120: Sanctions and sanctuary: Japan responds to Russia's war in Ukraine w/ Noah Sneider

<div>As Vladimir Putin's grim war in Ukraine escalates, The Economist's Tokyo bureau chief, Noah Sneider, joins to discuss the reasons for the conflict, the lengths to which Japan is supporting Ukraine, and how the war will redefine relationships between Japan and its northern neighbor, Russia.</div> <div><br> </div> <div><strong>Read more: </strong></div> <ul> <li>Noah's <a href="https://twitter.com/WarTranslation">War in Translation</a> project</li> <li><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/03/09/business/japan-resists-pressure-exit-russia/">Japan resists pressure to follow Big Oil’s exit from Russia</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/03/08/national/japan-accepts-eight-ukraine-evacuees/">Japan accepts eight people displaced by Russian invasion of Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/03/09/national/us-japan-ukraine-meeting/">Top Japanese and U.S. officials to meet this week to discuss Ukraine war</a></li> <li>The Japan Times' <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/tag/russia-ukraine-crisis/">full coverage</a> of the Russia-Ukraine conflict</li> </ul> <div> <strong>Sponsor: <br> </strong>Today’s episode is sponsored by RGF Professional Recruitment Japan, the bilingual arm of Recruit, Japan and Asia's largest recruiting and information service company. Visit <a href="https://bit.ly/rgfrecruitment">RGF Professional Recruitment Japan</a> to register your resume and unleash your potential today.<br> <br> <strong>On this episode:<br> </strong>Noah Sneider: <a href="http://noahsneider.com">Website</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/NoahSneider">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://twitter.com/WarTranslation">War in Translation</a><br> Oscar Boyd: <a href="https://twitter.com/omhboyd">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/author/oscar-boyd/">Articles</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oscar.boyd/">Instagram</a><strong> </strong><br> <br> <strong>Transcript<br> </strong>We have recently begun experimenting with transcripts for episodes of De