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MISSILES

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2022
Seoul scrambles jets after detecting 180 North Korean warplanes
The air sorties follows a record-breaking blitz of missile tests by Pyongyang this week.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 4, 2022
North Korea missile salvo hits the law of diminishing returns
These days, markets are more concerned with U.S. Fed Chief Jerome Powell than North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his missiles. So what's Pyongyang's game plan?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2022
Japan eyes deployment of long-endurance drones by fiscal 2027
The ministry aims to have the deployment of such drones stated in the country's three key defense documents, which are due to be revised later this year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 2, 2022
North Korea fires off at least 23 missiles, including one landing near South Korean waters
The South's military announced later in the day that its fighter jets had responded by firing three missiles into waters north of the de facto marine border between the two nations.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2022
North Korea threatens U.S. with ‘powerful measures’ over drills
North Korea threatened to unleash a powerful action if the U.S. does not halt joint military drills with partners including South Korea, in what might be an effort by Kim Jong Un to lay the ground for his first nuclear test in five years.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 1, 2022
Japan's Defense Ministry haunted by ammo and parts shortages
There is a growing sense of crisis over the shortages, which could affect the country's capabilities to continue to fight in the event of a contingency.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 30, 2022
The domestic factors behind North Korea’s missile tests
Historically, Pyongyang launches its most provocative foreign policy moves when the regime faces particularly intense problems at home. Current North Korean behavior fits this pattern.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2022
North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, South's military says
The projectiles fell into the Sea of Japan outside of Japan's exclusive economic zone, the Japanese government said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 24, 2022
Korean border tensions heat up with warning shots near disputed sea border
Seoul fired warning shots after a North Korean vessel violated the western sea border, with Pyongyang responding with 10 artillery shells fired toward a South Korean ship in the area.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 19, 2022
Fate of two Koreas' 2018 military agreement in balance amid rising tensions
The agreement, intended to lower tensions on the peninsula, was hanging in the balance after the North again fired hundreds of artillery shells into a maritime 'buffer zone.'
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 19, 2022
Iran agrees to ship missiles and more drones to Russia, defying the West
The appearance of Iranian missiles in addition to drones in Moscow's arsenal in the war with Ukraine would raise tensions between Iran and the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 16, 2022
China's Xi calls for more communication, unity and cooperation with North Korea
The Chinese leader stressed the importance of closer with Pyongyang amid “a serious and complicated change” in the international and regional situation, North Korea's state media reported.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 14, 2022
North Korea fires missile and artillery near border area
The missile traveled about 650 km, hitting a maximum altitude of around 50 km, before splashing into waters outside Japan's exclusive economic zone, according to Japan's defense minister.
Two of America’s biggest debt holders are dumping Treasurys
The U.S. Treasury building in Washington. Investors in Japan and China sold a pile of U.S. debt in the last quarter, just before the U.S. presidential election.
Tokyo Metro’s overseas efforts begin in earnest with London deal
Tokyo Metro will soon have a role in the running of London's Elizabeth Line, a major train route serving the U.K.’s capital city and environs.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ex-yokozuna Kitanofuji dies at 82
Yokozuna Kitanofuji enters the ring during the May 1970 grand sumo tournament in Tokyo.
Man charged with murder allegedly made victim date other men for money
A car carrying suspect Ryotaro Masuda, who was indicted for allegedly beating his 25-year-old girlfriend to death, leaves the Shibuya Police Station in Tokyo on Thursday.
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.”
Around a quarter of Japan married couples in their 20s met through dating apps
A survey released by an organization promoting “Good Couples Day” shows that 24% of couples in their 20s met their marriage partner through a dating app.
'Tokyo Swindlers': Get deep into the minds of real estate con artists
In Ko Shinjo's "Tokyo Swindlers," a group of con artists manipulates real estate giants into falsified deals within the highly competitive, quick market.
Japan, U.K. and Italy discuss inviting more countries to joint fighter project
A new concept model of a next-generation fighter jet to be jointly developed by Japan, Britain and Italy is on display in Farnborough, Hampshire, in July.
Haruki Murakami's 'The City and Its Uncertain Walls' gives deep deja vu
For “The City and Its Uncertain Walls,” translated into English by Philip Gabriel, Haruki Murakami confronts the ghosts who won't leave him alone.

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