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KOREA JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 5, 2016
North Korean missiles land in Japan EEZ as world leaders meet at G-20 in China
Three North Korean missiles land within Japan's exclusive economic zone, a move that Tokyo called a grave threat to national security.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2016
North Korea makes progress on missiles, but no evidence of nuclear warhead yet
North Korea has made considerable progress this year on weapons technology, including testing a submarine-launched missile for the first time, but it is still not clear if the isolated nation has developed a nuclear warhead.
EDITORIALS
Aug 26, 2016
Improving ties in Northeast Asia
Japan, China and South Korea need to realize that tensions over their differences rise in the absence of top-level diplomatic contacts.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2016
Foreign ministers condemn North Korea launch, pledge work on trilateral summit
The foreign ministers of Japan, China, and South Korea together rebuke the North's firing of a submarine-launched missile.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 12, 2016
Tokyo, Seoul agree part of 'comfort women' funds to be spent on medical, nursing care
The historic "comfort women" agreement made progress Friday as Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tokyo and Seoul have largely agreed to spend some of Japan's ¥1 billion contribution on medical and nursing care for the survivors.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 10, 2016
China stands ground on THAAD, Senkakus as it advances toward control of west Pacific
China is signaling it is prepared to stand its ground on two key regional fronts, diplomatically confronting the United States and South Korea over new missile defenses and intensifying pressure on Japan at sea over disputed islets.
JAPAN
Aug 1, 2016
Plan for new Korean school in Tokyo threatened by Koike election
Yuriko Koike could complicate already strained Japan-South Korea ties if she follows through with her promise to kill a plan to lease a property in Shinjuku Ward for use as a Korean school.

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