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Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 12, 2014
Activists trace fate of Korean wartime laborers
A group of Osaka-based activists hunting for public records on Koreans who were forced to work in Japan during the war has helped uncover information on missing workers and bring closure to their families in South Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 10, 2014
Trial of Sewol crew begins, as captain of sunken ferry called 'murderer'
The trial for 15 crew of a South Korean ferry that sank in April, killing more than 300 people, most of them children, began Tuesday on charges ranging from negligence to homicide, with the word "murderer" ringing out as the captain entered the court.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 10, 2014
U.S. man held in North Korea 'was on vacation tour'
The U.S. citizen detained in North Korea, Jeffrey Fowle, 56, is a father of three with a passion for adventure who was in the country as part of a vacation tour, his lawyer said Monday.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 8, 2014
New S. Korean foundation to fight for laborers forced to toil for Japanese overlords
South Korea launches a foundation to assist Koreans forced to work for Japanese institutions and companies during Japan's vicious colonial rule.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 8, 2014
Japan sends list of 470 potential abductees to North Korea
The Abe government has presented North Korea a list of around 470 Japanese nationals it believes could have been abducted by the communist country, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga revealed Sunday.
COMMENTARY / World
Jun 6, 2014
Korean unification and peace
When the United Nations celebrates its 70th anniversary in 2015, Koreans will be lamenting 70 years of national division. Yet, those South Koreans who have not given up on the dream of unification are pushing proposals to address the North's humanitarian, infrastructure and welfare problems.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Jun 4, 2014
World Cup 2014 views from Tokyo: South Korea, France, the Netherlands and Spain
A South Korean sales rep, two Dutch Embassy workers, a French consultant and a Spanish ventriloquist discuss their teams' chances in the World Cup.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 4, 2014
North Korea says U.S., South Korea smear it to hide own rights abuses
South Korea and the United States are waging a smear campaign against North Korea to distract from their own records of human rights abuses, Pyongyang has complained to the United Nations, warning that "curses, like chickens, come home to roost."
JAPAN
Jun 3, 2014
Abe says talk of N. Korea visit 'premature'
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday it is premature to discuss whether he will visit North Korea, following Pyongyang's recent promise to reinvestigate the fate of Japanese nationals it abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.
EDITORIALS
Jun 3, 2014
Now Pyongyang must deliver
North Korea's new promise to reinvestigate the decades-ago abductions of Japanese nationals as Japan eases sanctions and provides humanitarian aid is a positive move. Tokyo's challenge is ensuring that Pyongyang follows through on its pledge this time.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 2, 2014
Japan plans to invite N. Korean officials for abduction probe update
Japan wants to swap delegations with North Korea to verify it is complying with the terms of their deal to reinvestigate what happened to Japanese kidnapped by Pyongyang.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 2, 2014
Conclude an East Asia FTA
Despite diplomatic problems among the three, business delegations from Japan, China and South Korea recently agreed that a free trade agreement should be concluded soon.
JAPAN
May 31, 2014
Pyongyang abduction post eyed
Japan could station diplomats and police in North Korea following Pyongyang's vow to reinvestigate the whereabouts of Japanese abductees.
JAPAN
May 31, 2014
Kim Jong Il ordered improved ties
Former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who died in December 2011, issued an order in July 2007 to seek improved relations with Japan, and the instruction was conveyed in 2012 to a key official in the Democratic Party of Japan-led government, a diplomatic source said.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 31, 2014
Memorial to 'comfort women' unveiled near Washington D.C.
A monument was unveiled in Virginia on Friday to commemorate the thousands of women who were forced to provide sex for Imperial Japanese soldiers in military brothels during the war.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2014
North shakes up abduction deal
Japan denies agreeing to halt the sale of Pyongyang's de facto embassy in Tokyo as part of the North's agreement to reinvestigate the abductions.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 30, 2014
Abe taking gamble by trusting North Korea
Prime Minister Abe is taking a big gamble by trusting notorious North Korea because disappointing results from the abduction probe could have a high political price.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 30, 2014
Families welcome North's promise
The parents of a girl abducted and later declared dead by North Korea expressed hope Thursday that there will now be progress in learning what happened and in bringing surviving abductees home, after Pyongyang agreed to reinvestigate the matter.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 29, 2014
Pyongyang decides to reopen investigation into Japanese abductees
In a potential breakthrough, Pyongyang has agreed to reinvestigate the fates of Japanese who vanished in North Korea, including those suspected of being abducted by North Korean agents, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
May 28, 2014
North Korea talks fall flat on abduction issue
Officials from Japan and North Korea failed to reach an agreement on whether to reinvestigate the abduction of Japanese nationals, following three days of “serious discussions” in Stockholm.
Tiny Japanese startup is bringing AI dating to the masses
Goki Kusunoki, CEO and co-founder of Samansa, with the company's Loverse app in Tokyo on May 10. The app allows interaction only with generative artificial intelligence.
South Korea's first lady grilled over Dior bag and stock manipulation
South Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee and President Yoon Suk-yeol listen as U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at an official state dinner, during Yoon's visit to Washington at the White House in April last year.
Japan bakes as temperatures across the country rise above 35 C
A pedestrian walks past air conditioning units in Tokyo on Saturday.
Unused stones for Osaka Castle diverted to expo toilet pillars
A number of stone blocks originally intended for the building of Osaka Castle are set to find a new home in the toilet facility of the 2025 Expo in Osaka.
MSDF chopper in crash that left eight dead found on seabed
SH-60K patrol helicopter
Akatsuki Japan believes it can 'surprise the world' in Paris
Mai Yamamoto drives to the basket during an Olympic tune-up game against New Zealand in Tokyo on July 4.
How to prevent and respond to heatstroke in Japan this summer
A passerby holding a parasol wipes her face as she walks on the street amid a heatstroke alert in Tokyo and other prefectures, in Tokyo on July 9.
‘Sniper from Oita’ sets her sights on Paris Olympics target
Misaki Nobata competes at the World University Games in 2023. A hero in her hometown of Oita, Nobata is one of three Japanese shooters who will compete at the upcoming Paris Olympics.
Households struggle as Japan’s inflation rises near U.S. levels
The Nishiki market in Kyoto. June’s inflation report shows extraordinary jumps in the prices of some items favored by households, including cabbage (27.6%), potatoes (28.5%) and tomatoes (15.6%).
As risk of heatstroke rises in Japan, so does that of COVID-19
People hold umbrellas while watching baseball to deal with the heat in the city of Shizuoka on July 7.

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