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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,...
Japan protests Chinese diplomat’s “threatening” remarks toward Prime Minister Takaichi
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan has filed a formal protest with China after Beijing’s Consul General in Osaka, Xue Jian, posted...
Japan weighs expanding defense budget to include space and infrastructure projects
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan is considering a significant expansion of what qualifies as defense-related spending, potentially counting space, infrastructure, and...
Japan reports record rise in school absenteeism and bullying cases for 12th consecutive year
TOKYO (Realist English). The number of Japanese elementary and junior high school students absent for 30 days or more hit...
Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
Is Iran’s survival not a victory? Tehran under US and Israeli pressure
TEL AVIV (Realist English). For decades, Iran defined victory in expansive terms: exporting revolution, rolling back US influence, and ultimately eliminating...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
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