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KOREAN

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 26, 2018
South Korea's Olympic gambit traps both Kim and Trump
The South Korean government has shrewdly used the Winter Olympics to reshape the diplomatic landscape in Northeast Asia.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2018
From Pyeongchang to peace?
Kim's charm offensive is aimed at resurrecting the North's sanction-battered economy.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 13, 2018
North Korean charm sure beats the alternative
Engaging with Pyongyang may encourage the regime down the path of liberalization.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jan 19, 2018
Asia's metropolises against North Korea
Mega-cities must play a central role in helping to avoid conflict and defuse tension.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Jan 18, 2018
Time ticks closer to nuclear midnight
Last week's false ballistic missile warning gave the world its first glimpse of what the start of a nuclear war might feel like as political tensions turned to real-life panic. As time ticks away, can catastrophe be averted?
Japan Times
WORLD
Jan 14, 2018
Inbound missile warning sent in error by Hawaii authorities prompts panic
An emergency alert was sent mistakenly on Saturday to Hawaii's residents warning of an imminent ballistic missile attack when an employee at the state emergency management agency pushed the "wrong button," Hawaii's governor said.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 30, 2017
Trump's missing North Korea strategy
Almost one year into his presidency, Trump's only achievement regarding North Korea has been to secure additional sanctions from the United Nations.
EDITORIALS
Nov 29, 2017
Kim refuses to be intimidated
Sticks may be more tempting than carrots, but the challenge for the U.S. and Japan is to articulate a diplomatic settlement that Pyongyang can support.
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 29, 2017
War with North Korea is not a viable option
North Korea is the land of second-best solutions, it has been said. But war is far worst than second best.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 6, 2017
Time for South Korea to face its looming crisis
In the 1990s, South Korea waited for a crisis to erupt before responding with necessary reforms. But now the country is confronting a new set of internal and external risks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 4, 2017
Russia quietly throws North Korea lifeline in bid to stymie regime change
Russia is quietly boosting economic support for North Korea to try to stymie any U.S.-led push to oust Kim Jong Un, as Moscow fears his fall would sap its regional clout and allow U.S. troops to deploy on Russia's eastern border.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 27, 2017
A strategy to eliminate North Korea's nuclear threat
The U.S., Japan and South Korea need to rely on pressure and patience, deterrence and containment — not military action.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2017
North Korean nuclear 'crisis' an illusion
The urgency that world news media are imparting to the 'crisis' is, actually, a factor in extending it, thereby creating opportunities for miscalculation and war.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 12, 2017
North Korea's nuclear progress isn't the only bad news
Washington's neocon warriors have forgotten noneof their arrogance and bad habits, and learned nothing from their string of earlier disastrous errors.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 7, 2017
Former diplomat fears war on horizon
A former key Foreign Ministry negotiator sees a window of opportunity in which both sides can be persuaded to pull back, but it will only last a year or so.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Sep 5, 2017
Abe's moment to call Xi Jinping
The North Korean crisis presents Shinzo Abe with an opportunity to build closer ties with China.
U.S. tourist arrested after bringing a handgun into Japan
Hyogo police believe the handgun a U.S. tourist inadvertently brought into Japan slipped through security procedures at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture.
3D printer used to construct train station building in Japan
A train station building (front) is assembled from parts printed using 3D printer technology, in Arida, Wakayama Prefecture, on Wednesday.
Japan’s leader didn’t read the job description
Prime Minister and ruling Liberal Democratic Party leader Shigeru Ishiba is facing a political funding scandal that has damaged his reputation and sparked speculation that internal efforts to remove him are underway.
Japan promises 'bold and speedy' response to Trump’s surprise 24% tariffs
U.S. President Donald Trump unveils new U.S. tariffs at the White House in Washington on Wednesday.
Tokyo’s KK Line to close for decadelong overhaul as public greenway
People enjoy running and yoga on Tokyo Expressway’s KK Line, a 2-kilometer elevated expressway cutting through the capital’s commercial Ginza district, when it was opened as a pedestrian space in May last year.
Tottori takes a bold leap forward in the arts
The city of Kurayoshi in Tottori Prefecture celebrated the opening of its public art museum with festivities such as a parade that drew 1,000 revelers.
Haruki Murakami TV adaptation revisits 30 years of watershed moments
Though Haruki Murakami's trademark whiff of offbeat existentialism is threaded throughout NHK's "After the Quake," the final episode — conceived as a sequel to the story "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo" — is the most stylized, featuring an anthropomorphic talking frog (voiced by Non) and his erstwhile associate Katagiri (Koichi Sato).
Nintendo to launch the Switch 2 on June 5
The controllers for the Switch 2 will attach to the console magnetically rather than sliding on rails as with the original device.
A new human trafficking trend emerges from Myanmar scam centers
Victims of scam centers who were tricked or trafficked into working in Myanmar gather at a compound inside KK Park, a fraud center on the country's border with Thailand, after a multinational crackdown in February.
A Canadian made a weekend trip to Costco a Japanese pastime
Under the watchful eye of Ken Theriault, Costco representative director and Japan country manager, the American membership-model wholesaler has flourished in Japan.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
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