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Japan Times
BUSINESS
Nov 30, 2016
Draft U.N. resolution, backed by China, targets North Korea coal and metals exports
North Korea faces a sharp cut in coal exports under a United Nations Security Council resolution that's aimed at punishing Kim Jong Un's regime for a September nuclear test by cutting off his government's few sources of hard currency.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 29, 2016
Park departure could shift regional security calculus for Japan
The matter could also impact bilateral relations, including the complete implementation of last year's deal to resolve the issue of Korean “comfort women.”
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 29, 2016
South Korean President Park says she will resign after lawmakers act
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Tuesday asked parliament to find a way for her to give up power and decide when she should step down amid an influence-peddling scandal, but the opposition said she was just trying to avoid impeachment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2016
As border trade tightens, fewer North Korean workers head to China
A labor agent sat in his bus on a recent frigid morning, waiting to cross the "Friendship Bridge" at China's main border post with North Korea. He had come to pick up migrant workers and take them to jobs in factories and restaurants in China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 29, 2016
U.N. Security Council to vote Wednesday on North Korea sanctions, diplomats say
The United Nations Security Council is set to vote Wednesday to impose new sanctions on North Korea for its fifth and largest nuclear test, slashing Pyongyang's export earnings by some $800 million, diplomats said on Monday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 27, 2016
Kim's Castro condolence letter reveals long-standing North Korea-Cuba ties
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent a message of condolences to Cuba over the death of former leader Fidel Castro, highlighting the two nations' long-standing ties, the state-run Korean Central News Agency said Sunday.
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 26, 2016
Japan moves closer to deployment of U.S. missile defense shield
Japan moved closer to the introduction of a U.S. anti-ballistic missile shield, with Defense Minister Tomomi Inada saying such systems would strengthen Japan's defense capabilities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 25, 2016
Harnessing Trump and Sanders, South Korean populist Lee rises in polls
He respects Donald Trump and enjoys being compared to Bernie Sanders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 25, 2016
Park's approval rating at 4%, an all-time low in South Korea
South Korean President Park Geun-hye's approval rating fell to 4 percent amid a deepening political crisis, marking an all-time low for any democratically elected leader in the country, according to a Gallup Korea poll released Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 23, 2016
South Korea, Japan ink intelligence-sharing pact on North Korea threat
The two U.S. allies formally sign an agreement to swap military intelligence amid Pyongyang's increasing belligerence.
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Nov 23, 2016
South Korea raises bird flu alert as two more cases found at duck farms
South Korea raised the country's bird flu alert status Wednesday to its second-highest level as two more outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N6 bird flu occurred after the first cases were confirmed last week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 23, 2016
Jailing of Khmer Rouge leaders sends message to North Korea: U.N. envoy
A Cambodian Supreme Court chamber on Wednesday upheld a life sentence for two top cadres of the 1970s Khmer Rouge found guilty of crimes against humanity, a decision a U.N. envoy said sent a message to leaders in North Korea and elsewhere.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.
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.
Japan to aid introduction of multilingual ride-hailing apps
A Nihon Kotsu Co. taxi departs one of the company's service offices in Tokyo.
Seven & I founding family sounded out KKR and others about buyout: report
A 7-Eleven convenience store in Tokyo
Tokyo’s newest three-star chef wants ‘harmony across every detail’
British-born Daniel Calvert earned his third Michelin star last month — a stunning achievement considering his restaurant, Sezanne, has only been open for just over three years.
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.”

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