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People cross the street near flags with the logo of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) flying in front of the St. Isaac's Cathedral on the eve of the forum's opening in Saint Petersburg, Russia, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 3, 2026
Putin’s ‘Davos’ haunted by war and stagnation despite the swank of influencers
The war looms large even if Ukraine is not mentioned once in the official program.
A man inspects a building damaged during Russian missile and drone strikes in Kyiv on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2026
Nine dead, dozens wounded as Russia launches major attack across Ukraine
Moscow warned last week that it intended to launch “systematic strikes” on targets in Kyiv and urged foreign nationals to leave.
Ukrainian musicians take part in a presentation amid the Russian invasion in the city of Dnipro in April 2022.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 2, 2026
The cultural component of national security
Russia’s war against Ukraine has involved a deliberate campaign of cultural erasure. Since 2022, more than 1,750 cultural heritage sites have reportedly been damaged or destroyed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 2, 2026
Russia finance officials tell Putin war spending is unaffordable
Finance Ministry officials have grown increasingly concerned about the state of Russia’s economy and state budget in recent months.
A Russian Su-27 flies over the Black Sea in April. Since the war began, Russian forces have received 12 Su-27 warplanes, while Ukrainian intelligence figures imply Russia outputs around 20,000 first-person view drones per day.
WORLD
Jun 2, 2026
Russian aircraft production surges as Putin pivots to drone war
With tanks and other conventional armor hitting limits, cheap and scalable unmanned systems have become one of the few areas of Russian industry still capable of rapid expansion.
The Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine on June 15, 2025. Russia accused Ukraine of hitting a garage at the nuclear power plant on Sunday.
WORLD
Jun 1, 2026
Ukraine hits pipeline, refinery and fuel depot in overnight strikes on Russia
The strikes are part of an escalating campaign against energy infrastructure often deep inside Russia.
War crimes investigators Roksolana Makar and Oleksii Starynets, from the Ukrainian nonprofit Truth Hounds, interview a woman who says she was tortured and raped by occupying Russian forces in 2022, in Izium, Ukraine, on Jan. 29.
WORLD / FOCUS
Jun 1, 2026
How Trump’s Ukraine aid cuts undermine justice for Russian war crimes
The aid cuts reflect a broader U.S. pullback from work on human rights violations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a press conference at the F16 air flotilla in Uppsala, Sweden, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 1, 2026
Ukraine’s Zelenskyy seeks progress on peace talks before winter
Talks brokered by the United States on moving toward a peace accord have stalled as Washington has focused on the conflict ​in Iran.
Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Saturday.
WORLD
May 31, 2026
Drone hits nuclear facility as Kyiv and Moscow trade strikes
Ukraine and Russia traded aerial attacks as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held what he called a special meeting on next steps with top aides.
A component of an onboard computer unit of an 'Oreshnik' intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), which Russia used during one of the recent attacks on Ukraine, is displayed in Kyiv on Friday.
WORLD
May 30, 2026
Russian Oreshnik missile fired in January was nine years old, Ukrainian experts say
The Oreshnik, which Russia first used against ‌Ukraine ‌in 2024, is a nuclear-capable missile with a range of over ​5,000 kilometers.
The Japanese Defense Ministry said Friday it will send four officers from the Self-Defense Forces to the NATO Security Assistance and Training Organization for Ukraine (NSATU) — a command headquartered in the German town of Wiesbaden and launched in July 2024 to coordinate planning and arrange the delivery of security assistance to the war-torn country.
JAPAN
May 29, 2026
Japan to send SDF officers to NATO Ukraine command for first time
Tokyo will send four officers to the NATO Security Assistance and Training Organization for Ukraine to help coordinate planning and arrange the delivery of security assistance.
Japan's Ambassador to the U.N. Yamazaki Kazuyuki said Japan had always been faithful to the ⁠U.N. Charter and upheld international law, while Russia was "continuing its aggression against Ukraine in violation of ​the charter."
JAPAN
May 29, 2026
Japan dismisses ‘ridiculous’ Russian criticism of military buildup
Russia’s U.N. ambassador had said that “remilitarization” in Germany and Japan was a dangerous threat to global security and was undoing the results of World War II.
U.S. troops take part in a counter-landing live fire exercise as part of the annual Balikatan joint military drills in the Philippines on May 4.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 28, 2026
As Europe weighs less reliance on U.S. military, Asia doubles down
Tokyo, Seoul, Canberra and other capitals in the region believe U.S. military power is critical to counter the challenges from China and North Korea.
Russia's Ministry of Economic Development in Moscow
JAPAN
May 28, 2026
Japanese officials visit Russia to discuss business environment amid war
Economic cooperation between the two countries has significantly stalled since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Brig. Gen. Andriy Biletsky of the Third Army Corps of the Ukrainian Armed Forces after an interview at an undisclosed location in the Kharkiv region, Ukraine, on May 21
WORLD
May 28, 2026
Senior Ukrainian commander sees imminent ‘turning point’ in war
Brig. Gen. Andriy Biletsky, who commands one of Ukraine’s most respected fighting forces, ​said he believes Russia’s army is exhausted and incapable of making major breakthroughs.
A crashed drone part at a site near Kablakula village, Estonia, on May 19
WORLD
May 27, 2026
Errant Ukrainian drones fuel tensions on NATO’s eastern flank
The airspace incursions have occurred as Ukraine uses exploding drones to hit Russian Baltic ports that handle nearly 40% of national oil and gas exports.
A Ukrainian national flag flies in front of the NATO emblem in central Kyiv on July 11, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
May 27, 2026
Ukraine expects NATO summit to discuss funding despite trouble securing backing
Ukrainian Ambassador to Turkey Nariman Dzhelialov suggests each NATO member contributes a small proportion of its budget.
Students gather near a portrait of Russian President Vladimir Putin following a ceremony marking Knowledge Day and the beginning of a new academic year at a cadet boarding school, in the course of Russia-Ukraine military conflict in Donetsk, a Russian-controlled city of Ukraine, on Sept. 1, 2025.
WORLD
May 26, 2026
‘Next time, I’ll stab you’: Russia sees spate of wartime school attacks
There have been at least 14 reported attacks in schools and other educational institutions in Russia so far this year compared with 15 in the whole of 2025.
A boy plays the accordion in front of a shopping center damaged by Russian strikes, in Kyiv on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
May 26, 2026
Lavrov tells Rubio to evacuate U.S. diplomats and citizens from Kyiv
Russia has regularly bombed Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, since 2022, but on Sunday, Ukraine came under a massive Russian drone and missile barrage.
The BLR MK2 unmanned armored vehicle is displayed at the Eurosatory defense and security trade fair near in Paris in June 2022.
COMMENTARY / World
May 26, 2026
When war moves at machine speed, politics must not fall behind
Drones, electronic warfare, satellite imagery, battlefield software and rapid technological adaptation have become part of the daily reality of war in Ukraine.
Japan triples departure tax in push to combat overtourism
Tourists in Yanaka Ginza, Tokyo, on Wednesday. Japan tripled its International Tourist Tax (departure tax) to ¥3,000 from ¥1,000 on Wednesday for all travelers leaving Japan, regardless of nationality.
‘My dream is broken’: Japan visa rules push out foreign residents
A man orders from a kebab shop in the Okubo district in Tokyo.
More facilities in Japan placing sanitary bins in men’s restrooms
A sanitary bin with an awareness sticker placed in a men's restroom in the Nagasaki Municipal Government building
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.
Why is the yen so weak and what can Japan do about it?
Japan spent ¥11.7 trillion ($73 billion) between late April and late May to prop up the weak yen.
Six of the best: rikishi of note in each sumo division
Kazuma (right) faces off against future <i>yokozuna</i> Onosato during the All Japan Amateur Sumo Championships at the Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo in December 2020.
Some startups see opportunity in an aging Japan
Yasmin Baba, CTO of Amilis, wins the Grand Prize at the Pitch2Tokyo Grand Final on Feb. 19.
Japan’s fertility system offers few safe paths for same-sex couples
A Tokyo Pride parade participant holds a sign that says "we want to be a married couple, not a couple."
Life inside Japan’s largest prison for women
Western-style rooms spanning the size of four tatami mats with hardwood floors, a toilet and soft mattresses on bed frames are designated for foreign nationals and those with health conditions at Tochigi Prison.
Inside Japan’s rigid adoption system, a British family finds a way
James Benstead, his wife, Jesse, and their three children. Their adopted son is in the rear stroller.

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One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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