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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 12, 2018
Pence raises prospect of U.S. talks with North Korea amid pressure campaign
In what could amount to a significant recalibration of its stance toward nuclear-armed North Korea, the United States has said it is open to talks with the isolated country, Vice President Mike Pence said in an interview published Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 11, 2018
Divide and conquer? North Korean 'charm offensive' likely to exacerbate fissures in U.S. alliance
Divide and conquer? Maybe not, but North Korea's "charm offensive" and leader Kim Jong Un's invitation to South Korean President Moon Jae-in to visit Pyongyang "in the near future" will exacerbate existing fissures in Washington's alliance with Seoul as Pyongyang seeks to further chip away at the relationship....
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 9, 2018
Japan sounds Brexit alarm: We cannot continue in U.K. without profit
Japan's ambassador to Britain tells Prime Minister Teresa May that Nissan, SoftBank, Nomura and other companies will likely leave if post-Brexit trade barriers make them unprofitable.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 8, 2018
Amid Olympic detente, Pence talks tough
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence talks up the Japan-U.S. alliance and Washington's resolve to dismantle North Korea's arsenal, during a visit to Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2018
Olympic diplomacy: VIP seating plan a headache for Pyeongchang's opening party
The neighbors don't get along but you are still obliged to invite them all to the party. So where do they all sit?
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 7, 2018
Kim Jong Un sister to visit South Korea as part of Olympic delegation
In a stunning move, North Korea will dispatch the powerful younger sister of leader Kim Jong Un as part of a high-level delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the South, Seoul said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 7, 2018
Abe and Pence say no divide on North Korea during Tokyo meeting, warn against Pyongyang’s ‘smile diplomacy’
Amid signs of a gradual thaw in inter-Korean relations, Prime Minister Abe and visiting U.S. Vice President Pence reaffirm the policy of maintaining “maximum pressure” on North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2018
North Korea calls Trump 'dolt-like' and compares 'bloody nose' strike to Iraq War run-up
Nuclear-armed North Korea unleashed a raft of insults and threats against the U.S. and its leader on Tuesday, calling Donald Trump "dolt-like" and comparing recent reports of a possible "bloody nose" limited strike against Pyongyang to the run-up to the Iraq War.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Feb 5, 2018
Confronting South Korea's censored discourse on 'comfort women'
South Korea's censored discourse on 'comfort women' reflects an underlying, authoritarian-nationalist perspective in which Koreans portray themselves as innocent victims and dissenting voices to the anti-Japanese narrative undermine South Korea's moral power.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2018
Hopes wither for World War II peace treaty as Russian military muscles onto Kurils
The Russian Air Force last week took joint control of a newly operational airport in the disputed Northern Territories, in a sign that Moscow is digging in over the islands.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 3, 2018
North Korea earned $200 million from banned exports, U.N. report says
North Korea violated United Nations sanctions to earn nearly $200 million in 2017 from banned commodity exports, according to a confidential report by independent U.N. monitors, which also accused Pyongyang of supplying weapons to Syria and Myanmar.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 2, 2018
Top U.S. envoy says America not close to taking military action against North Korea
The U.S. special envoy for North Korea has said that while Washington was keeping all options on the table, he did not believe the United States was close to using military action to rein in Pyongyang's nuclear and missile ambitions.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 31, 2018
Wanted: A U.S. nuclear strategy tailored to Asia
America's allies in Asia — Japan and South Korea — should strongly support the key directions of the U.S. 2018 nuclear posture review.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jan 31, 2018
Trump's first State of the Union speech rehashes stances, reveals few new details on North Korea, trade
In his first State of the Union address, U.S. President Donald Trump branded the North Korean regime "depraved" and touted his pushback against "unfair trade deals," but had little new to say beyond rehashed statements about two key issues allied Japan continues to grapple with.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 31, 2018
Trump drops Victor Cha as pick for envoy to Seoul, with implications for North Korea crisis
Victor Cha, a former White House official who had been the Trump administration's choice to be the next U.S. ambassador to South Korea, is no longer being considered for the post, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 30, 2018
Abe's Trump bromance had a terrible month
Three actions in the past week encapsulate why the prime minister's investment in the Trump White House may backfire

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