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KIM YU NA

JAPAN
Jul 12, 2023
North Korea fires off ICBM-class missile ahead of Kishida-Yoon meeting
Although the missile fell outside Japan's EEZ, the weapon's 74-minute flight was the longest yet for a North Korean missile, the Defense Ministry said.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 11, 2023
North Korea warns U.S. over alleged spy plane incursions
The sister of North Korea's leader accused the U.S. of “illegally” sending spy planes into its exclusive economic zone, just a day after the country warned such flights could be shot down.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 2, 2023
South Korea's Yoon tells Unification Ministry to be less soft on North
The ministry's new head is a conservative scholar and outspoken critic of human rights abuses in North Korea, which Yoon has sought to spotlight amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 18, 2023
Failed North Korean rocket is intelligence win for Kim’s foes
A North Korean satellite launch that ended in failure will provide a trove of information about the secretive state’s rocket program as South Korea salvages large sections from the bottom of the sea.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 15, 2023
North Korea fires two missiles into Japan EEZ off Ishikawa
The launches were the nuclear-armed country's first since it ramped up tensions last month with a failed satellite launch.
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2023
Japan extends order to destroy North Korea rocket or debris
The Defense Ministry said the order would remain in place “for the time being,” after Pyongyang said it would conduct a second launch as soon as possible.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 30, 2023
North Korea seeks 'real-time' monitoring of U.S. and allies with satellite
A top North Korean defense official said the satellite will be 'indispensable' in tracking and coping with 'the dangerous military acts of the U.S. and its vassal forces.'
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2023
Kishida eyes talks with Kim to resolve North Korea abduction issue
North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Pak Sang Gil has said that there is no reason for North Korea and Japan not to meet if Japan seeks a way of improving relations.
JAPAN
May 29, 2023
Japan issues destruction order after North Korea announces 'satellite' launch window
Pyongyang plans to launch a military satellite between Wednesday and June 11, in what would be its first space rocket launch in more than seven years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 27, 2023
North Korea spent the pandemic building a huge border wall
Pyongyang has built hundreds of kilometers of new or upgraded border fences, walls and guard posts along its borders with China and Russia, commercial satellite imagery shows.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 17, 2023
North Korea is about to launch its first spy satellite
Leader Kim Jong Un has visited a facility assembling the country's first spy satellite, indicating it could soon conduct its first space rocket launch in about seven years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 29, 2023
Kim Jong Un's sister says Joe Biden is ‘in his dotage’ as she criticizes nuclear pact
In Pyongyang's first response to the Washington summit, Kim Yo Jong said the North remained convinced that its nuclear deterrent 'should be brought to further perfection.'
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Apr 23, 2023
Japan order to shoot down North Korean rocket dramatic, but intercept unlikely
Experts say the order to shoot down any falling North Korean rocket components is more about reassuring a nervous public than actually intercepting them.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 21, 2023
Eyes in skies: North Korea looks to spy satellites to bolster surveillance capabilities
The move could enable Pyongyang to monitor military sites and potential targets in neighboring countries and the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 19, 2023
Kim Jong Un calls for spy satellite, citing threat from U.S. and South Korea
The North Korean leader reportedly said military reconnaissance satellites would play a crucial role in the state’s defense capabilities, sovereignty and legitimate right to self-defense.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Honda-Nissan megamerger in the works
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida (left), Honda CEO Toshihiro Mibe (second from left) and Takao Kato, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors, hold a news conference on merger talks on Monday in Tokyo.
Picturesque Japan hot spring town limits day trippers
Ginzan Onsen hot springs in Obanazawa, Yamagata Prefecture
Bankruptcies and suicides rise as Japanese struggle with mounting debt
Lawyers estimate that personal bankruptcies in Japan are on track to reach the highest since 2012 this year.
North Korean hacker group behind DMM Bitcoin’s cryptocurrency leak
A North Korean hacker group is believed to have planted a virus on the computer of an employee at Ginco — a company that was entrusted with the deposit and withdrawal of DMM Bitcoin’s virtual currency — through a fake job recruitment message sent via LinkedIn.
High levels of PFAS found in water from 44 private suppliers across Japan
The Self-Defense Forces facilities are believed to have become sources of PFAS contamination because they used firefighting foam containing the toxic chemicals in the past.
For baseball fans, 2024 brought The Summer of Shohei Ohtani
Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani reacts to a standing ovation from fans after hitting his 50th home run of the season, against the Marlins in Miami on Sept. 19.
Trump's Pentagon policy pick pushed for Japan to spend 3% of GDP on defense
Elbridge Colby (center) speaks at the Threat and the Strategy panel during the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, in September 2019.
A brief history of ‘osechi ryōri,' Japan's edible tradition for the new year
Japan's traditional New Year cuisine has a long history, though modern developments have led to slight changes in the way things work.
Japan accuses Google of violating antimonopoly law
The Japanese antitrust watchdog said that Google forced smartphone makers to preinstall its search app on their devices, sources say.

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Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.
Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?
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