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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2018
Top U.S. envoy to North Korea can't get face time with counterparts
More than three months after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo picked Stephen Biegun to lead negotiations with North Korea, the former Ford Motor Co. executive has barely met officials from Pyongyang face-to-face.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 2, 2018
Trump says three sites under consideration for January or February meeting with North Korea's Kim
A second U.S.-North Korea summit is expected to be held in either January or February, with three sites currently under consideration, U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 29, 2018
Kim Jong Un's diplomacy pays off: First the sound of puppy feet, then joint survey of North Korean railway system
Kim Jong Un's gift of two hunting dogs to South Korea in September is starting to bear more fruit, first with a litter of puppies and now with a landmark railway deal.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2018
How Kim has gotten the best of Trump
Since the historic June summit, the North Koreans have reaped significant benefits without having to make any real concessions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2018
North Korea's Kim reportedly open to inspections at main Nyongbyon nuclear complex
Exactly a year since nuclear-armed North Korea last tested a missile — its most powerful to date — news has emerged that leader Kim Jong Un is open to inspections at his country's main nuclear complex.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 22, 2018
U.S. to scale back major joint military exercise in bid to keep North Korean nuclear diplomacy on track
In a bid to keep Washington's ongoing denuclearization talks with North Korea from faltering, U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday that a major joint military exercise with South Korea would be scaled back.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Nov 22, 2018
Kim Jong Who? South Korea revamps how students study their northern neighbor
A year of warming relations between North and South Korea has raised the prospects of closer ties, if not some form of unification for the still-warring neighbors far in the future. But it might not be obvious in a typical South Korean classroom.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 19, 2018
North Korea's new 'tactical' weapon test highlights military modernization
North Korea's claim last week that it had tested an unidentified "ultramodern tactical weapon" highlighted its desire to upgrade its conventional arms and reassure its military even as talks are underway to end its nuclear program, analysts said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 16, 2018
North Korea's Kim inspects testing of newly developed 'tactical' weapon
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen the test of a new "ultramodern tactical weapon," the North's state-run media reported Friday in the first mention of such a test in months.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Nov 14, 2018
Chemical arms team to assign blame for Syrian attacks despite Russia, Iran opposition
The global chemical weapons watchdog will in February begin to assign blame for attacks with banned munitions in Syria's war, using new powers approved by member states but opposed by Damascus and its key allies Russia and Iran.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Nov 13, 2018
North Korean missile bases housing weapons capable of striking much of Japan still up and running, think tank says
A U.S. think tank says it has uncovered 13 of an estimated 20 North Korean missile operating bases inside the country — including those believed to house ballistic missiles capable of striking anywhere in Japan and the U.S. — highlighting the difficult road ahead for ridding Pyongyang of its nuclear...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 7, 2018
Top U.S. diplomat delays meeting with North Koreans, raising questions about ongoing nuclear talks
A planned meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the right-hand man to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in New York has been postponed, the State Department said in a short statement just two days before the meeting had been scheduled to be held.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2018
North Korea warns it could restart nuclear weapons development if sanctions aren't lifted
North Korea has warned that it could revive its scrapped policy of building up its nuclear arsenal if the U.S. does not remove harsh economic sanctions as part of reciprocal measures Pyongyang has demanded in ongoing denuclearization talks.
Japan Times
Figure Skating
Nov 1, 2018
Moa Iwano visits U.S. to improve jumps
Rising junior skater Moa Iwano recently returned from a 10-day trip to the United States to work on improving her jumps, The Japan Times has learned.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
Tokyo police care for lost umbrellas, keys and flying squirrels
An employee at the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Lost and Found Center in the Iidabashi area of central Tokyo bags, tags and organizes thousands of items.
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
133-year-old Kyushu railway station remains to be partially preserved
The remains of the original Moji Station in Kitakyushu
After Shohei Ohtani bump, Iwate ironware maker sees brighter future
Kaito Kikuchi's decision to send superstar Shohei Ohtani one of his company's traditional ironware tea kettles has paid off with a surge of interest from general consumers.
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.

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