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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 9, 2018
Kim, Xi talk denuclearization as North Korean leader makes second secret visit to China
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that he was committed to giving up his nuclear weapons if security guarantees were met, during a surprise visit to the Chinese port city of Dalian just weeks ahead of a planned summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump, Chinese...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 7, 2018
Singapore likely to host Trump-Kim summit in mid-June, reports say
Singapore has become the most likely site for a landmark summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in mid-June, reports have said, as the two nations move closer to formally announcing a date and location.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 3, 2018
Trump hints at imminent release of Americans held in North Korea
U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted at the imminent release of Americans detained in North Korea, just weeks ahead of a planned summit between him and the North's leader, Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 3, 2018
China installs cruise missiles on key South China Sea outposts, report says
China has secretly installed anti-ship cruise missiles and surface-to-air missile systems on three of its fortified outposts in the South China Sea, a report said Wednesday, as Beijing seeks to further project power in the disputed waters.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 2, 2018
Environmental group looks to carve Trump's face into arctic iceberg
In a move that some may consider cold-hearted, a Finnish nongovernmental organization is aiming to raise €400,000 ($480,000) to carve U.S. President Donald Trump's face on an arctic iceberg to highlight global warming.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2018
South Korea's Moon says peace deal wouldn't mean U.S. troops' withdrawal
South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivered a denial Wednesday that U.S. troops stationed in the country would withdraw following the possible signing of a peace treaty to end the Korean War, saying that they should stay even if a deal is reached.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
May 1, 2018
Is a Nobel Prize in the cards for Trump? Depends who you ask
After months of threats and insults directed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that fueled fears of nuclear war, is a Nobel Peace Prize now in the cards for a more conciliatory Donald Trump?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 1, 2018
Trump was talked out of pulling U.S. troops from South Korea ahead of Pyeongchang Olympics, report says
White House chief of staff John Kelly persuaded U.S. President Donald Trump not to order the withdrawal of all American troops from the Korean Peninsula ahead of the February Winter Olympics in South Korea, a report said Monday, just weeks ahead of a planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un....
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 30, 2018
Mike Pompeo says he spoke with North Korea's Kim about denuclearization 'mechanism'
Newly minted U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Sunday he has spoken with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un about how the isolated country might relinquish its nuclear arsenal and what a "complete, verifiable, irreversible mechanism might look like."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 29, 2018
North Korea's Kim vows transparency in nuclear site closure, says foreign experts and journalists can view dismantling
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un plans to shutter his country's nuclear test site next month and will invite foreign experts and journalists to view the dismantling, as planning ramps up for a landmark meeting between him and U.S. President Donald Trump.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2018
North Korea's Kim and South's Moon pledge 'new era of peace'
In a historic summit that few could have imagined just months ago, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in announced Friday the opening of "a new era of peace" that would end the Korean War and achieve a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 26, 2018
Denuclearization to take center stage as Kim and Moon meet in rare inter-Korean summit
Sixty-five years after the Korean War ended in an armistice, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will become the first leader from the North to set foot on South Korean soil when he strides across the Demilitarized Zone on Friday for a historic summit with the rival South's president, Moon Jae-in.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 25, 2018
On North Korea's Kim, Trump shifts from 'Little Rocket Man' to 'very honorable' man
Ditching his derisive "Rocket Man" label for North Korea's leader, U.S. President Donald Trump shifted his assessment of Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, calling the dictator — whose country is said to operate a system of gulags — a "very honorable" man.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 25, 2018
Trump taps Pacific Command chief Harry Harris to be South Korea envoy ahead of Kim summit
U.S. Pacific Command chief Adm. Harry Harris, nominated to be ambassador to Canberra, will instead fill the long-vacant post of ambassador to South Korea, Australia's top diplomat said Wednesday.
WORLD
Apr 23, 2018
Pentagon corrects statements about missile used in Syria strikes, says stealthy new weapon eyed by Japan was not fired
The Pentagon has corrected its statement on the use of an advanced missile in the U.S. strikes on Syria on April 14, saying that the weapon fired was, in fact, not the stealthy type missile it initially described. Japan is considering purchasing that missile, known as the JASSM-ER (Joint Air-to-Surface...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 23, 2018
Trump falsely claims North Korea has agreed to denuclearize, but will it ditch its 'treasured sword'?
U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Sunday to serve up the dubious claim that North Korea has "agreed to denuclearization" ahead of his meeting with Kim Jong Un — an assertion at odds with what the White House has previously said and something Pyongyang has yet to say publicly.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 22, 2018
North Korea's surprise move unlikely to deepen U.S.-Japan rift ahead of Trump-Kim summit: experts
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sudden announcement Saturday that his country had suspended nuclear and longer-range missile tests and shut down its main atomic test site to focus on its sanctions-hit economy may have caught the U.S. and Japan off guard, but experts say it is unlikely to deepen any...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 21, 2018
Abe cautious as North Korea pledges to halt nuclear and longer-range missile tests just days before key summit
North Korea's suspension of nuclear and long-range missile tests draws wary praise and skepticism from experts less than a week before a pivotal inter-Korean summit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 21, 2018
In first, Chinese aircraft carrier performs drills in Pacific, Japanese Defense Ministry says
The Defense Ministry in Tokyo confirmed Saturday that for the first time China has conducted a drill in the Pacific with its sole operating aircraft carrier.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 20, 2018
Trump looking to rid North Korea of chemical and biological weapons as well as nuclear arsenal: ambassador
The U.S.-North Korea summit could see U.S. President Donald Trump push for eradicating its chemical and biological weapons as well, U.S. Ambassador to Japan William Hagerty says.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Shohei Ohtani wins National League MVP award
Shohei Ohtani celebrates after hitting a three-run home run against the Padres during the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles last month.
The slow-burn success of ‘A Samurai in Time’
A 19th-century warrior gets struck by lightning and wakes to find himself in 21st-century Kyoto in Junichi Yasuda’s surprise hit “A Samurai in Time.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.

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