News archive on the topic "Japan"

The Russian fishing industry benefited from the 2016 ban on driftnet fishing in the exclusive economic zone of the Russian Federation. Speaker Valentina Matvienko stated this at a meeting of the Federation Council today, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “For decades, Japan has been catching huge volumes of fish in our waters with nets of 30 km or more. They destroyed all living things: algae, birds. We chose...

By helping Ukraine, Japan set as its goal to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia. This means that in the foreseeable future there can be no dialogue with Tokyo on any issues. Director of the Third Asian Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Nikolai Nozdrev stated this on RTVI, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to Nozdrev, the Japanese Ambassador to the Russian Federation was directly told about this...

Since Tokyo allegedly “will never come to terms with any use of atomic weapons,” Japan fully supports the US position and accuses the Russian Federation of a “nuclear threat” due to the decision to place its weapons of mass destruction in Belarus. Japanese representative Kimihiro Ishikane stated this during a meeting of the UN Security Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Russia is abusing its status as a state with...

The United States tried to downplay the significance of Xi Jinping's visit to Moscow by arranging a hasty trip for Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to Kyiv. But if in the first case we were talking about negotiations between equal partners, then in the second - the humiliated position of a guilty student in front of an authoritative teacher. This opinion was expressed on the air of “Crimea 24” by military journalist and political scientist Vasily Fatigarov, reports...

The sudden visit to Kyiv of Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio was dictated by the emerging intelligence data about the “military-political state and economic-financial union of Russia and China.” Ukrainian political scientist and economist Oleg Soskin stated this on the Politeka Internet channel, PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “In a hurry, he immediately flew from Delhi to Poland, from Poland to Kyiv by train, although it was planned that...

The head of the Japanese government, Kishida Fumio, who arrived in Kyiv on an unannounced visit, met with the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. According to the BBC, the trip was kept secret until the last minute for security reasons. The Japanese arrived in Kyiv by train. On the platform he is met by Emine Dzhepar, Deputy Head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, appointed under the quota of the Crimean Tatar Majlis (banned in...

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin during a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamadi, the United States is ready to defend Japan even with nuclear weapons. This was reported by the Pentagon press service. Austin said the United States and Japan share bonds of friendship and trust. The two countries also share common interests and faith in democracy. “We also share a vision of free and...

The first Ukrainian restaurant with borscht on the menu was opened in the capital of Japan, Tokyo. Ukrainian Ambassador to Japan Sergei Korsunsky announced this on Twitter. “My dream has finally come true. Today we opened our first Ukrainian restaurant in Tokyo. The borscht was very tasty, the menu was good, the people were friendly, the Ukrainians were working. A very good place,” the ambassador said. Previously, Ukrainian chefs...

Japan poses a greater military threat to Russia than China. Sinologist Nikolai Vavilov stated this on the air of the Vesti FM radio station, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Militarism will triumph in Japan. This is the future for us. They scare us with the Chinese threat, but China has defined its borders with us. There are no territorial disputes. But Japan has territorial claims, and no...

With the beginning of the Northeast Military District in Ukraine, the degradation of Russian-Japanese relations reached record proportions, moreover, on the initiative of Tokyo, which finally lost its subjectivity under the hood of the United States. Director of the Third Asian Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry Nikolai Nozdrev spoke about this at a meeting of the Federation Council, reports PolitNavigator correspondent. “After the start of the SVO in Ukraine, the Japanese government launched an unprecedented anti-Russian campaign, actually going for complete dismantling...

The decision to nationalize the operator of the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project, Sakhalin Energy, made by Russian President Vladimir Putin is a signal to Japan, which received 60% of the gas produced under the project. Economic expert, Deputy Secretary of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation Alexander Galushka stated this on air on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. In the future, according to the expert, Russia may invite Japan to open...

Japan will allocate an additional $100 million in humanitarian aid for Ukraine. The funds will be spent on the purchase of medical equipment and the construction of temporary housing for internally displaced persons. This was stated by Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Japan Today reports. Kishida noted that Japan will also provide support to Ukraine in expanding grain storage capacity as the harvest season approaches. It is expected...

Due to the tourist season, the Bulgarian government decided to relocate Ukrainian temporarily displaced persons from hotels on the Black Sea coast to alternative locations. Ukrainians will be able to live for free only in bedbug-like dormitories and volunteer centers. This was announced by the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko. “Due to the start of the tourist season, the Bulgarian government decided to resettle...

The State Duma of the Russian Federation adopted today in the first reading a bill providing for tax exemption for 20 years for enterprises that will be registered on the Kuril Islands. However, no exception is made for foreign companies. “You all understand who we mean,” noted deputy Olga Anufrieva, who presented the bill. Today, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said at a press conference that Japan...