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Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 11, 2017
MSDF drills with U.S. aircraft carrier amid North Korea tensions
The USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier was conducting joint exercises with a Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer in the waters near Okinawa on Wednesday, the two countries' militaries said, amid rising tensions with North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2017
U.S. flies powerful bombers over Korean Peninsula as Trump discusses 'range of options'
The U.S. sent powerful B-1B bombers from Guam for joint exercises with the South Korean Air Force over the Korean Peninsula late Tuesday as President Donald Trump gathered his top national security advisers to discuss "a range of options" for dealing with North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 11, 2017
South Koreans seek to visit once-jointly run factory zone in North
A group of South Korean businessmen who own factories in the Kaesong industrial complex inside North Korea said Wednesday they want to visit to verify the North's claim that it had restarted some operations there on its own.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 10, 2017
North Korean 'princess' now one of the secretive state's top policy makers
The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's 28-year-old sister to the country's top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his position by drawing his most important people closer to the center of power, experts and officials say.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 8, 2017
Bluster or legit threat? Trump remarks show North Korea military option on U.S. leader's mind
Bluster or legitimate threat, U.S. President Donald Trump's latest castigation of North Korea has again left observers wondering if the leader will greenlight some kind of military action against the country in a bid to halt its seemingly inexorable march toward a credible nuclear strike capability....
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 4, 2017
In phone call with Trump, Abe extends condolences for victims of Las Vegas massacre
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had a 12-minute phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday night, in which Abe offered his condolences for the victims of Sunday's mass shooting in Las Vegas that left 59 people dead, a senior Japanese official said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 3, 2017
White House again rules out talks as North Korea threatens Japan with 'nuclear clouds'
The White House on Monday poured more cold water on potential talks with North Korea over its nuclear weapons program just days after U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Washington was in direct contact with leader Kim Jong Un's regime.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 2, 2017
Trump dismissal of U.S.-North Korea talks has some fearful of what comes next
After his curt dismissal over Twitter of talks with North Korea, U.S. President Donald Trump has left many wondering — and some fearing — what his next move against the nuclear-armed nation will be.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 30, 2017
North Korea seen moving missiles from development center: report
Several North Korean missiles were recently spotted moved from a rocket facility in the capital, Pyongyang, South Korea's Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported late Friday amid speculation that the North was preparing to take more provocative actions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 27, 2017
Trump says military option against North Korea not preferred, but would be 'devastating'
President Donald Trump warned North Korea on Tuesday that any U.S. military option would be "devastating" for Pyongyang, but said the use of force was not Washington's first option to deal with the country's ballistic and nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 27, 2017
North Korea's bark may be worse than bite in threat to shoot down U.S. bombers
North Korea has threatened to shoot down U.S. bombers flying near the Korean Peninsula, but it would have difficulty matching its words with action given aging air defense systems mostly dating to the Cold War, military experts said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Sep 27, 2017
China's biggest North Korea taboo: Discussing life after Kim
In discussions between the U.S. and China about reining in North Korea, one topic remains taboo: What would happen if Kim Jong Un's regime collapses?
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 26, 2017
Thailand courts Japanese businesses with grand tour of key industrial zone
In the coastal area east of bustling Bangkok lies Thailand's largest industrial zone, a production hub where hundreds of Japanese car- and auto parts makers had once rushed to gain a foothold in Southeast Asia.

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