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Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 28, 2018
Trump's floundering North Korea strategy
After his summit with Kim, Trump announced an end to the nuclear threat. Since then, U.S. diplomacy hasn't yielded any tangible results other than planning another summit.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 28, 2018
North Korean hospital director says Otto Warmbier torture allegations 'total distortion' of truth
The director of the Pyongyang Friendship Hospital, which treated American student Otto Warmbier, who died last year after being detained for months in the country, has dismissed new allegations that his death resulted from torture.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 28, 2018
Rouhani reshuffles economic team, says U.S. isolated against Iran
Iran's parliament approved a government economic reshuffle on Saturday, days before new U.S. sanctions on Tehran's oil exports take effect, after President Hassan Rouhani said Washington was isolated among its allies in its confrontation with Iran.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2018
Progress on Kim-Abe summit elusive during July meeting of North Korean and Japanese officials: envoy
A Liberal Democratic Party insider says a top North Korean diplomat has essentially acknowledged that North Korea and Japan made contact in July in Vietnam.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 28, 2018
Senior North Korean diplomat arrives in Russia as possibility of Putin-Kim summit looms
A North Korean delegation led by a deputy foreign minister has arrived in Russia, possibly to prepare for a summit between the two countries.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2018
Jointly developed U.S.-Japan interceptor knocks down medium-range missile in test
The U.S. military said it successfully tested a key missile defense system Friday, in a milestone that experts say shows a growing U.S. capability to knock down an incoming, medium-range missile from countries like North Korea and Iran.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 24, 2018
Human rights situation in North Korea 'has not changed' despite Pyongyang's warming ties with Seoul and Washington, U.N. investigator says
The ongoing detente between North Korea and the United States has done little, if anything, to improve Pyongyang's abysmal rights record, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in the nuclear-armed country said Tuesday, just weeks before the expected passage of a Japan-led resolution condemning...
WORLD
Oct 24, 2018
Emergency at federal nuclear weapons plant ends 'without incident'
An operational emergency at a federal nuclear weapons plant in Texas has ended without incident.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 23, 2018
U.S. INF treaty pullout plays into Russia's hands
The world needs more arms control treaties, not less.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 23, 2018
North Korea blasts Japan's role in pushing U.N. human rights resolution amid nuclear talks
North Korea has singled out Japan, criticizing Tokyo's leading role in crafting a U.N. resolution condemning human rights violations and the abductions of foreign nationals by the nuclear-armed country, amid its ongoing thaw with the outside world.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2018
Japan to urge U.S. not to leave nuke pact, citing possible arms race, North Korea denuclearization
The government plans to call on the United States not to pull out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty with Russia, sources have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 22, 2018
China’s missile buildup — a threat to U.S. bases in Japan — likely a key factor in Trump plan to exit INF
U.S. President Donald Trump has pinned much of the blame for Washington's planned exit from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) on Russian violations of the landmark pact. But a closer look shows that China's buildup of its missile forces — which pose a grave threat to U.S. military...
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 22, 2018
Norwegian commando who foiled Nazi nuclear plan dies at 99
The leader of a daring World War II raid to thwart Nazi Germany's nuclear ambitions has died at age 99, Norwegian government officials said on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 20, 2018
U.S. to suspend another joint military exercise with South Korea as Trump-Kim summit looks unlikely this year
The United States will suspend another military exercise with South Korea in effort to facilitate ongoing North Korean denuclearization talks, the Pentagon said Friday, as reports emerged that the next summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump would likely not take...
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 20, 2018
U.S. national security adviser could announce American withdrawal from landmark missile treaty during Moscow visit
U.S. President Donald Trump's national security adviser, John Bolton, will visit Moscow next week for talks that may include telling Russian officials that the United States plans to withdraw from the landmark Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 19, 2018
Japan fails to mention nuclear arms ban pact for second year in draft U.N. resolution
Japan has again omitted any reference to a landmark nuclear arms ban treaty, adopted last year, in its draft annual U.N. resolution calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons — despite falling support for its previous resolution.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 18, 2018
U.S. prepares for biggest-ever Agent Orange cleanup in Vietnam
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday visited a former American air base in southern Vietnam that will soon become the biggest-ever U.S. cleanup site for contamination left by the defoliant Agent Orange during the Vietnam War.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Regional Voices: Hiroshima
Oct 16, 2018
Hopes high that Pope Francis will send message from A-bombed cities to support nuclear weapons ban treaty
With Pope Francis expressing his intention to visit Japan next year, hopes are high among Hiroshima and Nagasaki residents and A-bomb survivors' groups that he may come to their cities.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 14, 2018
U.S. wants 'regime change' in Iran, Rouhani says in fiery speech
The United States is seeking "regime change" in Iran, President Hassan Rouhani said Sunday, adding that the current U.S. administration is the most hostile that the Islamic Republic has faced in its four decades.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 13, 2018
Trump to hold second summit with Kim in 'the next couple of months,' national security adviser John Bolton says
U.S. President Donald Trump will hold a second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "in the next couple of months," White House national security adviser John Bolton indicated Friday.

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