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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
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.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 15, 2019
North Korea assembles large fleet of military aircraft at east coast airport
North Korea may be preparing for a massive show of force, according to an analysis Friday of new satellite imagery that shows dozens of military aircraft parked wingtip to wingtip at an airport on the country's east coast.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Nov 13, 2019
European concerns could spell end of Iran nuclear deal and new U.N. sanctions
Europe's threat to trigger a mechanism that could reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran marks a significant breakdown in diplomacy to try to save the 2015 nuclear deal and could presage its death knell, diplomats say.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 12, 2019
How Russia could force a nuclear war in the Baltics
The Kremlin's 'escalate to de-escalate' nuclear strategy could easily get out of hand.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 12, 2019
South Korea developing its own nukes one solution to U.S. cost-sharing demands, ex-top diplomat says
With Washington reportedly demanding that South Korea pay more to have U.S. troops stationed in the country, a former South Korean foreign minister says he has a solution for Seoul: the development of its own nuclear arsenal.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 9, 2019
North Korea says 'window of opportunity' closing for progress in nuclear talks with U.S.
A North Korean diplomat said Friday that the window of opportunity for progress in dialogue with the United States was getting smaller, adding that Pyongyang expects reciprocal steps from Washington by the end of the year.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 8, 2019
In insult-laden statement, North Korea refers to Abe as an 'idiot and villain'
North Korea on Thursday unleashed an insult-laden diatribe against Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, calling him an "idiot and villain" who should not even dream of setting foot in Pyongyang, and hinted at the possibility of missiles again flying over Japan after Abe criticized a recent weapons test by the...

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