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US JAPAN RELATIONS

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 8, 2016
Deployment of U.S. missile defense system could reshape security in East Asia
The U.S. has opened the door to parking a ballistic missile defense system on North Korea's doorstep.
JAPAN
Feb 7, 2016
North Korea defies U.N. by firing long-range rocket over Okinawa
Tokyo condemns a purported North Korean satellite launch that is widely viewed as another covert ballistic missile test in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2016
Tokyo orders SDF to shoot down North Korean missile if threat to Japan
Japan condemns Pyongyang's plan to launch a space rocket, calling it a thinly disguised test of a long-range ballistic missile.
Japan Times
JAPAN / EXPLAINER
Feb 1, 2016
U.S. presidential contenders vow status quo in Japan ties
With the Iowa caucus Monday, the primary voting process that will select Democratic and Republican candidates to run in the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election has begun. Over the next four months, American, and international, attention will be focused on the primary races, and who emerges as their party's...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 24, 2016
U.S. says deal with China on North Korea at U.N. still far off
The United States is not close to an agreement with China on new United Nations Security Council measures to impose on North Korea over its fourth nuclear test earlier this month, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power said.

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