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NUCLEAR WEAPONS 3

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 7, 2017
U.N. weighs U.S. push for North Korea oil embargo, textile export ban
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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 5, 2017
Trump says Japan, South Korea can buy more 'highly sophisticated' U.S. military equipment
U.S. President Donald Trump said in a tweet Tuesday that he would let Japan and South Korea buy even more "highly sophisticated" American military equipment as the two allies look to bolster their defenses against nuclear-armed North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 5, 2017
South Korea's Moon faces calls to alter policy on North after nuclear test
North Korea has been condemned internationally for conducting its most powerful nuclear test yet, but, across the border, South Korean President Moon Jae-in is also attracting flak for his policy of pursuing engagement with Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 5, 2017
Japan seeks oil embargo on North Korea but China will resist cutting lifeline
Even before North Korea detonated its most powerful nuclear bomb yet, Japan was calling for moves to cut off its oil supply.
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2017
Nagasaki University plans biannual English journal on nuclear disarmament
Nagasaki University will launch an English-language academic journal focused on nuclear disarmament early next year.
EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2017
Pyongyang ratchets up its provocations
Pressure must be increased on North Korea to help halt its weapons development programs, but diplomatic efforts directly involving Pyongyang should also be explored.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 4, 2017
No red lines? China and North Korea
China has much to gain by strongly responding to North Korea's nuclear provocations.
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2017
No abnormal radiation readings from North Korea nuclear test, NRA says
No abnormal radiation readings have been detected from North Korea's nuclear test on Sunday, the Nuclear Regulation Authority said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 4, 2017
China reluctant to press North Korea with further sanctions, seeks more from West
North Korea's latest nuclear test is likely to pile more pressure on China to take tough action against its neighbor, but Beijing already doubts economic sanctions will work and says it is not its sole responsibility to rein in Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 3, 2017
North Korea conducts sixth nuclear test, says it has developed 'perfect' H-bomb
North Korea claims to have successfully tested a hydrogen bomb capable of being loaded onto an intercontinental ballistic missile, presenting the U.S. and its allies with a new and more potent challenge.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 3, 2017
Hideo Tsuchiyama, leader of Nagasaki peace movement, dies at 92
Former Nagasaki University President Hideo Tsuchiyama, leader of the peace movement and nuclear abolition campaign of atom-bombed Nagasaki, died early Saturday morning. He was 92.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 2, 2017
Pyongyang university to start classes without American staff due to travel ban
Pyongyang University of Science and Technology (PUST), North Korea's only Western-funded university, will start the fall semester without its dozens of American staffers after failing to secure exemptions to a U.S. travel ban that started on Friday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 31, 2017
North Korea says 'crafty' Japan views tension as 'good opportunity'
North Korea has lambasted the Japan-U.S. security alliance, labeling Tokyo "crafty" and claiming that Japan views tension on the Korean Peninsula as a "good opportunity" to loosen constitutional restraints on its military.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 30, 2017
North Korea: End of the nuclear taboo?
Is the North Korean crisis slowly eroding the postwar taboo against using nuclear weapons?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2017
North Korean leader says more to come as U.N. condemns missile launch over Japan
Pyongyang said the missile launched over Japan on Tuesday was an intermediate-range Hwasong-12 and meant to counter U.S.-South Korean war games.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 29, 2017
After North Korean missile flies over Hokkaido, Trump says again: 'All options on the table'
U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down Tuesday in the United States' standoff with nuclear-armed North Korea, reiterating that "all options" — an allusion to military action — remain on the table after Pyongyang launched a midrange missile over its close Asian ally Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 29, 2017
North's 'shot across Japan's bow' gives Abe boost on defense, puts hopes for talks on ice
North Korea's provocative launch of an apparent midrange missile over Hokkaido is likely to give fuel to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to bolster the nation's abilities to defend itself.
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.
Takaichi and Ishiba head to runoff in LDP leadership election
A poster showing portraits of candidates for the Liberal Democratic Party's presidential election at the party headquarters in Tokyo on Wednesday
Putin issues nuclear warning to the West over Ukraine striking Russia
Russia's President Vladimir Putin chairs a meeting of the Security Council on the subject of nuclear deterrence in Moscow on Wednesday.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Japan MSDF warship sails through Taiwan Strait for first time
The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sazanami arrives in Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean during a scheduled port visit in July. The Sazanami became the first Japanese warship to sail through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday.
People of all ages and sizes scale new heights amid climbing boom in Japan
A climbing wall at a kindergarten in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture. The sport has been on the rise in Japan, mainly due to the popularity it gained from the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, and new climbing walls are popping all over the place.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Longform

A woman passes an "akichi" (vacant lot) in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo. The capital is littered with such small lots in part because of Japan's aging and shrinking population.
Dealing with rising land vacancies as Japan shrinks
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