwise.
In a speech, President Vladimir Putin bent Ukraine's complex history into his own version that served as a justification for his cleaving off more of its territory.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Feb 22, 2022
Oil and gold advance as Putin orders forces to regions of Ukraine
Rising demand and shrinking global inventories of crude and petroleum products have added to the rally.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 21, 2022
Blitzkrieg or minor incursion? Putin’s choice could determine world reaction.
If he strikes to take the whole country in a single blow, it could provoke the largest, most violent battle for European territory since the Nazi surrender in 1945.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Feb 21, 2022
Bond between China and Russia alarms U.S. and Europe amid Ukraine crisis
China and Russia declared that they would work with other countries to 'promote genuine democracy” and counter American-led ideology and institutions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 20, 2022
Russia and Belarus extend military drills north of Ukraine
NATO says Russia has up to 30,000 troops in Belarus and could use them as part of an invasion force to attack Ukraine, although Moscow denies any such intention.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 20, 2022
The fates of Ukraine and Taiwan aren't necessarily linked
Despite some similarities, the issues facing Ukraine and Taiwan are mostly different and the two will likely not suffer the same fate.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 20, 2022
Once, he kept Russia at a distance. Now, he is a docile Putin satrap.
Alexander Lukashenko played East and West against each other for 28 years, all while keeping Belarus firmly in his grip, but those days are over.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 19, 2022
China would likely back Russia, diplomatically, if it moved on Ukraine
China's foreign ministry has repeatedly blamed the U.S. for 'spreading false information' and creating tensions, urging it to respect and address Russia's demands for security guarantees.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 18, 2022
Putin to oversee nuclear drills amid standoff over Ukraine
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the exercises were part of a regular training process and denied they signaled an escalation of the standoff.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Feb 18, 2022
Putin makes inroads in pressure campaign against West and Ukraine
For Putin, the procession of foreign dignitaries flying in for talks is already a win, pushing Moscow's security worries to the top of the world agenda.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 16, 2022
In joust with Putin, Germany's Scholz displays more assertive style
Scholz was unexpectedly combative in his joint news conference with Putin during a day-trip to Moscow that was part of frantic diplomacy to avert a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 15, 2022
What does the Ukraine crisis mean for Taiwan? That's up for debate.
On the surface, the similarities between the situations in Ukraine and Taiwan seem obvious, but the U.S.'s role in a conflict over either place would likely be very different.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 15, 2022
'Vladdy daddy please no war...': Russia-Ukraine tensions loom large on social media
Gen Z is turning to TikTok and Instagram to hash over the tensions between Russia and Ukraine, while TikTok has become a source for researchers tracking Moscow's buildup.
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.
Pope Francis, radical leader who broke the papal mold, dies at 88
Pope Francis blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at the Vatican in August 2023.
Japan mulls reviewing car safety rules to strike deal with Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's Economic Revitalization Minister and top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to the press upon his arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Friday.
Japan tariff negotiator rules out quick U.S. deal despite push by Trump
Ryosei Akazawa, Japan's top tariff negotiator with the U.S., speaks to reporters upon his arrival at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Friday, a day after talks in Washington.
Shohei Ohtani announces birth of daughter
Shohei Ohtani and his wife Mamiko Tanaka attend a Lakers game in Los Angeles on Dec. 8, 2024.
Is Japan’s parliament ready to welcome more youth to its ranks?
Lower House lawmaker Kai Odake in his Tokyo office on Wednesday
The floor is art: Takuro Tamayama transforms mundanity
Takuro Tamayama’s sculpture “Models (Pair, 6 sets, 12 rings)” comes with a mathematical formation that scales it for different spaces.
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.
Calling all Potterheads: ‘The Goblet of Fire’ comes to Tokyo
The Tokyo version of the globe-trotting exhibition features a Ministry of Magic set, which includes an imposing replica of the Magic Is Might monument representing magical fascism.

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