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Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 25, 2019
In Japan, Pope Francis urges rethink of reliance on nuclear energy
Meeting survivors of the 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster that triggered the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear crisis, Pope Francis has a poignant message.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2019
Pope Francis says in Nagasaki speech money used for nuclear weapons better spent on eradicating poverty
Pope Francis strongly criticizes the concept of nuclear deterrence and warned of arms races while calling on world leaders to instead use money and resources to cope with environmental issues and poverty.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 24, 2019
North Korea goes nuclear: A post-mortem
How did Pyongyang succeed when so many other states have failed to get nuclear missiles?
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 24, 2019
Full text of Pope Francis' message in Nagasaki
The following is the official translation of the full text of a message Pope Francis delivered Sunday in an address in Nagasaki.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 23, 2019
Nuclear non-proliferation group vows to work to achieve North Korea's denuclearization
Foreign ministers from a coalition of non-nuclear weapons states pledged Saturday to work in tandem to achieve North Korea's denuclearization, as the country's negotiations with the United States have been at a stalemate.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Markets
Nov 22, 2019
Japan passes bill to tighten rules on foreign investments related to national security
The amended law, which requires foreign investors to get state permission when acquiring stakes of 1 percent or more in a sensitive company, takes effect next spring.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 22, 2019
109 Fukui officials received money in Kansai Electric gift scandal
A total of 109 current and former Fukui prefectural officials received money and other gifts, some worth up to ¥200,000, from a former Takahama deputy mayor who is at the heart of a gift scandal involving Kansai Electric Power Co., an investigative committee said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 21, 2019
Hibakusha cardinal who broke silence after pope's 1981 visit pins high hopes on Francis in Hiroshima
Many Japanese are looking forward to Pope Francis' visit to Japan on Saturday, including Shoji Fukahori, an 82-year-old Christian priest and hibakusha in Hiroshima.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Nov 21, 2019
Hopes for 11th-hour deal dim as deadline for Japan-South Korea intel pact looms
As the clock ticks closer to the deadline for renewing the pact, Tokyo and Seoul appear no closer to bridging significant gaps.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Nov 20, 2019
Kim looks to turn tables on Trump with own 'maximum pressure' push
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is believed to still be angling for a nuclear deal with U.S. President Donald Trump, experts say, but there are growing signs that the young dictator is preparing to slap his own version of "maximum pressure" on the American president if things don't go his way.
WORLD
Nov 20, 2019
U.S. Air Force inventory listed incorrect sites for 79 nuclear missiles, audit reveals
U.S. Air Force inventory systems that tally the location and value of property misidentified the locations of 79 active Minuteman III nuclear-armed missiles — almost a fifth of the fleet — last year, according to an audit commissioned by the Pentagon.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 19, 2019
As extreme storms wreck power grids, Japan turns to home battery networks
After recent typhoons ravaged the nation's power grid and disrupted services to almost 1.4 million customers, the government is encouraging homeowners to invest in storage systems, seeking to marry batteries with existing rooftop solar capacity to create backup electricity networks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 18, 2019
North Korea throws cold water on Trump's hint of third summit with Kim
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's bromance with U.S. President Donald Trump may be on its last legs, as an end-of-year deadline set by Kim for progress fast approaches.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 18, 2019
Japan's METI says it's safe to dump radioactive water from Fukushima nuclear disaster into ocean
Storage tanks for the waste water at Fukushima No. 1 are getting full, Tepco says.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 18, 2019
North Korea's Kim oversees military drills after U.S. and South cancel joint air exercises
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has overseen air force drills "under the simulated conditions of real war," state-run media reported Monday, a day after the U.S. and South Korea said they were postponing their joint air exercises in a bid to boost stalled nuclear talks with Pyongyang.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 18, 2019
Trump tweets at North Korea's Kim, tells him to 'get the deal done'
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to "act quickly" to reach a deal with the United States, in a tweet weighing in on North Korea's criticism of his political rival former, Vice President Joe Biden.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 17, 2019
Washington and Seoul postpone military drills in bid to boost stalled diplomacy with Pyongyang
The United States and South Korea on Sunday announced that they are postponing a joint military air exercise criticized by North Korea as provocative in a bid to keep alive foundering nuclear talks with Pyongyang.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Fukushima
Nov 15, 2019
German state leader to visit Fukushima to see recovery and renewable energy efforts
Minister President Armin Laschet of North Rhine-Westphalia, a state located in western Germany, is set to pay a visit to Fukushima Prefecture in January to evaluate the progress being made to implement renewable energy sources and the region's recovery following the Great East Japan Earthquake and subsequent...
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 15, 2019
Why South Korea is wrong about Fukushima tritium
An effort to tarnish Japan's image in the lead-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics is one thing, but misleading the public with unfounded claims that disregard science is quite another.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2019
North Korea says U.S. is seeking December nuclear talks, warns of 'trick' to buy time
North Korea's top nuclear envoy said Thursday that the U.S. is seeking a return to denuclearization talks in December, but warned that he believed the move could be a "trick to earn time" ahead of a year-end deadline set by Pyongyang for progress in the talks.

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