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WAR

Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 3, 2023
As Kyiv reckons with deaths near a shelter, Russia evacuates border towns
Three people, including a woman and her child, were killed in an explosion near the entrance of a shelter early Thursday morning, having been locked out in the middle of an air raid.
Japan Times
MORE SPORTS
Jun 2, 2023
Sergey Karjakin may skip World Cup rather than compete without Russian flag
Athletes from Russia and Belarus have been banned from competitions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2023
U.S. allies look for their place in the emerging global order
A bitterly divided and fractured America lacks the necessary common purpose, principle and the requisite national pride and strategic direction to execute a robust foreign policy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jun 2, 2023
Japan and South Korea ramp up chip collaboration amid U.S.-China tensions
A need to work around trade restrictions is seen as the main factor driving the engagement with Japan by firms such as Samsung, rather than improving diplomatic relations.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2023
Ukraine’s attacks on Russia are a calculated gamble
Bringing the war to Russian soil may have a short-term military upside. But high civilian casualties could cause a “Chechnya effect” that works to Putin's long-term advantage.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 2, 2023
U.S. seeking explosives in Japan for Ukraine artillery shells, sources say
Export rules ban Japanese companies from selling lethal items overseas, but the allies appear to have found a workaround to enable the TNT sale amid global shortages of munitions.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2023
NATO debates 'security guarantees' for Ukraine
An option being weighed is major powers offering Ukraine bilateral security assurances in the years before it becomes a full NATO member.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 2, 2023
BRICS ministers put on show of strength as Putin arrest warrant looms large
The ICC accused Putin in March of the war crime of forcibly deporting children from Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine.
Japan Times
TENNIS
Jun 1, 2023
Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka refuses to take personal stance against war in Ukraine at French Open
World No. 2 Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus refused to comment on the war in Ukraine and her country's involvement as a staging post for Russian troops, when asked specifically to condemn it on Wednesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 1, 2023
Ukraine war may become a proving ground for AI
AI and quantum computing could revolutionize offensive operations and, perhaps more important, logistics.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 1, 2023
Western firms still in Russia face worsening struggle to exit
Of thousands of firms that halted operations in Russia last year, some have only managed to negotiate swift exits by selling at huge discounts or handing keys to local management.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jun 1, 2023
Taking inspiration from Hiroshima to reconstruct the global nuclear order
The recent G7 summit showed that nuclear nations are having to reassess their approach to weapons in light of Russia's threats regarding Ukraine.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2023
U.S. and EU narrow gap on China but remain split on trade tactics
EU countries like France and Germany have raised issues about adopting the hawkish U.S. approach to China.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 31, 2023
NATO launches Arctic drills, vowing to protect newest member Finland
Nearly 1,000 allied forces from the United States, Britain and Norway, and also from neighboring Sweden, joined some 6,500 Finnish troops for the exercise.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 31, 2023
European leaders head to Moldova for symbolic summit on Ukraine's doorstep
The gathering of the EU's 27 member states and 20 other European countries will touch on a range of strategic issues.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 30, 2023
War highlights value of radio for Ukraine's public broadcaster
PBC Chairman Mykola Chernotytskyi stressed the value of the medium while taking part in training by NHK focused on developing emergency reporting systems.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 30, 2023
Ukraine launches biggest drone attack on Moscow, Russia says
Air defenses destroyed all eight drones, but the attack brought the 15-month war in Ukraine to the heart of the Russian capital.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 30, 2023
Ukraine sees new virtue in wind power: It’s harder to destroy
A single, well-placed missile can damage a power plant severely enough to take it out of action, but doing the same to a set of windmills would require dozens.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 30, 2023
Zelenskyy urges South Korea to provide defense systems, report says
Zelenskyy expressed gratitude over Seoul's pledge to send de-mining vehicles and aid totaling some $230 million, but said Ukraine wanted anti-aircraft and early warning systems.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
May 29, 2023
As Belarus prepares to host Russian nukes, what is Putin’s aim?
Not only would hosting Russian nukes make Belarus a potential target for the West, but some also fear that the country itself could become Russia's next annexation target.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.”

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