LIVE: Is Russia Planning a War Against Japan and South Korea? | Vantage with Palki Sharma Russia has set its sights on new targets—Japan and South Korea. Leaked military documents reveal that the Russian military has compiled a list of 160 potential targets across both countries,
Russia developed offensive plans targeting civilian and military sites in Japan and South Korea in the event of a war with NATO, the Financial Times reported on Dec. 31, citing documents shown to the outlet by Western sources.
Vantage with Palki Sharma Leaked Russian military documents have revealed detailed plans for potential strikes on Japan and South Korea. The plans include targeting civilian infrastructure like nuclear power stations,
Japan’s military chiefs are warning that the country faces its most severe and complex security environment since World War II, attributing the outlook to China, Russia, North Korea and instability in the Middle East.
The United States warned on Wednesday that North Korea is benefiting from its troops fighting alongside Russia against Ukraine, gaining experience that makes Pyongyang "more capable of waging war against its neighbors.
The male Siberian cat, named Mir, was gifted by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Akita Governor Norihisa Satake as a symbol of friendship between Russia and Japan. Mir recently departed for feline heaven.
Japan on Friday approved additional sanctions against Russia over its war on Ukraine, including freezing the assets of dozens of individuals and groups and banning exports to dozens of organizations in Russia and several other countries that have
On Christmas Day, authorities in Estonia and Finland noted the sudden interruption of the Estlink 2 undersea electricity cable linking their two nations - just as ship tracking data showed the Cook Islands-registered "Eagle S" passing outbound from Russia’s Baltic coast en route to Egypt.
Japan announced a significant expansion of sanctions against Russia in response to its invasion of Ukraine. This move is part of an international effort to increase pressure on Russia and stop the ongoing conflict.
Rahm Emanuel has been a sharp critic of China’s economic and geopolitical strategies during his three years in Japan.
Hal Brands is a professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. This essay is adapted from his new book, “The Eurasian Century: Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and the Making of the Modern World.”