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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 24, 2019
U.S.-North Korea talks 'more important than anything,' Moon tells Xi
It is "more important than anything" to keep up the momentum for talks between the United States and North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 23, 2019
2020 relations among Japan, China and South Korea
Don't expect any big surprises or setbacks in 2020 among the players in East Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2019
North Korea: Agree, but verify
Verification is an indispensable element in the step-by-step denuclearization of North Korea.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 22, 2019
North Korean threat looms as China, Japan and South Korea leaders meet
The possibility of a new confrontation between Pyongyang and Washington hangs over meetings involving China, Japan and South Korea as speculation grows North Korean actions could end an uneasy detente and upend recent diplomatic efforts.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 22, 2019
North Korea's Kim holds meeting of military elite as year-end deadline looms
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over an enlarged meeting of the ruling party's Central Military Commission to decide on "important organizational and political measures and military steps to bolster" the country's armed forces, state-run media reported Sunday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 20, 2019
Time for U.S. pivot on North Korea?
It is now time for the U.S., along with Japan and South Korea, to prepare to pivot on North Korea.
JAPAN
Dec 20, 2019
Report highlights risk of cyberattacks and terrorism during Tokyo Olympics
The Public Security Intelligence Agency has warned against cyberattacks in an annual report with the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics just around the corner.
JAPAN / Politics
Dec 20, 2019
Yoshihide Suga hopeful Abe-Moon summit will be springboard for mending ties
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga on Thursday expressed hope that a planned meeting between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Moon Jae-in will be a springboard for mending bilateral ties.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 19, 2019
Japan ekes out progress in a turbulent year of politicized trade
World trade continued to plunge into chaos this year, as U.S. President Donald Trump continued to petrify trading partners around the world with his unpredictable presidency.
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 19, 2019
U.S. and South Korea fail to agree on payments for hosting American troops
South Korea and the United States failed on Wednesday to agree on Seoul's contribution toward hosting some 28,500 U.S. troops, but the U.S. side hinted after the two days of talks ended that it will no longer stick to its $5 billion demand.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Dec 19, 2019
U.N. condemns North Korea rights abuses; Pyongyang rejects resolution
The United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday condemned "the long-standing and ongoing systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights in and by" North Korea in an annual resolution that Pyongyang's U.N. envoy rejected.

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