Section: Japan
- Japan Today (Japan) (302)
- Kyodo News (Japan) (71)
- The Diplomat (Japan) (28)
- The Japan Times (Japan) (892)
Bullion back in favour with central banks
KAZAKHSTAN increased gold reserves for the 28th consecutive month, while Ukraine added to holdings for the first time since August, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday. Russia … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Both sides in Ukraine conflict have used cluster bombs: report
Illegal weapons such as cluster bombs have been used in the Ukraine conflict, Amnesty International said while also criticizing both sides in the fighting for the high number of civilian deaths. “Taking into account everything we understand for now, we think that they (cluster bombs) were used by both sides,” the organization’s senior...
Ukraine disputes rebel claim of starting weapons pullback
Russian-backed separatists moved some heavy weapons well back from the front line Tuesday in eastern Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government disputed the rebels’ claim that a real pullback had begun. A peace plan worked out in marathon talks on Feb. 12 aims to create a wide buffer zone between the two sides’ artillery, part of […] The...
Former Ukraine Deputy PM Says “Another Coup Can Not Be Ruled Out” Among Currency Implosion Central Bank Charges
February 24, 2015 A year or so on from the last coup in Ukraine, Ukraine’s former Prime Minister Sergey Arbuzov told TASS, with growing popular … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
World › Ukraine disputes rebel claim that weapons pullback begins
Russian-backed separatists moved some heavy weapons well back from the front line Tuesday in eastern Ukraine, but the Ukrainian government disputed the rebels’ claim that a real pullback had begun. A peace plan worked out in marathon talks on Feb. 12 aims to create a wide buffer zone between the… …read more Source: Japan...
Ukraine rebels claim heavy weapons pullout begun
The pro-independence insurgents in eastern Ukraine Tuesday said they have begun a “full-scale” pullout of heavy weapons from the front line of their fight with government troops, Xinhua news agency … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
Ukraine foreign minister to visit Japan from Sun.
…read more Source: Kyodo...
Bulgaria Key Battleground in US-Russia Energy War
WASHINGTON – As the U.S. wages a high-profile campaign against Russia over Ukraine, it is also battling Kremlin-dominance on another front – energy in Eastern Europe. NATO member Bulgaria, which … …read more Source: Japan Herald...
German doctors visited Ukraine pilot jailed in Russia: Berlin
German doctors this month visited Ukrainian military pilot Nadia Savchenko, who has been on hunger strike in a Russian jail for over two months, Berlin said Monday. The German foreign ministry called for her release, voicing “serious concern” about her health. Two German physicians had checked on Savchenko and talked with her prison doctors on...
World › Ukraine delays heavy weapons pullback, blaming rebel attacks
Ukraine delayed a promised pullback of heavy weapons from the front line Monday, blaming continuing attacks from separatist rebels in eastern Ukraine. Under a peace agreement reached Feb 12, both sides are to withdraw their heavy weapons 25 to 70 kilometers back to create a buffer zone. Ukrainian officials said… …read more Source: Japan...
