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JAPAN NORTH KOREA

Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics / FOCUS
Feb 8, 2016
Abe to use North Korea rocket launch to promote constitutional change
North Korea's launch Sunday of what it says was a satellite may increase public support for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's more robust security policy and promote public debate about his calls for amending the Constitution, according to some experts.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 6, 2016
Kim's executed uncle twice visited Japan under false identity
KYODO
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2015
Japan, EU submit resolution on North Korea's rights violations at U.N.
Japan and the European Union on Friday submitted to a U.N. General Assembly panel a draft resolution denouncing widespread human rights violations in North Korea.
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2015
Tokyo, Seoul, Washington on same page over Pyongyang nuclear arms, missile threats
Japan, the United States and South Korea agreed Tuesday to work closely together to deal with issues related to North Korea, such as a possible test launch of what they suspect to be a ballistic missile, according to a Japanese official.
JAPAN / Politics
Jun 16, 2015
Risk posed by North Korea fails to push Tokyo, Seoul together
South Korea is not ready to expand military ties with Japan even though cooperation between the two U.S. allies is a deterrent to North Korea, South Korea's defense minister said.
EDITORIALS
Apr 7, 2015
Keep Japan-N. Korea talks on track
Pyongyang should realize that carrying out its promised probe into the abductions of Japanese citizens by North Korean agents is the best way to gain Japan's trust.
JAPAN / Politics
Jan 29, 2015
Japan, U.S., South Korea seek credible denuclearization talks with North Korea
Nuclear envoys from Japan, the United States and South Korea have reaffirmed the importance of holding a "credible dialogue" with North Korea to wind down its nuclear program, a step that could lead to the resumption of the long-stalled six-party talks.
JAPAN
Oct 3, 2014
North Korea envoy says door is open on nuclear issues, rights, abductees
North Korea is ready to resume six-party talks on its nuclear program but must maintain its readiness in the face of joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises, a senior envoy in Geneva said on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Sep 17, 2014
South Korea says door open for talks with North, calls on Japan to take 'courageous' action on issue of 'comfort women'
South Korean President Park Geun-hye says the door is open for talks with the North on beginning the process of reunification during the upcoming U.N. General Assembly, and has urged Japan to take "courageous" action on the issue of wartime sex slaves.
EDITORIALS
Jul 4, 2014
Watch progress on abduction issue
The government needs to watch North Korea to ensure that it follows through on a pledge to reinvestigate the fate of Japanese nationals kidnapped by North Korean agents, now that Japan has decided to lift some economic sanctions on the country.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 29, 2014
North fires two missiles into sea
North Korea launches two short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan ahead of another round of talks with Japan on the abduction issue.
EDITORIALS
Jun 3, 2014
Now Pyongyang must deliver
North Korea's new promise to reinvestigate the decades-ago abductions of Japanese nationals as Japan eases sanctions and provides humanitarian aid is a positive move. Tokyo's challenge is ensuring that Pyongyang follows through on its pledge this time.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
May 22, 2014
North Korean nuclear missiles 'imminent,' some experts fear
North Korea, which this month threatened to carry out a fourth nuclear test, may be closer than previously thought to mounting a nuclear warhead on a missile, some experts say, making a mockery of years of U.N. sanctions aimed at curbing its efforts to obtain nuclear weapons.
JAPAN
Apr 8, 2014
N. Korea warned of more sanctions if it carries out new nuclear test
Japan, the United States and South Korea warned North Korea on Monday of additional sanctions if it conducts another nuclear test, while agreeing to cooperate in dealing with North Korea's nuclear threat.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 26, 2014
North Korea hopes for 'positive results' in talks with Japan
North Korea said on Tuesday that talks with Japan this month should include a demand for compensation for wartime Korean sex slaves and not only the issue of Japanese abducted decades ago, which it considers closed.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 20, 2014
Japan, North Korea to restart dialogue soon
Japanese and North Korean diplomats have agreed to work toward the resumption of formal intergovernmental talks for the first time since November 2012 "as soon as possible," a Japanese official said Thursday.
JAPAN / Politics
Mar 14, 2014
Kerry assures Congress that Tokyo, Seoul won't go nuclear over North
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday that the United States has made efforts to ensure that North Korea's nuclear threat does not motivate Japan and South Korea to arm themselves with atomic weapons.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 27, 2013
South Korea stuns Japan; North Korea grabs Women's East Asian Cup title
South Korea shocked reigning Women's World Cup champion Japan, winning 2-1 in the last East Asian Cup women's match on Saturday and helping neighbor North Korea claim its first title at the regional event.
Japan Times
SOCCER
Jul 25, 2013
Japan, North Korea settle for draw in Women's East Asian Cup
Defending champion Japan had to make do with a share of the points as it was held to a 0-0 draw against North Korea in its second game of the women's competition at the East Asian Cup on Thursday.
COMMENTARY / Japan
Jun 27, 2013
Abe's fixations threaten newfound unified approach on North Korea
Just as U.S. President Barack Obama seeks a united front to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe threatens to go rogue.
When will Japan intervene to support the yen?
Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki has reiterated the government's readiness to take an appropriate action as the yen continues to slide against the U.S. dollar.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Raising kids in Japan as a single parent? It takes a village.
Making things work as a foreign, single mother in Japan isn't easy, but these tips and tricks can help you through the hardest parts.
Yen rebounds strongly after first slide past ¥160 since 1990
The yen dropped to ¥160.245 per dollar on Monday before heading into the other direction to ¥155.01 amid speculation of an intervention by Japanese currency authorities.
Man, 28, arrested in Okinawa over burned bodies found in Tochigi
Hikaru Sasaki enters the Metropolitan Police Department's Osaki police station in Tokyo's Shinagawa Ward on Monday after being arrested on suspicion of disposing of two bodies found in Nasu, Tochigi Prefecture, earlier this month.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.
Casa del Cibo: A thriving jewel born from Tohoku’s harsh past
When chef Ryohei Ikemi moved to Hachinohe, Aomori Prefecture, and opened Casa del Cibo in 2011, it was the first proper Italian restaurant in the city.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.

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