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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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
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.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2017
North Korean missiles fly, but talks still on Tillerson’s mind
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Sunday he holds out hope for talks with nuclear-armed North Korea despite its "provocative act" Saturday of firing three short-range missiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2017
North Korea launches three short-range missiles after nearly monthlong hiatus, U.S. says
After a nearly monthlong hiatus, North Korea launches three short-range ballistic missiles, one of which explodes almost immediately, amid war games held by the U.S. and South Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 26, 2017
North Korea steps up work on parts for new reactor, IAEA says
North Korea has increased its efforts to produce parts for a new nuclear reactor it is building while continuing to operate the main existing one that provides fuel for its atom bombs, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said in an annual report released Friday.
Mother hopes for reunion with daughter ensnared by Tokyo host clubs
The Kabukicho district in Tokyo, where the daughter of a woman in her 60s fell deeply into the host club culture.
Bank of Japan opts for caution as Trump factor and wage concerns weigh
Bank of Japan Gov. Kazuo Ueda holds a news conference after a BOJ policy meeting in Tokyo on Thursday.
Honda and Nissan might combine to form world’s No. 3 auto group
Nissan President and CEO Makoto Uchida (left) and Honda President and CEO Toshihiro Mibe hold a news conference in Tokyo in March. Both automakers have been working together for months on a deal of some sort.
Graft scandals disrupt China military modernization, Pentagon report says
A visitor takes pictures near models of military equipment and a giant screen displaying Chinese leader Xi Jinping, at an exhibition at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution in Beijing in October 2022.
As bitcoin soars, luxury brands consider accepting crypto payments
A customer leaves a luxury eyewear shop in Hong Kong on Wednesday.
A year of Oscar wins and a quiet push for diversity
Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Evil Does Not Exist,” released in Japanese theaters in April, sharply dramatizes the clash between rural and urban values. The film won five awards at the 2023 Venice Film Festival, including the second-place Silver Lion prize.
Curiosity didn’t kill the meme: Why cats still rule Japanese YouTube
A screen shot from YouTube user @lagelda shows the simplicity of going viral in Japan in 2024: A cat dancing to EDM in front of a green screen.
With rare Asia carrier deployment, France seeks greater interoperability
The flight deck of the French Navy's Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier during a stop at Changi Naval Base in Singapore in May 2019
Taiwan’s bullet train a testament to shinkansen’s export potential
A Taiwan High Speed Rail bullet train arrives at Nangang Station in the city of Taipei.
Looking for ways to be charitable in Japan? Give the gift of reading.
Book Santa is a program that delivers books to children in need for Christmas, but it also operates year-round.

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