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NUCLEAR

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 31, 2019
Top North Korean official warns U.S. not to 'test our patience,' as appetite for nuclear talks fades
A top North Korean official has said expectations for talks with the United States over its nuclear weapons program "are fading away" after "offensive" remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 31, 2019
Chinese foreign minister to visit North Korea for three days from Monday
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is scheduled to visit North Korea for three days from Monday as requested by his counterpart, Ri Yong Ho, China's Foreign Ministry said Friday.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 31, 2019
Trump tweet of failed Iran launch raises worries about disclosure of U.S. surveillance secrets
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday posted on Twitter a photo of what appeared to be the site of a failed Iranian satellite launch, raising questions about whether he had disclosed U.S. surveillance secrets.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 29, 2019
Iran's Zarif expresses opposition to U.S coalition directly to Japan
Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed opposition to a U.S coalition scheme to patrol the Strait of Hormuz when he met Wednesday with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a diplomatic source said.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 28, 2019
Tepco, Chubu Electric, Toshiba and Hitachi to discuss four-way nuclear alliance
Tepco, Chubu Electric Power, Toshiba Corp. and Hitachi Ltd. said Wednesday they have agreed to discuss potential collaboration on nuclear power, as the industry faces a challenging business environment following the 2011 Fukushima crisis.
Japan Times
JAPAN / ANALYSIS
Aug 28, 2019
Trump's de facto blessing of North Korea's missile tests sends ominous message to Japan
U.S. President Donald Trump may not mind North Korea's repeated tests of short-range missiles, but his not-so-begrudging acceptance of the North's actions is sending an unmistakable message to Asian allies.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 27, 2019
Taro Kono says he hopes to reduce Middle East tension in meeting with Iran counterpart
Foreign Minister Taro Kono hopes to make diplomatic efforts to reduce tension in the Middle East, he said on Tuesday, as he began a meeting with Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 27, 2019
Trump floats meeting with Iranian leader in echo of his North Korea outreach
U.S. President Donald Trump signaled he's open to making a dramatic shift in U.S. policy toward Iran, extending his most expansive offer yet to meet with President Hassan Rouhani and perhaps to ease restrictions so the Islamic Republic can use some of its oil wealth to access credit.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 26, 2019
Tepco may consider scrapping one or more reactors at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa plant
The host city's mayor has made such decommissioning a condition for approving the restarts of two other reactors at the plant.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 25, 2019
Urgent appeal to save nuclear agreements
The rapid deterioration of nuclear arms control, disarmament and non-proliferation pacts adds to the rising risk of the use of nuclear weapons.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 25, 2019
The U.S. wants Japan's help to close its 'missile gap' with China. Is Tokyo up for it?
After formally withdrawing from a landmark arms-control treaty earlier this month, the United States now hopes it can better counter its geopolitical rival China by closing what experts characterize as a yawning "missile gap" with Beijing — and it may look to Japan for help.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 25, 2019
North Korea tests new 'super-large' multiple rocket launcher in latest display of firepower
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un again oversaw the test-firing of a "newly developed" weapon, state-run media said Sunday, throwing up yet another obstacle to long-stalled denuclearization talks with the United States.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2019
Nuclear test ban body sees end of INF as opportunity for new disarmament framework
The head of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization sees the expiration of the arms control pact between the United States and Russia earlier this month as an opportunity to create a new nuclear disarmament framework.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 25, 2019
Japan affirms cooperation with France, Canada and Germany on North Korea
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe agreed Saturday with the leaders of Canada, France and Germany to cooperate in efforts to contain the security threat posed by North Korea, hours after Pyongyang again launched what appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2019
North Korea fires two apparent missiles one day after South severs intelligence-sharing pact with Japan
North Korea fired two apparent ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan on Saturday morning, the Japanese government and South Korean military said, a day after Seoul severed a key intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2019
U.N. chief Antonio Guterres urges Japan and South Korea to mend ties
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urges Japan and South Korea to mend relations after Seoul scraps a military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo amid disputes over trade.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 22, 2019
Japan's Indo-Pacific dream or nightmare?
Unfinished political reform, militarization, technological authoritarianism, the politicization of history and great power rivalry is stressing the Indo-Pacific region and Tokyo's attempts to inculcate a rules-based order into the region.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 21, 2019
Japan defense white paper to concede North Korea has miniaturized nuclear warheads, report says
Japan has upgraded its estimate of North Korea's nuclear weapons capability in an upcoming annual defense white paper, saying it seems Pyongyang has already achieved the miniaturization of warheads, the Yomiuri newspaper said in an unsourced report Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 21, 2019
Mike Pompeo says North Korea talks have not resumed as quickly as hoped
The United States has not returned to the negotiation table with North Korea as quickly as it had hoped, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, but he added that Washington knew there would be "bumps on the road" in the denuclearization talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 20, 2019
U.S. test of previously banned missile raises fears of new nuclear arms race
The U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years, under a treaty from which it bolted earlier this month, the Pentagon said Monday, in a move experts said was likely to have been closely watched by China, Russia and even North Korea.

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