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NUCLEAR WEAPONS

ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 9, 2017
China says North Korea plans to attend Silk Road summit in Bejing
China's Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that North Korea will be sending a delegation to next week's summit on President Xi Jinping's ambitious Silk Road project.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 9, 2017
A third nuclear crisis on the Korean Peninsula
it is difficult to imagine that North Korea, now in possession of nuclear weapons, will accept denuclearization.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2017
North Korea detains second U.S. citizen in two weeks as experts fear arrests becoming part of new normal
The arrest of a U.S. citizen by North Korea on Saturday — the second of an American national in two weeks — could be a prelude to more provocations by Pyongyang amid already surging tensions on the Korean Peninsula, an expert on the regime of leader Kim Jong Un has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 8, 2017
Election poised to bring South Korea change following months of political upheaval
After one of South Korea's most tumultuous political periods in recent memory, voters appear ready for change.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 6, 2017
North Korea accuses CIA and Seoul of plot to assassinate Kim Jong Un
North Korea on Friday accused the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and South Korea's intelligence service of a failed plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong Un with a biochemical bomb at a military parade in Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 5, 2017
Tillerson meets ASEAN ministers, urges them to pressure North Korea on nukes
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met Southeast Asian foreign ministers on Thursday to seek their support in pressing North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 3, 2017
Activity resumes at North Korea nuclear site amid fears of sixth atomic test: report
Fresh satellite images indicate that activity has resumed at North Korea's nuclear test site, U.S. analysts said Tuesday, amid fears the reclusive nation may soon conduct its sixth atomic test.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 3, 2017
As U.S. and China find common ground on North Korea, will Russia aid Kim regime?
When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent Lunar New Year greetings this year, the first card went to Russian President Vladimir Putin, ahead even of leaders from China and other allies of the isolated country, according to its official news agency.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2017
North Korea says U.S. bomber flights push peninsula to brink of nuclear war
North Korea accused the United States on Tuesday of pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of nuclear war after a pair of strategic U.S. bombers flew training drills with the South Korean and Japanese militaries in another show of strength.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 2, 2017
Satellite evidence points to North Korea's ramped-up sub-launched missile program: report
In a revelation that has strategic implications for Japan, analysis of satellite imagery shows the existence of North Korea's second submersible test-stand barge — a sign that the nuclear-armed country could be ramping up development of its submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) program.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 1, 2017
Trump confers with Asia allies on North Korean nuclear threat
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday stepped up outreach to allies in Asia to secure their cooperation to pressure North Korea over its nuclear and missile programs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2017
South Korea says U.S. reaffirms it will pay THAAD costs; joint drills wrap up
Seoul said Sunday that Washington earlier in the day reaffirmed that it will shoulder the cost of deploying the THAAD anti-missile system in South Korea, after U.S. President Donald Trump said Seoul should pay for the $1 billion system designed to defend against nuclear-armed North Korea.
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.
43-year-old man arrested over Kitakyushu McDonald's stabbings
A McDonald's outlet in Kitakyushu where two teens were stabbed, one fatally, on Saturday. Police arrested a 43-year-old suspect on Thursday morning.
What we know so far about the Kitakyushu stabbings
Police guard the scene early Sunday morning of a stabbing incident at a McDonald's store in Kitakyushu's Kokuraminami Ward.
Amateur sumo world caught by surprise as Hakuho Cup set to go ahead
Miyagino (left), or former yokozuna Hakuho, alongside a young medalist at the Hakuho Cup in February 2023
Red Bull set to replace Sergio Perez with Liam Lawson, not Yuki Tsunoda
RB's Liam Lawson ahead of the Qatar Grand Prix on Dec. 1
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.
Women are writing a new chapter in Japanese literature in the 2020s
"Butter," Asako Yuzuki’s thrilling novel inspired by a real-life femme fatale, was named the Waterstones Book of the Year in 2024.

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