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Japan’s Takaichi plans snap election to strengthen fragile lower-house majority
TOKYO (Realist English). Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi plans to dissolve the lower house of Japan’s parliament for a snap general...
Public opinion in Japan splits over future of Self-Defense Forces amid security concerns
TOKYO (Realist English). Nearly half of Japanese respondents believe the country’s Self-Defense Forces should remain at their current size and...
China protests Japan over ruling party official’s visit to Taiwan
BEIJING (Realist English). China has lodged a formal diplomatic complaint with Japan over a visit by a senior official from...
Japan sets $19bn investment target for Central Asia in push to counter China’s influence
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan has announced a five-year target of $19 billion in business projects across Central Asia, signalling a...
Japan’s green tea exports reach highest level in over 70 years
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s green tea exports hit a more than 70-year high in the first 10 months of this...
U.S. flies nuclear-capable bombers over Sea of Japan in coordinated show of force with Tokyo
TOKYO (Realist English). The United States deployed nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over the Sea of Japan on Wednesday in joint flights...
Japan considers 2027 income tax hike to help finance major defense buildup
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), led by Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, is weighing an increase to...
China escalates pressure on Japan after Taiwan remarks, but holds back its rare-earths weapon
TOKYO (Realist English). China has rolled out a familiar set of economic countermeasures against Japan following Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s...
Japan’s diplomatic rift with China threatens tourism and deepens economic risks
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s fragile economy faces fresh turbulence after China urged its citizens to avoid travelling to the country,...
Putin and Xi reaffirm strategic partnership in New Year video talks
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin held a video conference with Chinese President Xi Jinping on February 4, marking...
Pompeo hints at US involvement in unrest and attacks in Iran
TEL AVIV (Realist English). Former US secretary of state and ex-CIA director Mike Pompeo has made a rare public statement...
Khamenei warns of regional war amid US military build-up in the Gulf
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned on Sunday that any US attack on the Islamic Republic would...
Trump warns Iran as US carrier group moves closer, raising fears of imminent military clash
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The risk of open conflict between the United States and Iran intensified after US President Donald Trump...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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