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UN MILITARY

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 26, 2015
South Korea says it is willing to discuss North's demand to lift sanctions
South Korea is willing to discuss North Korea's demand for an end to sanctions imposed over a 2010 naval attack, the South said Wednesday, a day after the rivals struck a landmark pact that defused a standoff between their forces.
WORLD
Aug 26, 2015
First man from Ghana joins IS, family says
A 25-year-old Muslim from Ghana has traveled to an Islamic State training camp, becoming the first known recruit from the West African nation to join the militant group, his family said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 26, 2015
Korean peace meeting was a summit by proxy
The leaders of North and South Korea have not met for the last eight years, but the marathon 44-hour talks that brought the bitter rivals back from the brink of conflict was effectively a summit by proxy.
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 25, 2015
As tensions rise, North Korea's Kim relies on old playbook in quest to control nation's fate
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's military standoff against South Korea, with his threats to annihilate the government in Seoul, was not just about the loudspeakers blasting propaganda and K-pop tunes over the demilitarized zone.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 25, 2015
Myanmar's military chief says armed forces will respect vote
Myanmar's powerful commander-in-chief has reiterated that the military will respect the outcome of the country's Nov. 8 election, seen as a crucial test of Myanmar's reform process.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 24, 2015
Abe won't visit Beijing for WWII parade
Contrary to earlier media reports, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided not to visit China in early September, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2015
South Korea won't send troops to Beijing military parade
South Korea has opted to send five military observers but no troops to a military parade set for early next month in Beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of its victory in World War II, Yonhap News Agency reported on Monday from Beijing, citing a diplomatic source.
Japan Times
WORLD
Aug 23, 2015
Iran develops missile with 500-km range
Iran on Saturday unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile that it said could strike targets with pin-point accuracy within a range of 500 km (310 miles), and it said military might is a precondition for peace and effective diplomacy.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 22, 2015
China reclaiming more land in the Spratlys than all claimants combined: U.S.
China had reclaimed 17 times more land in the 20 months as of June in a disputed area of the South China Sea than all other claimants combined over the past 40 years, the U.S. Defense Department said Thursday.
COMMENTARY / World
Aug 21, 2015
Iran '24-day' nuke loophole is a false meme
The Iran deal has no 24-day loophole. It would be virtually impossible to hide evidence of nuclear materials in 240 days, much less 24.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2015
Trilateral approach comes to the fore in Asia
New configurations in Asian geopolitics are emerging thick and fast, including an initiative involving India, Japan and Australia.
WORLD
Aug 18, 2015
First two women soldiers pass elite U.S. Army Ranger course
Two women have made military history after becoming the first female soldiers to pass the U.S. Army's grueling Ranger Course, the Army said on Monday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 15, 2015
Abe is wrong to rush toward militarization
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's push to militarization could have dangerous unforeseen consequences for peace in the Asia-Pacific region.
JAPAN
Aug 13, 2015
U.S. chopper may have touched ship's crane before crash landing
In a letter submitted to the local defense bureau, the Okinawa government said the accident will cause 'great concern to prefectural residents who have been forced to live alongside U.S. bases.'
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 13, 2015
South Korea threatens North Korea with 'immediate response' to any provocation
South Korea on Thursday warned North Korea it would immediately fire back if the North makes provocations into the South.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 12, 2015
U.S. military helicopter bungles landing on ship off Okinawa; six hurt
The crash landing happened as Okinawa Gov. Takeshi Onaga met with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga and urged Tokyo to ease the prefecture's burden from hosting many U.S. bases.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 10, 2015
Mideast experts call for abolition of security bills
About 100 experts on the Middle East, including former Japanese ambassadors to the region, called Monday for the abolition of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's security bills, saying they could ruin the region's faith in Japan and eventually threaten the lives of Japanese.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2015
China hits back at U.S. criticism over South China Sea 'restrictions'
China hit back Monday at U.S. criticism that it restricts navigation and overflights in the South China Sea amid the festering marine territorial dispute with some of its neighbors.
EDITORIALS
Aug 9, 2015
Reducing military jet noise
The government should pay heed to the plight of local residents and explore negotiations with the U.S. for measures to reduce noise from its military aircraft using Naval Air Facility Atsugi.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 8, 2015
B-29 pilot asked pope to support Nagasaki atomic bomb victims
The pilot of the U.S. plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, asked Pope John XXIII privately in the early 1960s to offer support to the city, relatives of the pilot have told Kyodo News.

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