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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 20, 2019
Mixed messages on nuclear deterrence
Japan has reason to be concerned about its security guarantees.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2019
U.S. offered to help North Korea build up tourist area in exchange for denuclearization: report
The U.S. reportedly offered a long-term plan to help North Korea develop a tourist area in return for denuclearization during recent working-level talks in Stockholm that ended with the North side walking out, according to a new report.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2019
Chinese nuclear plans cloud prospects for new U.S.-Russia missile deal
A key hurdle to extending a landmark nuclear treaty between the U.S. and Russia isn't Donald Trump or Vladimir Putin. It is China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 16, 2019
North Korean leader visits sacred mountain as speculation grows of fresh provocation
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made yet another improbable trek to the top of 2,744-meter-high (9,003-feet-high) Mount Paektu, which the country calls "the sacred mountain of the revolution" — and this time, he did it atop a white steed.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 13, 2019
Whither nuclear arms control?
What worked in the past may not work in the present, and tactics to rein in one country could prove disastrous if pursued with others.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 13, 2019
North Korea demands Japan pay compensation over sinking of fishing boat
North Korea has “strongly demanded” Japan pay compensation for a fishing boat that sank after it collided with a Fisheries Agency patrol boat in the Sea of Japan.
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2019
A-bomb survivor Toshiki Fujimori urges nuclear haves and have-nots to join hands on abolition
Hibakusha Toshiki Fujimori called for nuclear states and non-nuclear states to cooperate on abolishing atomic weapons as a meeting on the subject was held at U.N. headquarters in New York on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 9, 2019
North Korea exploits its advantages in talks with U.S.
Trump must disabuse the North Koreans of the notion that they can get a better deal from him if they refuse to engage seriously with his team.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2019
Japan's least bad choice on North Korea
The focus should be on deterring Pyongyang from starting a war or committing acts of aggression, containing it, and constructing defensive shields.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Oct 2, 2019
The Korean Peninsula: A dangerous neighborhood
South Koreans live with an existential threat, one that President Moon Jae-in minimizes and that events might be maximizing.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 27, 2019
Pyongyang says lack of progress casts doubt on prospects for future summit with U.S.
North Korea said on Friday that a lack of progress in implementing agreements made between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cast doubt on prospects for a future summit, state news agency KCNA said.
WORLD
Sep 27, 2019
Iran expands enrichment with advanced centrifuges in new breach of nuclear deal, IAEA reports
Iran has committed a further breach of its nuclear deal with major powers by enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges, and plans to install more of those advanced machines than previously announced, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report showed on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2019
North Korean chief negotiator welcomes Trump's call for 'new method' at nuclear talks
North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator welcomed on Friday U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that a "new method" be used in talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs.
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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