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DF 16 MISSILES

EDITORIALS
Sep 4, 2017
Pyongyang ratchets up its provocations
Pressure must be increased on North Korea to help halt its weapons development programs, but diplomatic efforts directly involving Pyongyang should also be explored.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 30, 2017
Japan seeks powerful new U.S. missile radar as North Korea threat grows: sources
Tokyo is worried that Washington's reluctance to arm Japan with a new advanced radar could make the U.S. missile defense system the government plans to install much less capable of countering North Korea's growing threat, three sources said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Aug 30, 2017
As North Korean missile threat grows, Japan's defensive capabilities fail to keep up
The Japanese government has insisted that it is taking necessary steps to counter North Korea's missile threat, but the ballistic missile that flew over northern Japan on Tuesday exposed the limits to which the country can fully prepare for the highly unpredictable launches.
EDITORIALS
Aug 29, 2017
Another North Korea missile flies over Japan
North Korea's provocations should not preclude efforts to resolve the standoff through diplomatic dialogue as a military solution would be far too costly.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2017
ASDF anti-missile drills at U.S. bases overshadowed by North Korean launch
The passage of North Korea's missile over Hokkaido came just hours before Air Self-Defense Force anti-missile drills were held at two U.S. bases in Japan.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 29, 2017
Residents unsure how to react as North Korean missile flies over Japan
North Korea's firing of a missile over northern Japan on Tuesday heightened concerns among citizens, triggering alerts in communities and prompting some to run for cover.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 18, 2017
J-Alert drill turns up glitches in municipalities threatened by North Korean missiles
A J-Alert test turns up glitches in the emergency warning system in areas deemed at risk from North Korea's plan to launch missiles toward Guam.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 16, 2017
Japan may be able to shoot down North Korean missiles but has no legal basis: experts
While some experts differ regarding the technical capability to shoot down a North Korean missile flying toward Guam, all agree the SDF is not legally allowed to do so.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Aug 16, 2017
Iran could quit nuclear deal in 'hours' and at higher level if U.S. levels new sanctions: Rouhani
Iran could abandon its nuclear agreement with world powers "within hours" if the United States imposes any more new sanctions, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 15, 2017
What Kim Jong Un hopes to gain from nuclear game plan
On October 3, 1942 — 75 years ago this year — a prototype German V-2 rocket launched from the German military firing range at Peenemunde in the Baltic reached an altitude of 84.5 km (52.5 miles). It was, by some definitions, the first human-built object in space.
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JAPAN / Politics
Aug 14, 2017
Four governors urge Tokyo to protect their prefectures from latest North Korean missile threat
Leaders of Shimane, Hiroshima, Kochi and Ehime call for efforts to ensure residents' safety following Pyongyang's threat to launch missiles over Japan to waters near Guam.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 10, 2017
KCNA says North Korea will have plan in days to fire four missiles toward Guam, calls Trump threat 'nonsense'
North Korea will develop a plan by mid-August to launch four intermediate range missiles at the U.S. territory of Guam before presenting it to leader Kim Jong Un, who will make a decision on whether to proceed, the North's state media said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2017
U.S. ready to talk if North Korea stops its missile tests, Tillerson says
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson held a door open for dialogue with North Korea on Monday, saying Washington was willing to talk to Pyongyang if it halted a series of recent missile test launches.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 1, 2017
Envoy throws ball back to Trump, says U.S. and North Korea are key to peace on peninsula, not China
China hit back on Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump tweeted he was "very disappointed" in China following North Korea's latest missile test, saying the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work for a solution.
JAPAN
Jul 29, 2017
Hokkaido fishermen irked by latest North Korean missile test
Fishermen operating off Hokkaido expressed anger and fear Saturday after a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile landed in nearby waters overnight.
JAPAN
Jul 28, 2017
Tokyo readies new sanctions against North not linked to nuke, missile threats
The Cabinet on Friday approved new unilateral sanctions against North Korea that will for the first time freeze the assets of entities and individuals not associated with its nuclear arms and missile programs, a government official said.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Jul 22, 2017
Public questions Japan's duck and cover drills
On July 7, during a public assembly in Takahama, Fukui Prefecture, Shunichi Tanaka, head of Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority, was asked how his organization would respond to a North Korean missile attack. Tanaka replied that it would make more sense for North Korea to hit Tokyo with a missile than "drop it on a small (nuclear) reactor." Though meant as a joke, the comment was condemned by many, including the environmental minister, who is basically Tanaka's boss. Tanaka apologized.
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JAPAN
Jul 7, 2017
Nuclear Regulation Authority chief draws flak for saying North Korea should attack Tokyo instead of a reactor
The head of the Nuclear Regulation Authority drew fire Friday for a comment he made Thursday saying it would be "far better" for North Korea to launch a missile at Tokyo than at a small nuclear reactor.
JAPAN
Jul 6, 2017
Japan Coast Guard mistakenly issues North Korea missile launch warning
The Japan Coast Guard said early Thursday it falsely issued — and later retracted — a navigation warning to vessels claiming that North Korea had launched a missile on Wednesday.
EDITORIALS
Jul 5, 2017
Stick together to counter North Korea
North Korea must be stripped of the illusion that the U.S. can be decoupled from Japan and South Korea, its two Northeast Asian allies.
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.
Yen’s fragility raises specter of a new currency war in Asia
Suspected intervention to drag the yen off a 34-year low against the dollar is already seen as unlikely to have a lasting effect if Japan continues alone.
Online booking for Mount Fuji climb to open on May 20
Visitors climb the slopes of Mount Fuji, Japan's highest peak at 3,776 meters. From May 20, climbers will have access to a new online booking system for Mount Fuji's most popular Yoshida trail in Yamanashi Prefecture.
Ex-METI bureaucrat given 10-year sentence for drugging and raping women
The Tokyo District Court on Monday sentenced a former industry ministry bureaucrat to 10 years in prison for drugging six women with sleeping pills and then raping or groping them in 2022.
Political party Tsubasa no To investigated over election obstruction
Officers from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police raid the Tsubasa no To office in Tokyo on Monday.
In a rare event, the Northern Lights show up in Hokkaido
The Northern Lights in Nayoro, Hokkaido, on Saturday
Is black the new green for Japan’s flagging tea farmers?
George Guttridge-Smith brews tea at Kyoto Obubu Tea Farm in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture, where he serves as head of international development.
Japan's logistics firms seek partnerships to cope with driver shortage
Japan Post CEO Tetsuya Senda (right) and his Seino Transportation counterpart Satoshi Takahashi announce their companies' agreement on joint long-haul truck operations, in Tokyo on Thursday.
How the discovery of a giant sword in Nara offers clues into ancient Japan
Archaeologists say a 1,600-year-old wooden coffin at the Tomio Maruyama tumulus in the city of Nara was kept in good condition probably because it was protected by a layer of clay and copper ions that had seeped out of the mirrors that were buried together.
Unlike 10 years ago, Japan's new security bill sparks little debate
The Lower House starts discussing a security clearance bill on April 19 in Tokyo.

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