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WAR

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 21, 2022
After the Xi-Biden call, China offers different messages to different audiences on Ukraine
Chinese officials have continued to echo Russia and accuse NATO of provoking the war while criticizing sanctions levied against Moscow.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 21, 2022
China will work to de-escalate war in Ukraine, diplomat says
China's top envoy to Washington pledged his country 'will do everything” to de-escalate the war in Ukraine, but refused to condemn Russia's attack and branded such requests 'naive.”
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 21, 2022
Ukraine war threatens to cause a global food crisis
The looming disaster is laying bare the consequences of a major war in the modern era of globalization.
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
WORLD / FOCUS
Mar 21, 2022
Defiant Odessa is seen as vulnerable to Russian sea assault
Military experts said an attempt to capture Odessa, which has so far been spared intense bombardment and fighting, was possible given its strategic and symbolic importance to Ukraine.
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
Why the Saudis won’t pump more oil
Saudi and Emirati leaders have reportedly been declining U.S. President Joe Biden's calls to produce more oil in the wake of the U.S. ban on Russian imports.
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
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2022
Majority of Japanese worry China may invade Taiwan, poll shows
Nine in 10 Japanese people are concerned that China may invade Taiwan, following Russia's attack on Ukraine, according to a domestic newspaper poll.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2022
The battle for Kyiv looms as a long and bloody conflict
Ukraine's capital is the biggest prize of all for the Russian military. If Russia tries to take control, it could lead to one of the biggest urban conflicts since World War II.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 20, 2022
How one man dodged Russian tanks to escape Ukraine's Mariupol
Mariupol has become a symbol of the devastation of Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to go to war.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 20, 2022
War complicates Russia’s role in supplying commodities to China
Before the crisis in Ukraine, Russia's importance to China as a supplier of raw materials was only growing, but conflict will only complicate matters.

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