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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 23, 2019
Kim Jong Un receives letter from Trump, saying he will 'seriously contemplate' its 'interesting content'
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has received an "excellent" letter from U.S. President Donald Trump, the state-run Korean Central News Agency reported Sunday, just days before Trump travels to Asia for the Group of 20 summit in Osaka.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 18, 2019
When it comes to North Korean nukes, Xi wants U.S. and Japan to know that China still wields immense power
When Xi Jinping makes his first visit to North Korea as China's president on Thursday, he'll be broadcasting a message to the U.S. and Japan: When it comes to Pyongyang's nukes, Beijing still wields immense power.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 12, 2019
Trump publicly opposes using CIA informants against North Korea's Kim
U.S. President Donald Trump took a public stance against the use of CIA informants to spy on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, saying it would not happen on his watch and possibly taking away a valuable tool of the U.S. intelligence community.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jun 11, 2019
One year after Singapore summit, hopes fading for progress in U.S.-North Korea nuclear talks
One year after the handshakes, photo ops and circus-like fanfare of the first-ever summit between a sitting U.S. president and a North Korean leader, hopes that Pyongyang will soon give up its nuclear weapons have all but evaporated.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jun 5, 2019
'Don't test our patience,' North Korea tells U.S. as one-year anniversary of Singapore summit looms
In the latest in a spate of increasingly threatening warnings by North Korea, the country's Foreign Ministry has urged the U.S. to "change its current method of calculation" in nuclear negotiations or risk turning last year's Singapore joint declaration into a "mere blank sheet of paper."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 2, 2019
'Don't be scared of diversity': At G(irls)20 summit, advocates push Japan on gender equality
Born to a Nigerian father and a Japanese mother, Irene Evbade-dan recalls valuable lessons from her parents on the importance of treating people with respect, regardless of their age, gender or background.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 31, 2019
North Korea's Kim Jong Un carrying out bloody purge after collapse of Trump summit, report says
North Korea executed its nuclear envoy to the United States as part of a purge of officials who steered negotiations for the failed Hanoi summit between leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump, a South Korean newspaper said on Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 27, 2019
North Korea calls Bolton 'warmonger' and says halting missile tests means giving up right to self-defense
North Korea has labeled U.S. national security adviser John Bolton a "warmonger" for saying that recent missile tests by the nuclear-armed country had violated U.N. sanctions, adding that giving up the test-firings would amount to relinquishing their right to self-defense, state-run media quoted the...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 22, 2019
North Korea labels Joe Biden an 'imbecile,' in contrast to effusive praise for Trump
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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2019
North Korea asks U.N. chief to address ship seizure by 'gangster' U.S.
North Korea has asked United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to deal with the "illegal" seizure of one of its cargo ships by the United States, state media has said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2019
North Korea warns U.S. human rights criticism pushing it in a direction Washington 'does not want to see'
North Korea has lashed out at the United States for criticizing it over human rights abuses, with the country's Foreign Ministry warning such moves were pushing Pyongyang in "a direction where the U.S. does not want to see."
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 11, 2019
Trump plays down North Korean missile tests, says launches were not breach of trust
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly touted the halt of North Korean missile tests as one of his top foreign policy achievements, has played down the significance of leader Kim Jong Un's recent decision to test short-range missiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
May 10, 2019
North Korea's Kim uses 'long-range strike' drill to heap pressure on Trump
North Korea's two launches of short-range missiles in just five days — part of what it said were military drills designed to bolster the nuclear-armed country's "various long-range strike means" — will heap more pressure on U.S. President Donald Trump amid stalled nuclear talks.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 30, 2019
North Korea warns of 'undesired consequence' if no change in U.S. stance in nuclear talks
A senior North Korean official on Tuesday warned of an "undesired consequence" for the U.S. if Washington does not adjust its policy on North Korea's denuclearization by an end-of-the-year deadline leader Kim Jong Un has set.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 28, 2019
'Jilted bride': As South Korea marks peace summit, North stays aloof
Along forest trails below a bare mountain peak that until last year was a vantage point for a North Korean guard post, a group of around 20 ordinary South Koreans took a rare hike on Saturday near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 27, 2019
North Korea turns to diplomats after Kim sidelines point man in nuclear talks
The demotion of Kim Yong Chol, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's point man for nuclear talks with the United States, signals that long-time diplomats who had been sidelined from the process will return to center-stage, diplomatic sources in Seoul and regional experts said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 24, 2019
North Korean leader's right-hand man and top nuclear negotiator removed from key post, report says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's right-hand man and one of the top officials involved in nuclear talks with the United States, Kim Yong Chol, has been replaced as chief of a key espionage agency handling inter-Korean affairs, a report said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 22, 2019
South Korea to mark anniversary of Moon-Kim summit with event — but will the North show up?
South Korea will hold a ceremony later this week to mark the one-year anniversary of the historic first summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 20, 2019
Senior North Korean negotiator calls U.S. national security adviser John Bolton 'dim-sighted'
One of North Korea's top nuclear negotiators with the United States has served up mild criticism of remarks by White House national security adviser John Bolton, calling him "dim-sighted" — the second condemnation of a top U.S. official in days.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 18, 2019
North Korea's Kim to make three-day visit to Russia from Wednesday for summit with Putin
Final arrangements are being made for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to visit Russia for three days from Wednesday next week, it was learned Thursday from official sources of both countries.
Tokuryū, a new crime menace in Japan, emerges from the shadows
The National Police Agency coined the term "tokuryū" to classify individuals involved in dark part time jobs and quasi-gangsters, using the words "tokumei" (anonymous) and "ryūdo" (fluid) to reflect their characteristics.
Thanks, tourists. Views of Mount Fuji are now blocked.
Tourists pose in front of a convenience store with Mount Fuji on Friday in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture. Local residents are upset over littering, overcrowding and the inconvenience caused by the visitors.
Is Modi’s party heading for a stunning election loss?
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign tactics have escalated, including anti-Muslim rhetoric and fearmongering, reflecting his ruling party's desperation.
Two more arrested over brutal murder of couple in Tochigi
A vehicle carrying Seiha Sekine, the 32-year-old common-law husband of the deceased Tokyo couple's first daughter, leaves a police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Tuesday.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Stormy seas ahead as Beijing and Manila trade barbs over secret deal
Philippine Marines wave to Philippine Navy personnel and the media during a resupply mission at their military outpost, the BRP Sierra Madre, a warship run aground in the disputed Second Thomas Shoal in 1999, in the South China Sea, in March 2014.
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.
After blockbuster boxing victory, what next for ‘Monster’ Inoue?
Naoya Inoue celebrates his victory over Luis Nery in their IBF-WBA-WBC-WBO super bantamweight title boxing match at Tokyo Dome on Monday.
Xi bristles as Macron and von der Leyen urge China to do more on Ukraine
French President Emmanuel Macron, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen walk after their meeting in Paris on Monday.
How a Japanese scientist is turning the climate crisis into music
A screencap of a performance of Hiroto Nagai's “String Quartet No. 1 ‘Polar Energy Budget’” by the PRT Quartet

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