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Aug 29, 2026

A Thousand Drones a Day, and Japanese Students Sent to Russia

Ukraine's president set a target of raising long-range drone strikes on Russia from an average of over 300 a day to 1,000. Separately, reporting surfaced that a Japanese student exchange to Russia went ahead with a wartime insurance rider under consideration, even though the foreign ministry has a level-3 advisory covering all of Russia. The two stories are unconnected, but Japanese boards read them side by side.

Russia's Show of Force Over the Sea of Japan Meets Japanese Shrugs

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Jul 23, 2026

Russia's Show of Force Over the Sea of Japan Meets Japanese Shrugs

A Tu-95 bomber escorted by Su-35 fighters flew for over 11 hours off Japan, Russia moved toward state monitoring of retail prices, and Tokyo said it would resume student exchanges with Moscow after a seven-year break—prompting a mix of calm threat analysis, mockery, and criticism of the foreign ministry.

Japan's Foreign Ministry Moves to Resume Student Trips to Wartime Russia

Politics

Jul 19, 2026

Japan's Foreign Ministry Moves to Resume Student Trips to Wartime Russia

Asahi Shimbun reported that Japan's Foreign Ministry plans to resume short-term student exchanges with Russia in August. With footage of large explosions inside Russia circulating, netizens blasted the move as reckless, and some cast it as a national-security failure.