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NORTH KOREA

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2017
Will the U.S. strike North Korea?
Alienating China will only serve to hinder U.S. efforts to peacefully resolve the North Korean crisis.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 15, 2017
China's 'double-freeze' con
By raising the double-freeze solution, China put the ball in America's court, and placed the onus for resolving the crisis squarely on Trump's shoulders.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 15, 2017
Abe and Trump reaffirm importance of halting North Korean missile launches
After a 30-minute phone call, Abe expresses appreciation for Trump's pledge to defend U.S. allies amid threat of missiles launches.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2017
What Kim Jong Un hopes to gain from nuclear game plan
On October 3, 1942 — 75 years ago this year — a prototype German V-2 rocket launched from the German military firing range at Peenemunde in the Baltic reached an altitude of 84.5 km (52.5 miles). It was, by some definitions, the first human-built object in space.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Aug 15, 2017
Trump orders inquiry into whether to probe China for intellectual property theft
President Donald Trump on Monday authorized an inquiry into whether to investigate China's alleged theft of intellectual property, the first direct action by the White House against a country Trump has painted as the U.S. chief trade villain.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 14, 2017
Four governors urge Tokyo to protect their prefectures from latest North Korean missile threat
Leaders of Shimane, Hiroshima, Kochi and Ehime call for efforts to ensure residents' safety following Pyongyang's threat to launch missiles over Japan to waters near Guam.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 11, 2017
Key to countering North Korea lies offshore
Given all the maritime capability that is needed in dealing with North Korea, it is clear the U.S. must continue to conduct exercises on the high seas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2017
China should stay neutral if North Korea attacks first, official newspaper says
If North Korea launches an attack that threatens the United States then China should stay neutral, but if the United States attacks first and tries to overthrow North Korea's government China will stop them, a Chinese state-run newspaper said Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2017
Yokosuka-based U.S. destroyer challenges Beijing's claims in disputed South China Sea
China said it was "very displeased" after a U.S. Navy destroyer conducted a so-called freedom of navigation patrol (FONOP) within 12 nautical miles (22 km) of an artificial island built up by China in the South China Sea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 11, 2017
Canadian pastor freed by North Korea is healthy, passes through Japan on way home
A Canadian pastor freed from a North Korean prison on humanitarian grounds is healthy and not in critical condition, his family said on Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 10, 2017
North makes detailed threat to fire missiles near Guam as Tokyo condemns provocation
In an unprecedented announcement, North Korea said it is developing a plan to test-fire four intermediate ballistic missiles into the sea near Guam by mid-August.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 10, 2017
Trump's claim on status of U.S. nuclear arsenal is not true, experts say
President Donald Trump says the U.S. nuclear arsenal has been beefed up since he took office in January. Not quite.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 10, 2017
Why U.S. hasn't brought 'fire and fury' to N. Korea
Seoul stands in the way of a U.S. pre-emptive strike on North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 10, 2017
Unlike Washington-Moscow hot-line links, U.S. and North Korea lack channels to resolve crises
Washington and Moscow have over decades established mechanisms to prevent crises from spinning out of control, from hot-lines to satellites and over-flights that allow the nuclear-armed adversaries to track each other's military deployments.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2017
KCNA says North Korea will have plan in days to fire four missiles toward Guam, calls Trump threat 'nonsense'
North Korea will develop a plan by mid-August to launch four intermediate range missiles at the U.S. territory of Guam before presenting it to leader Kim Jong Un, who will make a decision on whether to proceed, the North's state media said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 10, 2017
Mattis, on heels of Trump's impromptu 'fire and fury' threat, issues stark warning to Pyongyang
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis issued a stark warning to North Korea on Wednesday, telling Pyongyang that it should stop any actions that would lead to the "end of its regime and the destruction of its people."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 9, 2017
Trump threatens to unleash 'fire and fury' on North Korea as Pyongyang takes aim at Guam
On a day typically remembered for the devastating atomic attack on Nagasaki in 1945, North Korea and U.S. President Donald Trump both unleashed an unprecedented verbal barrage.

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