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NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR TEST

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 4, 2017
North Korea's provocations leave Japan, allies short on options
Japan is apparently stumped over how to deal with North Korea, which has carried out its sixth nuclear weapons test in defiance of international warnings.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 13, 2016
North Korea's latest nuclear test was to get U.S. attention, Japan lawmaker says
Antonio Inoki says a high-ranking official told him in Pyongyang: 'This is not directed at Japan. The nuclear development is toward the United States.'
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 13, 2016
Nuclear test ban talks may be held in April amid heightened tensions over Pyongyang's provocation
The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization plans to convene a ministerial-level meeting as soon as April amid heightened concern over nuclear weapons proliferation following North Korea's nuclear test last week, commission Chairman Cristian Istrate said.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 7, 2016
North Korea nuke test sparks U.S. House Republicans to revive long-delayed sanctions legislation
The Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives are considering a vote as soon as next week on long-delayed legislation to broaden sanctions against North Korea through stiffer punishments on foreign companies doing business with Pyongyang, U.S. congressional sources said on Wednesday.
JAPAN
Jan 6, 2016
A-bomb survivors, families of abductees condemn North Korea's nuclear test
Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings and relatives of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea expressed anger Wednesday at the news that Pyongyang had detonated a fourth nuclear device.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 17, 2013
North Korea's drive for mini nukes raises alarm
Following North Korea's third nuclear test last week, Japanese officials have expressed concern about the reclusive state's possible progress toward fitting a miniaturized nuclear warhead atop a medium-range missile.
JAPAN / Politics
Feb 13, 2013
Japan presses for tougher sanctions
Denouncing the latest nuclear test by North Korea, Japan calls on the U.N. Security Council to impose more severe sanctions against Pyongyang.
JAPAN
Feb 12, 2013
North Korea appears to have conducted nuclear test: Yonhap report
An artificial earthquake has been detected in North Korea, in a possible indication that the country has carried out its third underground nuclear test, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Tuesday morning.
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'Sugar Baby Riri' gets nine-year prison term over romance scam
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At least one dead, seven missing after two MSDF helicopters crash off Izu Islands
Contact was lost with the two SH-60K helicopters, each carrying four crew, in an area east of Torishima in the Izu Island chain during anti-submarine warfare training Saturday night.
Tokyo Rainbow Pride lights up capital as organizers celebrate 30 years
Rainbow flags were flown through the capital's busy Shibuya and Harajuku areas for Tokyo Rainbow Pride events this weekend as organizers hailed 30 years of one of Asia's largest LGBTQ celebrations.
A craft beer crawl through Tokyo’s top bars, brewpubs and dives
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Tsukiji 2030s: A stadium, culinary center and transportation hub
A computer-generated image shows redevelopment plans for the former site of the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo.
Hearing the impact of climate change in Okinawa, one bird call at a time
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Japan’s cannabis market growing rapidly amid regulatory shift
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