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WAR

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 4, 2022
What stopped globalization?
With Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the economic “mutual assured destruction” that was supposed to safeguard globalization and deter decoupling apparently reached its limits.
Japan Times
JAPAN / History
Oct 4, 2022
Tokyo to digitize material related to March 1945 air raids
The government will create a digital database of videotaped testimonies from those who experienced the airstrikes and personal belongings of victims that have not been publicly shown.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 4, 2022
In Putin’s nuclear brinksmanship, weapons leave room for warning
The threats are part of a broad attempt by the Kremlin to intimidate the U.S. and Europe into cutting support for Ukraine and forcing Kyiv into negotiations on Moscow's terms.
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WORLD
Oct 4, 2022
Musk and Zelenskyy in Twitter showdown over billionaire's Ukraine peace plan
The Tesla CEO proposed U.N.-supervised elections in four occupied regions that Moscow last week moved to annex after what it called referendums.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 3, 2022
Kishida tries to put focus on economy after Unification Church controversy
The prime minister used his speech at the opening of the new parliamentary session to emphasize economic measures, such as those on inflation and raising wages.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 3, 2022
Iranian drones, cheap and plentiful, help Russia terrorize Ukraine's port of Odesa
The bombardment is leading some Ukrainians to flee the city again for the first time since before the summer.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / Geoeconomic Briefing
Oct 3, 2022
How effective are the West's sanctions on Russia?
With Russia still able to sell crude oil and gas to other nations, the country is still pulling in money to fund its war in Ukraine, leaving the real effect of economic sanctions unclear.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 3, 2022
Another defeat in Ukraine undermines Putin’s ‘forever’ goals
Outnumbered and increasingly encircled by Kyiv's forces, several thousand Russian troops withdrew from Lyman in Donetsk province over the weekend.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Oct 3, 2022
'I feel like I can’t live the life I had before Feb. 24'
How do you tell the world about a war? A Japanese publisher and pro-Ukrainian group team up in an attempt to get the story told by the people most affected by it.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 2, 2022
Gas outflow from last Nord Stream leaks has ended, Denmark cites company as saying
A total of four leaks were discovered on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea near Denmark and Sweden last week.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 2, 2022
Ukraine demining teams race to clear danger before winter
Since the liberation of Izyum in early September, teams have found over 5,000 mines from around former Russian positions.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 2, 2022
U.S., Australia, Japan defense chiefs slam China's 'aggressive and bullying behavior'
The top defense officials from the three partners pledged to bolster trilateral cooperation and further align their security strategies, amid growing tensions with Beijing.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 2, 2022
‘Naked fear’: A pipeline attack fans anxiety in a German village — and beyond
The pipelines have come to embody Europe's dependence on Russian gas — and the continent's frenzied and painful effort to wean itself off it.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Oct 2, 2022
World economy roiled by simultaneous shocks echoing 2007 anxiety
Evidence of the impact — and of the blow to consumers' purchasing power from soaring prices — is mounting quickly.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Oct 2, 2022
Russia slams idea of making athletes condemn war in order to compete
Responding to a proposal from IOC President Thomas Bach, one sports federation chief said Olympic participation should not require athletes to become 'traitors.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 2, 2022
In Washington, Putin’s nuclear threats stir growing alarm
For the first time since the Cuban missile crisis in October 1962, top government leaders in Moscow are making explicit nuclear threats and officials in Washington are gaming out scenarios.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2022
Japan considering additional sanctions after Russia seizes Ukraine territory
Tokyo is expected to work to come up with details of its envisaged additional sanctions in line with the G7 stance.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / ANALYSIS
Oct 1, 2022
Exposed Europe steps up energy defenses after Nord Stream 'sabotage'
Europe's energy crisis, sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, has escalated from a problem of ensuring supply to a challenge of securing the networks that keep Europe warm.
Taiwan stuns Samurai Japan to capture Premier12 title
Japan starter Shosei Togo reacts after allowing a three-run home run against Taiwan in the fifth inning of the Premier12 final on Sunday.
Japan and U.S. to form missile plan in case of Taiwan emergency
A U.S. Marine Corps M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and a Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force Type 12 Surface-to-Ship Missile (12SSM) system are put on display at a symposium at a base in Kisarazu, Japan, in June 2022.
Preparations for Osaka Expo well underway amid lack of excitement
The Grand Ring, a symbol of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka
Ishiba shelves proposal for liaison offices with North Korea amid rising tensions
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks on Saturday in Tokyo at a rally that was held by a group of families of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea decades ago to demand the immediate return of all abductees.
'Kohaku' still matters for J-pop bragging rights
Emerging Gen Z J-pop group ME:I will perform on this year's "Kohaku Uta Gassen," national broadcaster NHK’s New Year's Eve spectacle.
How Japan can exit the fossil fuel subsidies it can’t seem to quit
A man walks past a gasoline station in Tokyo on Thursday.
An iconic 32-foot doughnut might give Randy’s an edge in Japan
Randy's Donuts in Inglewood, California. Replicas of the giant doughnut sculpture will be installed, where possible, at shops in Japan.
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.

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