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NUCLEAR WEAPONS 3

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 17, 2018
Moon's chief of staff takes center stage in inter-Korean detente
In 1989, a 22-year-old South Korean student caused an uproar when she sneaked into North Korea and was filmed advocating for unification and meeting leader Kim Il Sung.
EDITORIALS
Feb 16, 2018
Focus U.S.-North Korea talks on de-nuclearization
If dialogue takes place between Washington and Pyongyang, it should place priority on getting North Korea to abandon its nuclear and missile programs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 14, 2018
South Korea approves $2.6 million budget for North Korea's Olympic visit
South Korea approved on Wednesday the use of 2.86 billion won ($2.64 million) to bankroll the cost of hosting hundreds of visiting North Koreans during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics.
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 13, 2018
North Korea dials down border propaganda after Olympics open
North Korea has lowered the volume of its border propaganda broadcasts at the inter-Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) since Friday's Winter Olympics opening ceremony, a senior military official stationed at the border said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 12, 2018
Pence raises prospect of U.S. talks with North Korea amid pressure campaign
In what could amount to a significant recalibration of its stance toward nuclear-armed North Korea, the United States has said it is open to talks with the isolated country, Vice President Mike Pence said in an interview published Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Feb 11, 2018
Divide and conquer? North Korean 'charm offensive' likely to exacerbate fissures in U.S. alliance
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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Feb 11, 2018
Don't mention the nukes: At Olympics, South Koreans learn how to talk to the enemy
When a hotel on South Korea's east coast was asked at short notice to host nearly 280 North Korean visitors, the problem wasn't finding enough rooms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2018
U.S. and China reaffirm commitment to pressure North Korea
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and China's top diplomat, Yang Jiechi, reaffirmed their countries' commitment to exert pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons on Thursday, the U.S. State Department said.
EDITORIALS
Feb 8, 2018
A new world, a new Nuclear Posture Review
The world is more dangerous than it has been for a long time, but there are justifiable concerns that the Trump administration's nuclear weapons policy could magnify dangers, not reduce them.
Japan Times
WORLD
Feb 8, 2018
U.N. chief plans major disarmament push but U.S. skeptical
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is to launch a major push for disarmament talks covering everything from nuclear and cyber war to small arms, braving certain U.S. resistance to such bold initiatives, officials and experts said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2018
North Korea says it has no plans to meet U.S. officials at Olympics
North Korea has no intention of meeting U.S officials during the Winter Olympics that start on Friday in the South, the KCNA news agency reported, dampening hopes the games will help resolve a tense standoff over the Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 7, 2018
Kim Jong Un sister to visit South Korea as part of Olympic delegation
In a stunning move, North Korea will dispatch the powerful younger sister of leader Kim Jong Un as part of a high-level delegation to the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in the South, Seoul said Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 7, 2018
Abe and Pence say no divide on North Korea during Tokyo meeting, warn against Pyongyang’s ‘smile diplomacy’
Amid signs of a gradual thaw in inter-Korean relations, Prime Minister Abe and visiting U.S. Vice President Pence reaffirm the policy of maintaining “maximum pressure” on North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 6, 2018
North Korea calls Trump 'dolt-like' and compares 'bloody nose' strike to Iraq War run-up
Nuclear-armed North Korea unleashed a raft of insults and threats against the U.S. and its leader on Tuesday, calling Donald Trump "dolt-like" and comparing recent reports of a possible "bloody nose" limited strike against Pyongyang to the run-up to the Iraq War.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 6, 2018
The Pentagon's alarming nuclear posture review
Washington is once again playing with the dangerous notion of a 'limited' nuclear war.
Fifth time's a charm: Shigeru Ishiba set to be Japan PM after LDP poll win
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba waves after he was elected as the new head of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party during a leadership vote on Friday.
China's newest nuclear-powered submarine sank this year, U.S. says
A series of satellite images from Planet Labs appears to show cranes at the Wuchang shipyard in Wuhan, China, on June 15.
In rare retrial, Shizuoka court rules ex-boxer not guilty of 1966 murders
Hideko Hakamata (center) and lawyers representing her younger brother, Iwao Hakamata, pose with a banner that reads "Iwao Hakamata verdict not guilty" as they leave the Shizuoka District Court on Thursday after the ruling was delivered.
Giant African snails mark 90 years of history in Okinawa
Giant African snails are unpopular among local residents and are referred to as an alien species that shouldn’t be touched, as they damage crops and sometimes hosts rat lungworms.
Why is Shigeru Ishiba so unpopular among his LDP peers?
Former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba reacts during a news conference ahead of the Liberal Democratic Party leadership election in Tokyo on Sept. 6.
Tokyo Game Show 2024 stacked with big returns and hyped announcements
Tokyo Game Show opens to the public on Sept. 28 full of cosplayers promoting a full slate of new and upcoming titles.
China's newest nuclear-powered submarine sank this year, U.S. says
A series of satellite images from Planet Labs appears to show cranes at the Wuchang shipyard in Wuhan, China, on June 15.
Deadline approaches for free HPV vaccine 'catch-up' campaign
A 13-year-old junior high school student receives a vaccine for the human papillomavirus at a hospital in Tokyo in 2022.
Weather makes for an unpredictable artist at Nagano art festival
“A Whisper in the Eye of the Storm,” by Canadian artists Caitlind R. C. Brown and Wayne Garrett is an outdoor installation of around 14,000 recycled lenses of varied prescriptions.
A first look inside the new Nintendo Museum
The Nintendo Museum opens to the public on Oct. 2, but unlike the company's all-ages games, the new attraction may be geared more toward older rather than younger gamers.

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