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NORTH KOREA JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 31, 2016
North Korea makes progress on missiles, but no evidence of nuclear warhead yet
North Korea has made considerable progress this year on weapons technology, including testing a submarine-launched missile for the first time, but it is still not clear if the isolated nation has developed a nuclear warhead.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2016
Japan, U.S. blast North Korea's submarine missile launch
Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday condemned North Korea for test-firing a submarine-launched ballistic missile in defiance of U.N. resolutions.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2016
North Korea confirms restart of plutonium processing
North Korea confirmed Wednesday it has resumed plutonium production and said it has no plans to stop nuclear tests as long as perceived threats from the United States continue.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 14, 2016
North Korea unveils study facility dedicated to anti-Japan, anti-U.S. education
North Korea has built a new facility to increase efforts to educate its people on the "history of aggression" by Japan and the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2016
U.N. fails to agree on rebuke of North Korea over missile launch
The U.N. Security Council has failed to agree on a statement rebuking North Korea's recent launch of a missile that landed near Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 4, 2016
Japan, U.S., South Korea slam North Korean missile launches, seek quick Security Council response
Japan, along with the United States and South Korea, condemned North Korea's ballistic missile launches Wednesday, including one that landed in Japan's exclusive economic zone, and pressed for a quick U.N. Security Council response.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 29, 2016
North Korea threat prompts Japan to upgrade Patriot batteries in time for Olympics: sources
Japan is upgrading its Patriot PAC-3 missile defense system in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, adding range and accuracy needed to intercept more advanced North Korean ballistic missiles, four sources with knowledge of the plan said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 24, 2016
Japan leads bid to cut off overseas remittances to Pyongyang
In a bid to help reduce a source of nuclear-linked cash Japan, together with the U.S. and South Korea, steps up efforts and urges countries to help stop North Korean workers sending remittances back home.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 21, 2016
SDF on alert for possible North Korean ballistic missile launch
The Self-Defense Forces go on alert for a potential ballistic missile launch by North Korean, revving up their Patriot interceptor batteries just in case.
JAPAN / Politics
May 3, 2016
U.S., Japan and South Korea seek bigger role from China on North Korea issues
Officials from the United States, Japan and South Korea on Monday urged China to play a bigger role in dissuading North Korea from further human rights infringements.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 25, 2016
Sushi chef acknowledges meeting Kim Jong Un on latest trip to North
The sushi chef who worked for late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il said Monday he met current leader Kim Jong Un during a visit this month to Pyongyang.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Apr 20, 2016
U.S. says North Korean remittances at risk if it conducts nuclear test
A fifth North Korean nuclear test could trigger new sanctions including an effort to choke off hard currency earnings by its workers abroad, the top U.S. diplomat for the Asia-Pacific region said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 16, 2016
North Korea likelier to try another nuclear test following failed missile launch, experts say
The likelihood of North Korea conducting a fifth nuclear test, possibly within weeks, has increased because of its failed missile launch on Friday, which was an embarrassing setback for leader Kim Jong Un, South Korean officials and international experts said.
JAPAN / Politics
Apr 15, 2016
North Korea missile launch did not impact security: Nakatani
Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Friday that the missile launched by North Korea earlier in the day had no impact on the security of Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 12, 2016
Korean schools in Japan riled by possibility of losing subsidies over anger toward Pyongyang
The head of the Korean School Principals Association is demanding that the education ministry retract its notice that local governments be cautious about providing subsidies to schools that serve the Korean community.
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2016
Japan re-entry ban linked to Pyongyang grows to record 45 people
More than 20 people have been added to a list of people banned from re-entering the country after visiting North Korea, taking the total to a record 45, sources close to the matter said Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 20, 2016
Can cultural engagement soften North Korea's hard-line stance?
After years of provocations, talks, promises and broken vows — a pattern that Pyongyang has mastered — the atmosphere on the Korean Peninsula remains highly charged and little changed.
JAPAN
Mar 20, 2016
Koreans banned from re-entering Japan include rocket engine expert
Of the 22 people recently banned from re-entering Japan after visiting North Korea, one is an authority in rocket engine development with a doctorate from the University of Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 18, 2016
Tokyo condemns latest North Korean missile tests
North Korea fires two missiles into the Sea of Japan just days after the defiant Kim Jong Un threatens to carry out more nuclear tests and missile launches.
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2016
U.S. serves up Korean 'rocket salad' in war drill response to North's threats
There's more to do in South Korea's heavily forested Rocket Valley, just a few kilometers from the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, than fire rockets. In quieter times, people tend vegetable patches along ice-cold streams.

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