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Top Japanese and U.S. officials to meet this week to discuss Ukraine war

Foreign and defense officials will meet in Tokyo to coordinate their responses to the Ukraine crisis, while also discussing closer defense cooperation between China and ...
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China’s fears of an Indo-Pacific NATO are more myth than reality

Southeast Asia’s modern-day foreign policy is mostly aimed at avoiding becoming a battleground in great-power competitions, as occurred during the Vietnam War and other bloody ...
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U.S. rejects surprise Poland offer of jets for Ukraine as not ‘tenable’

Washington has sought to speed weapons deliveries to Ukraine. But the prospect of flying combat aircraft from NATO territory into the war zone "raises serious ...
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Exit polls point to dead heat in South Korean election

Full results from the vote are likely be known early Thursday.
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U.S. bans Russian energy imports as Ukrainians flee cities

Partially backed by Britain and the European Union, Western sanctions are beginning to target the economic lifeline of Russia's war in Ukraine.
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In banning Russian fuel imports, U.S. refuses to subsidize Putin’s war

With other petroleum products included, Russia accounted for about 8% of 2021 oil imports to the U.S., though those shipments have trended lower in recent ...
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How the U.S. might help Ukraine — without broadening the war

The U.S. wants to help Ukraine resist Russia, but it also wants to avoid spillover that could provoke "World War III."
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War in Ukraine pushes up already high freight costs for Japan

Delivery times and costs for shipping and air cargo had already been affected by the pandemic, and now the conflict has led to closed airspace ...
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Japan accepts eight people displaced by Russian invasion of Ukraine

"We will work together with the relevant ministries and agencies so that we can proactively and swiftly accept" evacuees from Ukraine, said Justice Minister Yoshihisa ...
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Japan’s ANA lines up low-cost carrier in bet on post-COVID tourism boom

ANA Holdings Inc. plans to launch a new international low-cost carrier which "combines the best aspects of full service and LCC in terms of offering ...