TheRegulator comments

Japan did buy oil from Russia this year at a price above the official price cap so I think this talk from Japan is just that, talk. The sanctions are not working and are causing massive blow back on Europe especially, which might be what the US desires.

OK China never claims to be liberal western democracy with our definition of free speech, so why are the media focusing on this story. Meanwhile in Germany, a member of the liberal western democracy, citizens get arrested and imprisoned for posting dissenting opinions about the war in Ukraine of social media. Almost no coverage in the media on this issue. Citizens throughout the UK and EU face punishment for posts that are deemed to be 'hate speech'. The EU continues down the path of requiring social media companies to censor content. The US government also censors social media content and uses it spread disinformation supporting their narrative. These are issues which we as citizens of what we claim are free democratic and open societies with free speech rights enshrined in law, should be fighting against, think about it.

This is a beat up on Waters openly questioning the official narrative on the Ukraine war. Oddly enough those making the accusations against him say nothing about the support of real life and real time unsavory characters currently fighting on the side of Nato in Ukraine. Germany is becoming a totalitarian state, some are being imprisoned for make statements and posts that don't support the official narrative. This is not an exaggeration and can be verified easily online.

No doubt the US will listening in as usual.

Extremely unlikely to be true.

It seems that Japan objects to taking the 'medicine' that her friends and partners in the West prescribe. The concept of national sovereignty is a myth.

Yawn, Hollywood continues it slide with movies like this.

Why is the Yellen using an international venue like this to talk about an internal US issue ? Is this somehow a veiled threat to other members of the G7 or global community ?

The Ukraine narrative is falling apart, that is obvious. What we need to hope for is that Poland does not decide to do something stupid like claim part of Ukraine. If that happens nothing is off the table in what happens next. For those advocating for the war to continue think about that means for the average Ukrainian who has been press ganged into the military.

Extremely biased against China and pro USA article. 'Escalating tensions over Taiwan', how ? Is this supposed to refer to their stance of reserving the use of military force if Taiwan declares independence ? Surely the US is raising tensions by selling more and more arms to Taiwan which is something they promised not to do during Nixon's presidency. Does the US sincerely believe that visits by high level figures to Taiwan will reduce tensions ? Its clear to China and anyone that can think objectively that the US is using Taiwan to provoke a military conflict with China.

What a farce this all is. In reality this is all the West can do.

What a complete disaster you would think that the US and friends would learn but I don't think they have. Today the population is proving just as easy to manipulate into provoking and initiating wars as it was 20 years ago. There was no investigation after the war to determine why it happened and who was responsible and that's part of the reason why history is bound to repeat itself again and again. Today our leaders are probably even more corrupt and inept that they were in 2005 so watch out.

Well it's obvious that Nato/US did it. They have started to run a narrative that 'pro-Ukrainians' did it after Sy Hersh released his Substack expose. The US narrative involves a yacht and reminds me of the french bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland NZ back in 1987. Pro-Ukrainians, well the US and Nato would fit this description so maybe in a roundabout way that are telling the truth.

Pressure coming on Japan from the EU and US to step on board the rainbow agenda bus.

Japan following the lead of its oversea,

Take the islands back by force Japan, I dare you.

I recommend watching the documentary 'Princes of the Yen' available on YT. This doco examines the actions of the BOJ that led to the financial crisis in Japan during the 90s.

All this hysteria about a balloon and 'objects' is designed to deflect any attention away from the environmental catastrophe that took place in Ohio. No US media has run this on the front page.

Absurd story and journalism on so many levels.

This story sounds like deliberate misinformation. Why is it that no clear photos were taken of the object before it was shot down ? The pilots should have been able to identify what it is before shooting it down. None of this makes sense.

Under the UN Law of the Sea foreign vessels are allowed to travel through the territorial waters of another country. Therefore it doesn't look like China is breaking any laws but hey it makes for another story where tensions can be ratcheted up.

Good on you China, don't stand for this childish behavior from the US.

Jens and Nato are getting desperate, what a rotten bunch they are.

Well Nato know all about indiscriminate attacks on infrastructure and civilians. For those who were not around at the time, Google Nato bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. Over 78 days of bombing about 3000 civilians were killed and infrastructure destroyed. Also the Chinese embassy was 'accidently' destroyed with a cruise missile.

Come on Kishida you can pick and choose when you align yourself with the US. This is part of what you have signed up for and is required by the largest contributor to the US Democratic Party.

A story straight from the clown world. If Sean believes in the war so much why is he not fighting on the front lines ? I'm sure that there are some Ukrainian conscripts who would be happy for him to take their place.

No doubt pressure is being applied to Japan by the US to contribute more to the fiasco that is the Ukraine war.

Seem to be a lot of people in this comments section who buy into the Nato story about how badly the war is going for Russia. Why does Ukraine continually need new game changing weapons? Started with Javelins, M777 howitzers, drones, Himars, Soviet tanks and now they are after game changing Western tanks.

The fact that this question is even asked should be enough for all of us to start marching in the street. I see plenty of hubristic comments here from people who have no idea of the level of suffering that war would bring.

It seems clear that Russia has taken Soledar. Any remaining resistance by Ukrainian troops is insignificant. Next on the list for Russia appears to be Bakhmut where Ukraine has already paid a high price for holding.