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38 NORTH

JAPAN
Oct 17, 2013
Chongryon's HQ sold off for ¥5 billion to mystery bidder
The site of the former Tokyo headquarters of the pro-Pyongyang General Association of Korean Residents in Japan (Chongryon ) has been auctioned off for ¥5.01 billion, the Tokyo District Court said Thursday.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2013
Ex-abductees mark 11th anniversary of return from N. Korea
Five Japanese abducted by North Korea in 1978 and repatriated in 2002 on Tuesday marked the 11th anniversary of their return to Japan.
JAPAN
Oct 16, 2013
Japanese, other abductees 'under watch' in Pyongyang
A Japanese woman kidnapped by North Korea is under special surveillance in Pyongyang along with 50 abductees from the South, as ordered by leader Kim Jong Un, a support group for kin of South Korean abductees said Tuesday.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 5, 2013
N. Korea blasts Abe's U.N. spiel on abductions, women as hypocritical
North Korea denounced as "self-contradictory" and hypocritical Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's call at the U.N. for Pyongyang to return all Japanese nationals it abducted and for an end to sexual violence against women, pointing out that Japan itself engaged in such behavior in the past century yet remains...
JAPAN
Oct 4, 2013
Kishida assures Kerry on South, Syria, WMDs
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida discussed Japan's policy on South Korea in a meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry, saying Tokyo regards its relationship with Seoul as "extremely important," a Japanese official said.
EDITORIALS
Sep 30, 2013
North Korea's hard and soft tactics
Pyongyang's recent cancellation of a planned reunion for North and South Korean families suggests that it is using hard and soft tactics to gain diplomatic advantage.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Sep 30, 2013
Troop command top issue as Hagel visits South Korea
Sixty years after the end of the Korean War, the United States and South Korea still cannot agree on who should take charge if another war breaks out with the communist neighbor to the north.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Sep 22, 2013
Pacman, Peso and Pyongyang
A few weeks ago, a Kickstarter project was posted on the Internet featuring two young men who went by the names of Pacman and Peso.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 17, 2013
After decades of growth, South Korea is now a land full of apartments
South Korea is a nation covered by apartments, so much so that from above, it resembles a coast-to-coast game of dominoes. Apartment buildings snake around mountains and form jarring clusters in the countryside. In cities, they align in grids that stretch for several kilometers.
EDITORIALS
Sep 14, 2013
Pyongyang must honor pledge
North Korea cannot be allowed to blackmail the world into once again buying its nuclear weapon-making potential.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Sep 13, 2013
Population of North Korea gulags has shrunk: experts
The population of North Korea's city-size political prison camps could be tens of thousands lower than the estimate used for more than a decade by aid groups and the U.S. government, according to recent reports and accounts from researchers, who put the new number at between 80,000 to 120,000.
JAPAN
Sep 1, 2013
Remains confirmed as Niigata 'abductee' who vanished in '04
Remains recently found in Chiba Prefecture have been confirmed to be those of a man who disappeared at sea in 2004 and was subsequently listed by a private group as a potential kidnapping victim of North Korea, the police said Saturday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Aug 30, 2013
Kim Jong Un's ex reportedly executed
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's former girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad on Aug. 20, a South Korean paper has reported.
Japan Times
WORLD / ANALYSIS
Aug 29, 2013
West missed chances to cut arsenal
The United States and its allies may be headed for a war that they could have tried harder to prevent.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2013
U.N. mission hears from kin of North Korea's abduction victims
A visiting U.N. commission investigating human rights violations in North Korea held a public hearing Thursday where relatives of Japanese abducted by Pyongyang's agents in the 1970s and 1980s shared their experiences.
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 28, 2013
Japan, U.N. rights team discuss North
Members of a U.N. commission investigating human rights violations in North Korea met with Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday in the first of a series of meetings that Tokyo hopes will highlight the unresolved cases of Japanese nationals abducted by Pyongyang.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 24, 2013
Koreas agree to let families reunite in North
North and South Korea agreed Friday to hold a new round of reunions for family members separated by the Korean War, the first such arrangement in three years and the latest sign of a thaw between the fractious neighbors.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal / FOCUS
Aug 22, 2013
North Korean gulag survivors tell U.N. investigators of rights abuses
One by one they came, taking seats next to a United Nations flag and stating their names for the record. Some kept calm. Some wept. One, as he spoke, used his left hand to clamp his trembling right hand to the table.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 13, 2013
Court battle looms after North Carolina governor signs strict voter-ID law
North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday signed into law one of the nation's most wide-ranging voter-identification laws, just a few weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court opened the door for such changes by striking down a key portion of the Voting Rights Act.
JAPAN / Politics
Jul 28, 2013
Top Abe operative says Japan-China summit in works
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's close campaign adviser, Isao Iijima, said Sunday that he believes Japan and China might hold summit talks soon.
Japanese stripper bids to have her porn movies taken off internet
Plaintiff Miyuki Ariga (left) speaks at a news conference along with her lawyer, Yoshitomo Morohashi, after filing a lawsuit at the Tokyo District Court on Monday.
U.S. envoy to Japan makes landmark visit to front-line island near Taiwan
U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel meets with members of the Self-Defense Forces stationed on Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on Friday.
Japan to review romanization system for first time in 70 years
An advisory panel to the education ministry will consider how the Japanese language should be transcribed into the Latin alphabet, including unifying different romanization styles currently in use.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.
Japan’s economy contracts as consumers and firms cut spending
Japan's gross domestic product shrank at an annualized pace of 2% in the three months through March.
Toshiba takes advantage of private status to chart new course
Toshiba announced on Thursday that it would cut up to 4,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan.
Xi and Putin mark ‘new era’ amid efforts to counter U.S. ‘containment’
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping attend an event in Beijing on Thursday. During Putin's visit, the leaders showed off their growing alignment amid efforts to push back against the U.S.-led world order.
Unraveling the Japanese prose of Yukio Mishima
Author Yukio Mishima accepts the Arts Festival Award in the drama category at the 20th Arts Festival Award Ceremony on Jan. 22, 1966.
New Taiwan president to set tone for ties with China at inauguration
Taiwan President-elect Lai Ching-te arrives at the CyberSec 2024 Exhibition in Taipei on Wednesday.
Japanese billionaire sues Meta over investment scams using his image
Entrepreneurs Yusaku Maezawa (second from right) and Takafumi Horie (third from right) attend a study session on fake social media ads and investment scams at the Liberal Democratic Party headquarters in Tokyo on April 10.

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