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Olga Kurk-Malayeva, 26, hugs her husband Ruslan, 32, a released Ukrainian prisoner of war (POW) who was captured during the defense of Mariupol in 2022, in the Chernihiv region at an undisclosed location on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Feb 6, 2026
Emotional reunions and dashed hopes as released Ukrainian soldiers return home
People who never received a notification from the army turned up anyway in a desperate attempt to get news of their loved ones from the released prisoners.
Police officers and local residents inspect damage outside a destroyed high-rise building following a Russian missile attack in central Kyiv, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 5, 2024
Russia hopes to wear down Ukraine with mass strikes, analysts say
Battles of attrition highlight the fact that Russia has ramped up arms production.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 14, 2023
¡®Terrible toll¡¯: Russia¡¯s invasion of Ukraine by the numbers
The war in Ukraine has resulted in the deaths of thousands of people, ravaged cities and pummeled the country¡¯s economy.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 21, 2023
Horror of station massacre hangs heavy over Ukraine¡¯s Kramatorsk
Despite widespread silence over the brutal attack ¡ª one of the deadliest of the war ¡ª it has left an indelible mark on survivors and witnesses.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 4, 2023
¡®Not a traitor¡¯: The Russians fighting alongside Ukraine¡¯s forces
Some of the Freedom of Russia legion¡¯s soldiers are fighting in the town of Bakhmut on the eastern front line, the scene of several months of fierce battles.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 27, 2022
Children living with ¡®permanent insecurity¡¯ on Ukraine¡¯s front line
Children living on the front line of Russia¡¯s invasion have to learn to manage unceasing stress, with experts warning of long-term disorders.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 6, 2022
Invasion of Ukraine revives nuclear warfare nightmare
With Moscow on the back foot in its offensive, the military stalemate has raised fears Russia could resort to its nuclear arsenal to achieve a military breakthrough.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 8, 2022
Putin ¡®in a corner¡¯ with options narrowing
The question of ¡®off-ramps¡¯ ¡ª or decisions that allow the Russian leader to end the fighting without admitting defeat ¡ª continues to vex Western analysts, who see no good options.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
New ¡®Katsu Curry Index¡¯ aims to show how weak the yen really is
A CoCo Ichibanya curry house in Tokyo.
Mexican man arrested over attempt to smuggle some 200 lizards into Japan
Mexican alligator lizards seized by Tokyo Customs from a Mexican man who attempted to smuggle them into Japan on Saturday through Haneda Airport
Gut bacteria may be behind many of Â鶹´«Ã½ colorectal cancer cases
A Japanese research team found that a toxin produced by certain E. coli strains, colibactin, caused genetic mutations in nearly half of colorectal cancer cases studied
She is Russia¡¯s richest woman. Her business empire is going up in flames.
Tatyana Kim, the head and co-founder of Wildberries, speaks about Ukrainian drone attacks on the company's warehouses in the course of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, at an unidentified location, in this still image from a handout video released on July 31.
Forty-five meters down, a diver races to record a fleeting moment of WWII history
Kingo Wakasa photographs the kamikaze plane wing section he discovered at the USS Emmons wreck site.
Ikarigata closer to emulating older brother Fujinokawa than many think
The future Fujinokawa (third from left) and Ikarigata (right) compete against each other at ages 5 and 3, respectively.
Where do foreign residents in Japan want to die?
The Yokohama Foreign General Cemetery is one of the few cemeteries in Japan that allows burials, albeit with conditions for the deceased, including foreign nationality and permanent residency in Kanagawa Prefecture.
¡®Total whiplash¡¯: Foreign residents react to Â鶹´«Ã½ changing permanent residency rules
The entrance to the Tokyo Immigration Bureau in Minato Ward, Tokyo, in March. For some foreign residents of Japan, tightening measures for permanent residency have become one factor in a broader calculation over whether remaining in the country makes financial sense over the long term.
As Â鶹´«Ã½ concrete jungles sizzle, urban forestry offers an all-natural fix
People and birds find relief from the sun in Tokyo's Nakano Ward earlier this month. While experts agree that urban greening is crucial to mitigating the impact of climate change, trees are becoming even more scarce in Japanese cities.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo¡¯s ¡®stadium of desire¡¯

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Disaster relief workers Taichi Kato (left) and Seiji Yoshimura enter the collapsed living quarters at Kyuganji temple in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture.
What Kumamoto revealed about Â鶹´«Ã½ earthquake readiness
By Alex K.T. Martin

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