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NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR CRISIS

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health / FOCUS
Jan 8, 2016
Tracing the origin of North Korea's nuclear weapons program
The godfathers of North Korea's nuclear weapons program were an elderly trio: a nuclear physicist, a military general and a broker with contacts in Pakistan.
EDITORIALS
Jan 7, 2016
North Korea's latest nuclear blast
If North Korea set off its latest nuclear test to gain political and economic concessions, the international community needs to be united to make sure it doesn't pay off.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2016
North Korea bomb claim a new challenge for Clinton campaign
To Republican U.S. presidential contenders, North Korea's claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb may further make the 2016 race what they dearly want it to be: a referendum on President Barack Obama's foreign policy and, by extension, Hillary Clinton's.
EDITORIALS
Oct 4, 2015
It's time for world to ratify CTBT
The Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty still hasn't come into force, and all countries everywhere should do everything they can to get the remaining eight key nations on board.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 14, 2015
China plans meeting in bid to revive stalled six-party North Korea nuclear talks
A Chinese government-backed think tank will host a forum with officials from the six countries involved in stalled talks on North Korea's banned nuclear weapons program, the Foreign Ministry said Monday, in China's latest push to resume discussions.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 14, 2015
South Korea learns to wield middle-power diplomacy
Park Geun-hye attending the World War II anniversary parade in Beijing is the most visible image yet of an emerging China-South Korea alliance.
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 6, 2015
Gadhafi's fate only hardened Kim's resolve
The Iran nuclear deal has raised hopes that North Korea might be persuaded to disarm, but no matter how improbable that would be, the Western alliance's Libyan misadventure makes it even less likely.
COMMENTARY / Japan
May 14, 2015
Calling for a Northeast Asia free of all nuclear weapons
Japan can solve its 'nuclear dilemma' by working toward a framework guaranteeing a nuclear-free Northeast Asia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 22, 2013
Tests don't end provocation pause: U.S.
North Korea's test-firings of six short-range projectiles in three days may not reflect a return to a pattern of provocations by Kim Jong Un's regime, according to the U.S. military's top spokesman.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2013
U.S., South Korea show united front on North Korea
U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korea's new leader warn North Korea against further nuclear provocations, with Obama declaring that the days when Pyongyang could 'create a crisis and elicit concessions' were over.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 16, 2013
Yeonpyeong attack raised South Korea's resolve
North Korea's fatal artillery attack on the border island of Yeonpyeong over two years ago uprooted old wooden houses from their foundations. One shell punctured the concrete side of a soccer stadium, another struck a rooftop oil tank. Residents rushed to underground bunkers, and when they emerged hours...
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Voices / VIEWS FROM THE STREET
Apr 16, 2013
Tokyo: Do you have a message for young North Korean leader Kim Jong Un?
Get a hobby. Play less Battleships. Kim should take up something else, such as darts. He really needs to show his generals who is boss, and needs to be a little more refined in how he demonstrates his power.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2013
U.S. will protect allies, Kerry assures Tokyo
U.S. State Secretary John Kerry tells top officials in Tokyo that Washington is committed to defending Japan and South Korea against North Korea.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Apr 15, 2013
Online, Chinese heap scorn on North Korea
The views posted on Chinese Internet sites about the diplomatic faceoff with long-term ally North Korea have been anything but diplomatic.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 15, 2013
South Korea bolsters security of nuclear plant network
The state-run operator of South Korea's nuclear power plants has separated its internal computer network from the Internet in an effort to guard against possible North Korean cyber attacks, Yonhap News Agency reported Sunday.
JAPAN
Apr 15, 2013
Aviation bureau mistakenly sends missile alert to airports after Saturday quake
Aviation bureau mistakenly reports a North Korean missile launch after the biggest earthquake in west Japan has experienced since 1995.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / BIG IN JAPAN
Apr 14, 2013
Tabloids sharpen claws for North Korea's 'X-Day'
Three months before the present crisis on the Korean peninsula, Shukan Jitsuwa (Jan. 24) ran an uncharacteristically astute article predicting that in addition to potential for armed conflict with China over the disputed Senkaku Islands, North Korea, under its inexperienced young leader Kim Jong Un, posed a serious threat to Japan.
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.
Russia fired experimental ballistic missile at Ukraine, Putin says
Ukrainian firefighters work on a spot following an airstrike in Dnipro on Thursday.
Ishiba aggravates his own political failures with diplomatic faux pas
Prime Minster Shigeru Ishiba is greeted at the APEC summit in Lima by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday. The Japanese leader was criticized for remaining seated while meeting several world leaders at the event.
Japan's 3.31 million visitors in October set monthly record
Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto in December 2023. Famous autumn leaf colors contributed to increased tourism demand last month from many markets across Asia, Europe and North America, the Japan National Tourism Organization has said.
Japan ranks last in romance satisfaction for second straight year
In a survey of 31 countries, Japan ranked last in terms of those who felt loved, with just 51% of respondents saying so.
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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