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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Mar 4, 2019
Is Pyongyang slicing the salami too thin?
The second U.S.-North Korea summit meeting in Hanoi was a fiasco and provided no relief for Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2019
What's next for U.S.-North Korea talks?
Now that the U.S. has exhausted what it usually considers its ultimate diplomatic mean — a summit with the its president — how to move forward from this point on will be uncertain at best.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 4, 2019
The upside of 'no agreement' in Hanoi
By walking away at the Hanoi summit, both the U.S. and North Korea now have an opportunity to reconvene talks at the working level and allow for greater creativity in reaching long-term, sustainable solutions that summit diplomacy was unlikely to achieve.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 4, 2019
In apparent renewed criticism of his Fed chief pick, Trump says dollar is too strong
U.S. President Donald Trump said the dollar is too strong and took a swipe at Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell as someone who "likes raising interest rates."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 4, 2019
U.S. and South Korea kick off smaller-scale military drills as Trump blasts costs
The U.S. and South Korea militaries began a new, smaller-scale joint exercise Monday after the Trump administration canceled large-scale drills just days after U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met in Hanoi for their second summit that ended without any deal on denuclearizing...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 2, 2019
Melting missiles: Just one problem with F-35s stopping North Korean weapons
Looking for a quick way to stop North Korean missiles immediately after liftoff, the Pentagon is studying as a near-term option whether a group of F-35 fighter jets hovering around North Korean airspace could pick off freshly launched rockets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Mar 2, 2019
Trump asks China to immediately remove agricultural tariffs
President Donald Trump said he has asked China to immediately remove all tariffs on U.S. agriculture, including beef and pork, citing progress in trade talks between the two nations.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2019
For Japan, 'no deal' at Kim-Trump summit beats a bad deal with concessions to nuclear North Korea
At a glance, this week's Kim-Trump summit meeting in Hanoi, held to foster progress toward the denuclearization of North Korea, generated few tangible victories — despite U.S. President Donald Trump's boasts of the "tremendous" achievements he had expected.
EDITORIALS
Mar 1, 2019
A friendly failure in Hanoi
Trump was right to demand more of North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2019
As Trump returns empty-handed from summit with Kim, some in Washington breathe sigh of relief
Among some U.S. officials, congressional aides, analysts and others who track North Korea, there was a sigh of relief Thursday as President Donald Trump headed home from Vietnam empty-handed from his talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Mar 1, 2019
Burden falls back on diplomats after Trump and Kim fail to reach deal on North Korea nuclear arms
The failure of U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to secure even a limited deal at their second nuclear summit means any breakthrough now depends on working-level talks that have made little progress since last year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 1, 2019
After summit collapse, North Korea's Kim vows to meet Trump again
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to meet again with President Donald Trump to continue nuclear negotiations after a two-day summit between the leaders collapsed Thursday amid discord over sanctions and conflicting accounts of Pyongyang's demands.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2019
Trump ordered chief of staff to give Jared Kushner top-secret security clearance: NYT
U.S. President Donald Trump ordered his chief of staff in May to grant his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner a top-secret security clearance, the New York Times reported on Thursday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Mar 1, 2019
As Joe Biden weighs 2020 bid, Democrats ask: 'Does he meet the moment?'
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said this week he was "very close" to deciding whether to make a 2020 White House bid and will run only if he thinks he can win the Democratic Party's nomination.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 1, 2019
Trump declares all Islamic State territory retaken, contradicting allied commander
President Donald Trump told American troops on Thursday that U.S.-backed forces in Syria have retaken 100 percent of the territory once held by Islamic State militants, contradicting the commander of the U.S.-allied Syrian Democratic Forces, who said it would take another week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 1, 2019
Pyongyang disputes Trump claim Kim sought end to all sanctions, warns leader may have 'lost the will' for deal
North Korea struck a pessimistic tone after the collapse of a two-day summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump, hardening its stance with a warning by a top diplomat that Kim may have "lost the will" to reach an agreement on curtailing his country's nuclear program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 28, 2019
'Sometimes you just have to walk': Trump and Kim fail to reach nuke deal at second summit
“It was about the sanctions,” the U.S. president said. “Basically they wanted the sanctions lifted in their entirety, and we couldn't do that.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2019
'Friends always!' Dennis Rodman touts Trump for Nobel in open letter ahead of U.S.-North Korea summit
Ahead of the U.S.-North Korean leaders second summit in Hanoi, there was perhaps no one who saw it more as a slam-dunk opportunity for peace than former U.S. basketball star and friend to leader Kim Jong Un than Dennis Rodman.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 28, 2019
In apparent first, North Korea's Kim responds to question from foreign media
In an apparent first, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has directly responded to a question from a foreign reporter Thursday in Hanoi, ahead of one-on-one talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the pair's second summit.

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