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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2020
Moon risks U.S. rift with China policy, top South Korean opposition lawmaker says
South Korea is caught between maintaining strong ties with China — its biggest trading partner — and the U.S., its main military ally.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Aug 20, 2020
Japanese startup raises $28 million to help fund moon mission
Ispace plans its first lunar landing mission in 2022, and another the year after to explore the moon's surface with a rover.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 14, 2020
Moon Jae-in to focus on victims in 'comfort women' row with Japan
South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed Friday to spotlight the plight of South Korea's last few surviving "comfort women," who suffered under Japan’s military brothel system before and during World War II, in efforts to resolve a dispute with its neighbor over the thorny issue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 12, 2020
Defectors say South Korea probes threaten North 'Underground Railroad'
A combination of coronavirus border closures and an unprecedented pressure campaign by a South Korean government keen to engage with North Korea may destroy networks defectors have long used to start new lives, activist groups say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 9, 2020
’History on trial’: Why Japan's wartime labor dispute is more than another tit-for-tat with South Korea
Japan has once again found itself entangled in a recurring skirmish with South Korea over wartime labor — a seemingly intractable row with no end in sight.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 6, 2020
Lost Seoul: Middle-class dreams spoiled by soaring house prices
Even with unemployment spiking as the coronavirus pandemic swept South Korea in February, Baek Seung-min asked his wife to quit her nursing job to help reach a dream they had spent a lifetime chasing: buying their own apartment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jul 22, 2020
South Korea troop cut speculation grows after U.S. comments
Cracks may be emerging in the so-called ironclad military alliance between South Korea and the U.S., stoking worries in Seoul that the Trump administration is looking at withdrawing troops from the peninsula.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 14, 2020
Seoul mayor’s death exposes split in South Korean ruling party over #MeToo
An old guard wanting to honor one of their own faces a younger generation looking to steer clear of someone suspected of sexual harassment.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 7, 2020
North Korean defectors face wrath of both Seoul and Pyongyang
Two brothers who led defector groups were questioned by police last week, after the government sought to have them prosecuted over leaflets sent over the border.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 3, 2020
South Korea shakes up security team after North Korea setbacks
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in shook up his security team and appointed veterans in North Korea relations after Kim Jong Un’s regime blew up a joint liaison office that once served as a symbol of his rapprochement toward Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 25, 2020
Kim Jong Un’s erratic behavior shows North Korea is stuck
On Wednesday, Kim continued to surprise, announcing the suspension of newly announced “military action plans” against South Korea. Hours later, Seoul said it observed North Koreans removing loudspeakers that were recently installed.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 24, 2020
North Korea's Kim backtracks on military threat, but more surprises likely in store
After weeks of vitriol, leader offers apparent off-ramp for defusing rising tensions with Seoul, one day before the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 22, 2020
Worst North Korea economy in two decades pushing Kim to lash out
After destruction of inter-Korean liaison office, analysts warn of even more provocative behavior over the next year.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Jun 17, 2020
North Korea falls back on familiar playbook to ratchet up tensions
North Korea is literally blowing up its relationship with the South. But its bark looks bigger than its bite — at least for now.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 14, 2020
North Korea warns of retaliatory actions over defectors in South
The statement came days after South Korea took legal action against defectors who have been sending material such as rice and anti-North leaflets.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 11, 2020
Pyongyang says Washington's meddling could affect U.S. election
The statement comes after the U.S. State Department said it was disappointed at North Korea for suspending communication hotlines with South Korea on Tuesday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 10, 2020
South Korea's jobless rate jumps to 10-year high amid pandemic
South Korea’s jobless rate jumped to a 10-year high in May as businesses continued to reel from the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 10, 2020
Kim raises pressure on South Korea's Moon to split with Trump
Both North Korea and left-leaning supporters of South Korean President Moon Jae-in want him to restore economic ties broken by security tensions. But pleasing them would mean angering U.S. President Donald Trump.
U.S. aircraft carrier returns to Japan carrying navy’s ‘most capable fighter’
U.S. 7th Fleet Commander Vice Adm. Fred Kacher speaks to reporters shortly after the arrival of aircraft carrier USS George Washington at Yokosuka naval base in Kanagawa Prefecture on Friday.
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.
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.
Japan approves ¥21.9 trillion stimulus plan
The policy chiefs of the Democratic Party for the People, Liberal Democratic Party and Komeito — Makoto Hamaguchi (left), Itsunori Onodera (center) and Mitsunari Okamoto — shake hands after reaching an agreement on an economic stimulus package on Wednesday.
Woman dies after train collides with car in Tochigi
A Moka Railway train car
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.”
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.

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