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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 22, 2016
LDP may lose next election if nuclear exit becomes main issue: ex-PM Koizumi
Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said the pro-nuclear ruling party of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe could lose the next Lower House election if nuclear power becomes the main election issue.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 22, 2016
Kerry calls North Korean regime 'illegal and illegitimate'
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday labeled the North Korean government led by Kim Jong Un an "illegal and illegitimate regime" — unusually strong language from America's top diplomat.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Oct 21, 2016
Japanese utility urges all-electric homes to sell expected excess of electricity
The first Japanese utility to restart a nuclear reactor under post-Fukushima rules has resumed a campaign urging users to increase power consumption.
JAPAN
Oct 21, 2016
2017 gubernatorial elections may pose snag to Abe's reactor restart quest
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ambition to restart the country's fleet of nuclear reactors may face further challenges from regional elections.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 20, 2016
North Korea again fails in test of powerful medium-range missile
North Korea conducted a failed missile test Thursday — its second in a week — of what was believed to be a powerful medium-range Musudan, the U.S. and South Korea said.
EDITORIALS
Oct 19, 2016
Niigata gubernatorial election
Niigata's gubernatorial election result on Sunday shows the public is still wary of restarting idled nuclear power plants.
JAPAN
Oct 19, 2016
Five French nuclear reactors with Japan-made parts ordered to undergo safety tests
France's nuclear authority has a French utility conduct checkups at five reactors ahead of their scheduled maintenance tests.
JAPAN
Oct 18, 2016
Japan Atomic Energy Agency to apply for safety checks to restart Joyo fast reactor
The Japan Atomic Energy Agency is considering applying for a government safety assessment of its aging Joyo experimental fast reactor in March in hopes of restarting it, according to sources close to the matter.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 18, 2016
North Korean top diplomat spotted in Beijing, possibly en route to informal talks on row with U.S.
A North Korean deputy foreign minister arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, with an informed source saying that he is possibly traveling onward to Malaysia to hold informal talks with someone from the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 18, 2016
Despite failures, North Korea could field midrange missile by next year: U.S. expert
North Korea could have an operational intermediate-range ballistic missile by next year, an analysis by the influential 38 North website said Monday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 18, 2016
Japanese and North Korean students forge bonds in rare meeting but remain apart over nuclear weapons
A group of Japanese college students made a rare visit to Pyongyang in late August — just before North Korea conducted its fifth nuclear test on Sept. 9 — for talks on war and peace with local students.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2016
Nuclear foe Ryuichi Yoneyama elected Niigata governor, threatening Tepco reactor restarts
An anti-nuclear candidate was elected governor of Niigata on Sunday, dealing a potential blow to Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s attempts to restart the world's biggest nuclear power station.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 16, 2016
Japan-based U.S. aircraft carrier wraps up joint drills with South Korean Navy
The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier was due Sunday to call at Busan, South Korea, after almost a week of maneuvers with South Korea's navy.
Japan Times
JAPAN / FUKUSHIMA FILE
Oct 16, 2016
Fukushima apples to be used during World Cocktail Championships in bid to repair tarnished reputation
More than five years after the Fukushima nuclear disaster, efforts by local farmers to regain consumer trust in their produce are finally paying off, with apples grown in the city of Fukushima chosen to be used in the annual World Cocktail Championships, which kicks off on Tuesday in Tokyo.
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Oct 15, 2016
Fukui poised to benefit from decision to scrap Monju
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EDITORIALS
Oct 15, 2016
Cost of pulling plug on reactors
The government is thinking about ways to protect major electricity suppliers from the massive costs they face to decommission their nuclear reactors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 15, 2016
Clinton blasted China over North Korea, slammed Japan over 'nationalist pressures,' hacked emails show
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said in a private speech to bankers three years ago that she would "ring China with missile defense" if Beijing failed to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions, while also blasting "nationalist forces" in Japan for stoking the Senkaku row, a hacked...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 12, 2016
Nuclear-armed North Korea presents hard choices for Obama's successor
As North Korea clears hurdle after hurdle in its race to obtain nuclear weapons, a foreign policy adviser to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for the U.S. to review its objectives.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 11, 2016
China appears to push back on U.S. bid to choke North Korea coal exports
China appears to have pushed back on a U.S. bid to close a U.N. loophole that allows North Korea to export coal for "livelihood purposes," saying the well-being of North Koreans is a priority in negotiations on possible new U.N. sanctions on Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 11, 2016
U.S. demands harsh resolution against North Korea as China marks Pyongyang party's 71st year
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said Monday that the United States is exerting all its political influence in a bid to gain support from all U.N. Security Council members to adopt "the strongest possible resolution" to heighten pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear arms...

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