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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 1, 2018
Trump plays down chances of quick breakthrough as North Koreans bring letter
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday played down the chances of a quick deal to get North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons as a delegation from Pyongyang headed to meet him with a letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, suggesting a proposed summit may be back on.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 31, 2018
Did John Bolton try to sink the Trump-Kim summit?
U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton detests professional diplomats as gutless appeasers, and has yet to meet an arms control agreement he likes or a crisis that cannot be solved by bombing the enemy.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 31, 2018
U.S. missile defense systems gaining against Kim's ICBM threat: GAO
The U.S. network of ground-based interceptors intended to defend against an intercontinental ballistic missile fired from North Korea "achieved a number of major accomplishments" in 2017, according to the General Accountability Office.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 30, 2018
Trump wants quick North Korean denuclearization, but leading experts say process could take a decade
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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2018
North Korea urges South to scrap military intelligence-sharing deal with Japan
North Korea has called for the scrapping of a military intelligence-sharing agreement between South Korea and Japan, calling it a "hurdle" to realizing the goals of the historic Panmunjom Declaration signed between the two Koreas on April 27.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 30, 2018
Abe to meet Trump at White House on June 7 ahead of possible U.S.-North Korea summit
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on June 7 ahead of an expected summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12, it was announced Wednesday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 29, 2018
Hiroshima hibakusha attends Massachusetts memorial ceremony for U.S. POWs killed in A-bombing
An atomic bomb survivor attended a memorial ceremony Monday to honor the 12 American servicemen who died in the U.S. nuclear attack in the closing days of World War II.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 29, 2018
Kim Jong Un's right-hand man bound for U.S. as summit talks progress
A top North Korean official widely known as leader Kim Jong Un's right-hand man has arrived in Beijing, en route to the United States for a meeting with top U.S. officials, a report said Tuesday, as Washington and Pyongyang continue to lay the groundwork for a historic leaders' summit.
BUSINESS / Companies
May 28, 2018
Hitachi to continue talks with Britain over nuclear plant project
Hitachi Ltd. has decided to continue talks over a ¥3 trillion nuclear power plant project in Wales after the British government made a financing offer, according to a source.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 28, 2018
Iranian President Rouhani to attend security summit in China amid nuclear deal doubts
China will host Iranian President Hassan Rouhani next month at a regional summit aimed at avoiding disruption of joint projects, its Foreign Ministry said Monday, as major powers scramble to save Iran's nuclear deal after the United States pulled out.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
May 28, 2018
In push to salvage U.S.-North Korea summit, team of veteran American diplomats faces high hurdles
U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that an advance team of veteran American diplomats is conducting talks with North Korean officials at the border between the two Koreas as both the U.S. and the North work to salvage a possible leaders' summit — a push that faces a number of daunting challenges,...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 27, 2018
Trump-Kim summit back on track, Moon says after secret meeting
With all eyes on next month's on-again, off-again summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, Kim reiterated his commitment to the "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" and to a Trump sit-down, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Sunday, a day after his secret...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
May 26, 2018
Abe and Putin set to hold summit on isle projects but may also address North Korea
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin are expected to talk about starting economic projects on the disputed isles but might touch on North Korea as well.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 26, 2018
U.S. 'maximum pressure' on North Korea faces test with summit in limbo
U.S. efforts to sustain and possibly intensify its "maximum pressure" campaign on North Korea are entering a perilous phase as a potential breakdown in diplomacy with Pyongyang raises fears that China may loosen its enforcement of international sanctions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 26, 2018
Trump says U.S. in 'productive talks' with North Korea, suggests summit with Kim could still happen on June 12
Just a day after abruptly pulling out of a planned summit with North Korea's leader, U.S. President Donald Trump held out hope Friday that the talks could still be held — possibly even on the scheduled June 12 date in Singapore.
EDITORIALS
May 25, 2018
Keep North Korea process on track
Japan must work with the U.S. to prevent a return to the earlier antagonism that marked U.S.-North Korea relations and to keep together the coalition that is maintaining pressure on Pyongyang.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
May 25, 2018
Cancellation of Kim-Trump meeting comes as no surprise
It was entirely foreseeable that the summit planned for June 12 will not take place after all.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 25, 2018
North Korea summit cancellation seen as setback to deal-maker Trump
President Donald Trump drew gasps at the United Nations General Assembly last September when he threatened to "totally destroy" North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 25, 2018
Trump-Kim summit failure: Improvised diplomacy and skipped meetings
A historic summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un — abruptly agreed to with little plan for how events would unfold — collapsed as the leaders talked past each other on their goals, phone calls weren't returned and rhetoric turned from hopeful to sour.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 25, 2018
Canceled Trump-Kim summit could return U.S., North Korea to crisis mode
President Donald Trump's cancellation of a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un risks a return to crisis mode between Washington and Pyongyang, but both sides may be wary of letting the situation escalate into fears of war, as it did last year.

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