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KOREA

COMMENTARY / COUNTERPOINT
Oct 4, 2014
Manga, the Rising Sun and Abe's history problem
During his recent visit to the United Nations, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe reasserted his eagerness to improve relations with Japan's East Asian neighbors, but the reaction from Beijing and Seoul was tepid.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 4, 2014
North Korea may have shut down reactor: U.S. think tank
North Korea may have shut down a recently restarted reactor that can yield plutonium for bombs, possibly for renovation or partial refueling, a U.S. security institute said, citing new satellite imagery.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2014
Japan to subsidize visits to North Korean burial sites of Japanese
The government plans to subsidize Japanese visits to the apparent burial sites of relatives who died in what is now North Korea, officials said.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2014
North Korea envoy says door is open on nuclear issues, rights, abductees
North Korea is ready to resume six-party talks on its nuclear program but must maintain its readiness in the face of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, a senior envoy in Geneva said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 2, 2014
Kishida wants South Korea to pitch in on summit
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida called on Thursday for joint efforts with South Korea to advance bilateral relations, including holding a summit between Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and President Park Geun-hye.
JAPAN
Oct 2, 2014
Senior official in Seoul gives nod to Japan's abduction meeting with North
A senior South Korean official expressed "understanding and cooperation" for Japan's latest effort to get closure on North Korea's abductions of Japanese nationals.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 1, 2014
Abductees' families warn official visit to Pyongyang may not yield answers
Some relatives of abductees say Tokyo should eschew North Korea's invitation to send officials to Pyongyang, believing it would yield few details on the fate of their loved ones.
JAPAN
Oct 1, 2014
1970 hijackers living in North Korea to start posting on Twitter
Four Japanese who are wanted for the hijacking of a Japan Airlines jet to Pyongyang in 1970, and who are still living in North Korea, will start microblogging on Twitter on Friday, according to a group of their Japanese supporters.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2014
North Korea asks Japanese to go to Pyongyang for abduction briefing
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that North Korea has asked Japanese officials to visit Pyongyang to receive the latest information on its probe into the fate of Japanese abductees.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 30, 2014
Economic benefits have China, South Korea reconsidering strained ties with Japan
Expectations that rapprochement may benefit their economies have prompted China and South Korea to reconsider their strained relations with Japan, but obstacles still need to be cleared before Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can hold his first summit talks with their leaders.
COMMENTARY / World / THE VIEW FROM NEW YORK
Sep 29, 2014
Condemnation attributed to 'utter nonsense'
Were 'comfort women' sex slaves for Japanese soldiers in World War II? If you recognize that prostitution is largely a form of physical bondage, they were. But forcibly rounding up women for the work would be a different matter. Recently the testimony of a man who claimed to have helped with the roundups was judged to be false, after causing Japan consternation for three decades.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 29, 2014
North Korea refuses to say when it will deliver abduction report
Japan was unable to find out Monday when North Korea will report its initial findings of a special investigation committee into the fates of at least 12 Japanese nationals abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.
JAPAN
Sep 29, 2014
Japan, North Korea meet for update on probe into abductees
North Korean officials provided an update Monday on Pyongyang's investigation, launched nearly three months ago, into the fate of at least 12 and possibly hundreds of Japanese nationals believed to have been abducted in the 1970s and 1980s.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 28, 2014
North Korea defends its nuclear program at the U.N., blames America
North Korea, in the first speech at the U.N. General Assembly in 15 years by its foreign minister, defended its nuclear development on Saturday, saying the program is necessary to counter a hostile U.S. policy.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 26, 2014
Some progress reported as Kishida meets Chinese, S. Korean foreign ministers
Japan and South Korea agreed Thursday to work toward a bilateral summit and to discuss the issue of women forced to work in wartime Japanese military brothels, Japanese officials said.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 26, 2014
North Korea's Kim absent from parliament meet, fueling health worries
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was absent from a gathering of top party and government officials on Thursday, state television showed, fueling speculation that health problems may be keeping the 31-year-old out of the public eye.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 25, 2014
Japan, North Korea to hold abductions talks in China next week
Japan and North Korea will hold talks next week in China on Pyongyang's inquiry into the Japanese victims of its abductions of foreign nationals, Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 23, 2014
No plan for talks with Japan or South Korea on U.N. sidelines: Pyongyang
A North Korean envoy to the United Nations said Monday there is no plan to hold bilateral foreign ministerial meetings with Japan, South Korea or the United States on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly this week.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 23, 2014
North Korea reportedly developing tactical nuclear missiles: paper
North Korea is developing new missiles capable of carrying tactical nuclear warheads, a Seoul daily reported Tuesday, citing South Korean intelligence authorities.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Sep 22, 2014
Jailed American lived enigmatic life
Matthew Miller, the U.S. citizen imprisoned in North Korea on espionage charges, spent months in South Korea pretending to be an Englishman named "Preston Somerset," acquaintances who met or worked with him say.
Japan bakes as temperatures across the country rise above 35 C
A pedestrian walks past air conditioning units in Tokyo on Saturday.
Japanese gymnast Shoko Miyata leaves Olympic team over drinking and smoking
Shoko Miyata had been set to lead the Japanese women's gymnastics team at the Paris Games.
As climate extremes intensify, Japan embraces ancient weather rituals
Traditional folk rituals like Mizudome-no-mai (dance to stop the rain) provide a sense of agency to a population that feels largely powerless in the face of the climate crisis.
U.S.-Japan Patriot missile production plan hits Boeing component snag
Self-Defense Forces soldiers walk past a Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missile unit in Tokyo in October 2017.
Nippon Steel hires Mike Pompeo to help clinch purchase of U.S. Steel
Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during the last day of the 2024 Republican National Convention on Thursday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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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