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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 28, 2019
Missiles and drones may steal the show at military parade marking Chinese anniversary
China's armed forces are expected to roll out an array of new weapons at a military parade in Beijing next week as President Xi Jinping shows off his ambitious military modernization program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 27, 2019
Pyongyang says lack of progress casts doubt on prospects for future summit with U.S.
North Korea said on Friday that a lack of progress in implementing agreements made between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un cast doubt on prospects for a future summit, state news agency KCNA said.
WORLD
Sep 27, 2019
Iran expands enrichment with advanced centrifuges in new breach of nuclear deal, IAEA reports
Iran has committed a further breach of its nuclear deal with major powers by enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges, and plans to install more of those advanced machines than previously announced, a U.N. nuclear watchdog report showed on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2019
North Korean chief negotiator welcomes Trump's call for 'new method' at nuclear talks
North Korea's chief nuclear negotiator welcomed on Friday U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that a "new method" be used in talks on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programs.
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 21, 2019
North Korea rattled by 'natural' earthquake, South's weather agency reports
South Korea's state weather agency said Saturday that a 3.5 magnitude "natural" earthquake had hit the southern part of North Korea.
JAPAN
Sep 18, 2019
U.S. eager to spur military tech as China innovates, but Japan industry in 'lukewarm environment'
The United States is eager to spur innovation in its defense industry at a time when China is investing in advanced technologies including fifth-generation, or 5G, high-speed communications equipment, artificial intelligence systems and hypersonic weapons.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 16, 2019
Trump's appeasement of North Korea is failing
While both leaders have managed to extract benefits from the impasse thus far, it is Kim who stands to gain the most in the months ahead
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 16, 2019
North Korea's Kim invited Trump to visit Pyongyang, report claims
In a move that could see President Donald Trump set foot on North Korean soil again, Kim Jong Un has invited the U.S. leader to Pyongyang, a South Korean newspaper reported Monday, as the North's Foreign Ministry said it expected stalled nuclear talks to resume "in a few weeks."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 14, 2019
Turkey leader says he will discuss buying U.S. Patriot missiles with Trump
Turkish President Tayyip Recep Erdogan said he will discuss buying U.S. Patriot missiles with President Donald Trump this month, saying his personal bond with the U.S. leader could overcome a crisis caused by Ankara buying Russian air defense systems.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 11, 2019
Nuclear arms treaty and umbrella states
Signing the nuclear weapons ban treaty would send a powerful message of the priority Tokyo gives nuclear disarmament.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Sep 11, 2019
Trump clips hawkish adviser Bolton's wings in firing expected to reverberate in Tokyo and Pyongyang
The U.S. president, citing strong policy disagreements, fires his national security adviser John Bolton — the White House's third national security chief in less than three years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 11, 2019
With latest weapons tests, North Korea's Kim lives up to 'rocket man' nickname
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is living up to his "rocket man" nickname, with state-run media on Wednesday saying that the previous day's weapons test had been yet another of a "super-large multiple rocket launcher."
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Sep 11, 2019
With John Bolton out, Trump can now go soft on Iran
President Donald Trump's decision to part ways with his national security adviser, John Bolton, was overdetermined. They disagreed on Afghanistan. They differed on North Korea. There was tension between them over Venezuela. They couldn't even agree on whether Bolton quit or was fired.

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