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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 28, 2017
Fewer endorse Japan's 24th anti-nuclear resolution at U.N. after disarmament tweak
Japan sees support in the U.N. drop significantly for its annual anti-nuclear resolution following a small but critical tweak to its stance on nuclear disarmament.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 27, 2017
Three A-bomb survivors to attend Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in December
Three survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki will attend the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in December, the recipient body said Thursday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 27, 2017
As Jim Mattis visits Seoul, North Korea says it will release South Korean fishing boat, crew held for six days
North Korea said it will release a South Korean fishing boat Friday after it was found illegally fishing in North Korean waters six days ago, state news agency KCNA said, as U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis flew into Seoul for defense talks.
EDITORIALS
Oct 25, 2017
Don't discount North Korean 'failures'
While North Korean successes demand the most attention, it is time to again pay attention to the dangers posed by North Korean failures.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Oct 24, 2017
An idea buds in the U.S. that Japan should go nuclear
Opinion is growing within certain quarters of the U.S. that Japan should be armed with nuclear weapons to reduce America's defense burden.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 23, 2017
In rare move, U.S. forces in South Korea reveal kick-off of annual five-day evacuation drills
U.S. forces in South Korea on Monday began their annual five-day evacuation drills for military families and other civilians, a U.S. forces official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 23, 2017
North Korea blasts Japan for using election to 'pave groundwork' for invasion
North Korea on Monday blasted "Japanese reactionaries" for working to "pave the groundwork for a reinvasion of the Korean peninsula" after Sunday's Lower House election that saw Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling bloc secure a sweeping victory.
Japan Times
WORLD
Oct 22, 2017
Jimmy Carter has offered to travel to North Korea to help defuse tensions
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said he would be willing to travel to North Korea on behalf of the Trump administration to help defuse rising tensions, The New York Times reported on its website on Sunday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Oct 21, 2017
Japan waters down text of annual anti-nuclear resolution to imply acceptable use of nukes
Under pressure from the U.S., Japan tweaks its annual U.N. resolution against nuclear weapons to imply their use might be acceptable in some cases.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 21, 2017
China's Communist Party says it is still talking to North Korean side
China's ruling Communist Party continues to hold talks and maintain contacts with its North Korean counterpart, a senior official said Saturday, describing the two countries friendship as important for regional stability.
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 21, 2017
Trump expected to pressure China's Xi to rein in North Korea, officials say
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to pressure China's president when they meet next month in Beijing to do more to rein in North Korea out of a belief that Xi Jinping's consolidation of power should give him more authority to do so.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 18, 2017
U.S. Pacific Command chief Harris says Kim's nuclear ambitions are a 'recipe for disaster'
The top U.S. military commander in the Pacific warned the situation in North Korea is a "recipe for disaster," as the region prepares for U.S. President Donald Trump's first visit to the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 18, 2017
How a homemade tool helped North Korea's missile program
In 2009, a pop video from North Korea celebrated a new national hero — one that outside experts would later realize was at the heart of the secretive state's banned nuclear and missile programs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 18, 2017
North Korea, feared to hold nuclear test at start of Chinese congress, sends congratulations
North Korea sent a congratulatory message to China's Communist Party congress on Wednesday amid increasingly frayed relationships between the traditional allies as China tightens sanctions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 18, 2017
Hillary Clinton says U.S. threats of war with North Korea 'dangerous, short-sighted'
Former U.S. presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that "cavalier" threats to start war on the Korean Peninsula are "dangerous and short-sighted," urging the United States to get all parties to the negotiating table.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 17, 2017
Trump is strengthening Iran's radicals
Shelving the 2015 nuclear deal would not only heighten regional tensions; it would also embolden the Iranian hardliners that the U.S. has been seeking to contain.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 17, 2017
Trump likely to meet families of abductees to North Korea on November visit to Japan
White House releases details of U.S. president's five-nation Asian tour, set to kick off in Japan on Nov. 5.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 17, 2017
'Mad dog' anti-Trump leaflets believed floated in by North Korean balloon turn up in Seoul
Propaganda fliers presumed to be from North Korea and calling U.S. President Donald Trump a "mad dog" have turned up across central Seoul, including near the presidential Blue House, according to posts on social media and people who found them.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 17, 2017
North Korean hacker group linked to Taiwan bank cyberheist
Lazarus, a hacking group linked to North Korea, may have been behind this month's theft of $60 million from Taiwan's Far Eastern International Bank, according to BAE Systems PLC researchers.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 17, 2017
Pyongyang warns states at U.N.: Don't join any U.S. action and you're safe from retaliation
North Korea warned countries at the United Nations on Monday in a statement: don't join the United States in military action against the Asian state and you will be safe from retaliation.

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