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Sep 16, 2026

Foreign Leaders Press Japan: Trump's War Bill and Zelensky's Kyiv Invite

Trump reportedly said countries that didn't support the operation against Iran should compensate the U.S. after the war, while Kyodo reported that Zelensky asked PM Takaichi to visit Kyiv. Japanese netizens pushed back with 'don't dump the cost of a war you started on others' and 'don't let Japan be used as an ATM,' though the core claims remain unverified.

Zelensky's Account of a North Korean Deployment to Russia Stirs Debate in Japan

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Aug 11, 2026

Zelensky's Account of a North Korean Deployment to Russia Stirs Debate in Japan

President Zelensky said North Korea and Russia had decided on a 30,000-to-50,000-troop deployment, a figure resting on his own account. Japanese commenters mocked Russia's 'war crime' complaint over a Ukrainian drone strike and weighed the risk of the war rebounding on Asia.