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JAPAN / Politics
May 2, 2018
Abe aims to resolve North Korea abduction and nuclear issues, and normalize diplomatic ties
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that Japan is seeking to resolve the North Korean abduction, nuclear and missile issues "in a comprehensive manner" and normalize diplomatic ties with the North, following Pyongyang's recent diplomatic moves.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 2, 2018
Abe nixes embassy move to Jerusalem, says Japan will bolster contribution to Middle East peace
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that Japan will actively contribute to helping realize peace in the Middle East, and that it has no intention of moving its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 2, 2018
Kim keen on Moon's idea of liaison offices in capitals of Koreas, minister says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is open to the idea of the two Koreas establishing liaison offices in each other's capital as proposed by South Korean President Moon Jae In in their summit last week, the South's unification minister said Tuesday, according to local media.
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
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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
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Apr 29, 2018
With too many unknowns, Abe administration cautious about any summit with Kim
The administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is cautious about North Korea leader Kim Jong Un's call to hold a bilateral summit, saying there are many hurdles to overcome.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 29, 2018
Possibility of Abe-Kim meeting gives hope to families of Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago
The news Sunday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's interest in holding a summit with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe offered a glimmer of hope to the relatives of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korea decades ago.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 29, 2018
Kim Jong Un ready to talk with Abe at 'any time,' Blue House reveals after North-South summit
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says he is ready to hold a dialogue with Japan at “any time,” the presidential Blue House in Seoul says.
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 28, 2018
North Korea's first lady: From cheerleader to global stage
Ri Sol Ju first traveled to South Korea more than a decade ago as a cheerleader for North Korea's 2005 athletics team.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 28, 2018
Nations welcome Korean summit but urge progress toward denuclearization
North Korea's neighbors, U.S. President Donald Trump and the United Nations welcomed Friday's historic inter-Korean summit while urging progress toward denuclearization.
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
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Apr 27, 2018
With Kim-Moon summit over, Japan eager for piece of the action
With North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in seen as a success and Kim's summit with U.S. President Donald Trump on the horizon, Japan is desperate to become a player in the next round of negotiations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2018
Gist of opening remarks by Kim, Moon at inter-Korean summit in Panmunjom
The following is a gist of remarks made by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the morning session of their summit talks Friday in Panmunjom.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2018
Understanding Kim: Inside the U.S. effort to profile the secretive North Korean leader
U.S. intelligence experts are trying to build a profile of Kim Jong Un to give President Donald Trump a competitive edge in one of the most consequential summits since the Cold War, but they face a huge challenge — figuring out a secretive North Korean ruler few people know much about.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2018
Korea peace dividend would flow mostly to impoverished North
Peace on the Korean Peninsula would offer far bigger economic benefits to impoverished, isolated North Korea than to the already developed South.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 27, 2018
South Korea uses summit media center to showcase technology
Photographers shoot photographers and reporters interview reporters. A media center for Friday's inter-Korean summit is booming, 30 kilometers away from the venue of the leaders' meeting.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 27, 2018
When Pompeo met Kim: White House releases images of historic moment
The White House released photos of new U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, marking the highest-ranking U.S. official to visit the pariah nation since 2000.

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