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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS

Jul 3, 2017

Beijing lambastes U.S. warship patrol in South China Sea as tensions rise over waterway, North Korea

Beijing issued a scathing rebuke Monday of a U.S. warship's patrol a day earlier near a contested island occupied by Chinese troops in the South China Sea — the latest irritant in the two powers' increasingly fraught relationship.

Japan Times

JAPAN / Politics

Jul 3, 2017

Abe, Trump agree to step up pressure on North Korea as it heads down 'dangerous path'

The leaders of Japan and the United States agreed in telephone talks Monday on the need to heap more pressure on nuclear-armed North Korea as it heads down what the White House termed a "dangerous path."

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jul 3, 2017

U.S. warship sails near Chinese-occupied island in disputed South China Sea, angering Beijing

The Pentagon sent a warship near a disputed island in the South China Sea occupied by China on Sunday, U.S. defense officials told The Japan Times, following a series of moves that appeared to highlight the White House's growing frustration with Beijing.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jul 2, 2017

Taiwan scrambles jets as Chinese aircraft carrier passes through strait en route to Hong Kong

Taiwan scrambled military jets Sunday as China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, passed through the 180-km-wide strait separating the two rivals while en route to Hong Kong to mark the 20th anniversary of the former British colony's return to Beijing.

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JAPAN / Politics

Jul 2, 2017

Trump to speak with Abe and Xi as North Korea nuclear issue looms large

U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to hold phone talks with his Japanese and Chinese peers in an effort to deal with provocative North Korea.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 29, 2017

North Korea vows to kill former South leader Park 'any time, at any place'

North Korea has issued standing orders for the execution of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her spy chief in response to what Pyongyang said was an aborted plot to assassinate its leader, Kim Jong Un.

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ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 28, 2017

Chinese Navy launches most advanced homegrown destroyer

Highlighting its growing naval prowess amid heated disputes in both the South and East China seas, Beijing unveiled its most advanced homegrown destroyer Wednesday, the Defense Ministry said.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 28, 2017

North Korean rocket engine test could be for smallest stage of ICBM

An analysis released Tuesday of recent satellite imagery has confirmed reports that North Korea tested last week what could be the smallest stage of a rocket engine for an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics

Jun 27, 2017

North Korea likens Trump to Hitler, 'America First' to Nazism

Pyongyang has likened U.S. President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, characterizing Trump's "America First" policy as "the American version of Nazism," state media reported Tuesday, as Washington grapples with the North Korean nuclear issue.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 25, 2017

Chinese aircraft carrier departs for exercises, likely to visit Hong Kong for handover anniversary

A flotilla led by China's first aircraft carrier has set out from the port city of Qingdao for what the military called "a routine training mission," the country's Defense Ministry said after a report emerged that the vessel would also make an unprecedented port call to Hong Kong early next month.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 24, 2017

North Korea denies torturing Warmbier, says it is 'biggest victim' in U.S. student's death

North Korea has issued its first comments on the death of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier, who had been held by Pyongyang for more than a year before his June 13 release, calling the 22-year-old's passing "a mystery" and labeling themselves as "the biggest victim of this incident."

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 20, 2017

U.S. sends bombers to drill with Japan, South Korea as Moon lambastes North over Warmbier death

The U.S. Air Force sent two B-1B strategic bombers stationed on Guam on a wide-ranging flight for joint drills with the Air Self-Defense Force and South Korea's military Tuesday, just hours after the death of a former U.S. detainee in North Korea was announced.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 20, 2017

Warmbier death is latest twist in fraught U.S.-North Korea ties

Otto Warmbier, an American college student who fell into a coma while detained by North Korea and was returned to the U.S. last week in a stunning display of diplomatic prowess, has died, his family said Monday — the latest twist in increasingly fraught ties between Washington and Pyongyang.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 19, 2017

North Korea accuses U.S. authorities of 'mugging' diplomats, seizing mysterious 'diplomatic package'

Pyongyang has accused U.S. authorities of having "mugged" a delegation of North Korean officials by seizing a mysterious "diplomatic package" at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York, state media reported Sunday.

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JAPAN

Jun 17, 2017

Seven sailors missing, three injured after U.S. Navy destroyer and cargo vessel collide off Kanagawa

A U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer collided with a Philippine-flagged cargo ship off the coast of Japan early Saturday, with at least three members of the destroyer's crew — including its commander — requiring medical evacuation and leaving seven sailors missing.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Jun 16, 2017

U.S., Japan conclude joint drills in disputed South China Sea

The Defense Ministry announced Friday that the Maritime Self-Defense Force's largest warship, the Izumo helicopter carrier, wrapped up three days of joint drills with the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan in the disputed South China Sea.

Japan Times

JAPAN

Jun 16, 2017

Missing U.S. sailor thought lost at sea off Japan found hiding aboard own ship

A missing American sailor whose disappearance at sea on June 8 sparked a massive search of thousands of square kilometers of ocean by the U.S. Navy and Maritime Self-Defense Force has been found — hiding aboard his own ship.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 14, 2017

North Korean detainee Otto Warmbier, in coma for over a year, is evacuated to U.S.

An American college student who fell into a coma more than a year ago while detained by North Korea was returned to the U.S. Tuesday in a stunning display of diplomatic dexterity by the White House.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 13, 2017

Rodman's return to North Korea brings with it speculation of Trump connection

Former U.S. professional basketball star Dennis Rodman arrived in North Korea on Tuesday, bringing his "basketball diplomacy" back to the country amid heightened tensions between Washington and Pyongyang over the reclusive nation's nuclear and missile program and its jailing of four Americans.

Japan Times

ASIA PACIFIC

Jun 10, 2017

North Korea warns long-range missile test 'not too far away'

North Korea warned Saturday that it was "not too far away" from testing a long-range missile capable of hitting the continental U.S. amid an unprecedented pace of weapons tests by the nuclear-armed nation.

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