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WAR

Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2022
Biden's own aides feared his sanctions wouldn't stop Putin
Sanctions have become the foreign policy option of first resort, despite a growing body of evidence that they often fail to achieve their goals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2022
Many Russians feel deep unease over going to war
Going to war is one of Russians' greatest fears, according to an independent pollster.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2022
Brent oil jumps to $100 a barrel on Russia-Ukraine tensions
Brent oil surged past $100 a barrel for the first time since 2014 as Russia's dramatic escalation of the Ukraine crisis sparked fears of a disruption to the region's critical energy exports.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2022
China blasts U.S. sanctions as it seeks to influence Ukraine crisis
Putin's latest moves force Beijing into a balancing act as it supports Russia while trying to portray itself as a responsible global power.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2022
Biden says U.S. will impose ‘further consequences’ on Russia
'President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering,” Biden said in a statement.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2022
Raw recruits called up to fight in Russian-backed separatist region
In preparation for the possibility of all-out war, the separatists have been mobilizing men age 18 to 55, and even some older men have joined up.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 24, 2022
EU sanctions Russians linked to Putin but holds back on deploying full sanctions 'arsenal'
Member states of the bloc adopted sanctions Wednesday against 23 high-ranking individuals including banking executives, military chiefs, media figures and a top Kremlin official.
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
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Feb 23, 2022
Putin escalation leaves China’s Xi with tough balancing act
Beijing will look to avoid openly criticizing Russia's actions in Ukraine, while affirming its support for the principles of territorial integrity and noninterference, experts say.
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
Taiwan casts wary eye at China amid Ukraine crisis
While Taipei is always on alert, there have been no unusual maneuvers by Chinese forces in recent days, officials say.
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
Feb 22, 2022
U.S. troops in Poland brace for possible Ukrainian evacuees
U.S. commanders in Poland have been reassuring allies while working with them to prepare several Polish military facilities and put up tents.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 21, 2022
U.S. warns that Russia may target multiple cities in Ukraine
The U.S. has told allies that any Russian invasion of Ukraine would potentially see it target multiple cities beyond the capital Kyiv.
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.
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’
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