Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he and U.S. President Donald Trump affirmed Thursday in New York they will work together to call on the international community to strengthen pressure on North Korea, including through the stringent enforcement of U.N. sanctions. In light of the threat ...
Foreign Minister Taro Kono called Thursday on countries to cut diplomatic ties with North Korea as part of pressure to end the regime's nuclear and missile drive. Hours after the United States announced its toughest economic sanctions yet on North Korea, Kono said that more ...
Foreign Minister Taro Kono and his German counterpart, Sigmar Gabriel, agreed Thursday to ensure the involvement of China and Russia in fully enforcing U.N. sanctions on North Korea, according to the Foreign Ministry. In a meeting with Gabriel in New York, Kono said it is ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in New York on Tuesday that Japan continues to support a 2015 agreement on Iran's nuclear program, shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump slammed the deal in a speech at the U.N. General Assembly. According to ...
As grieving family members watched, top U.S. Navy leaders and lawmakers on Tuesday said frequent extended deployments, delayed maintenance and nearly a decade of budget constraints have strained the service, possibly contributing to two ship collisions that killed 17 sailors. The navy's top officer said ...
Delta Air Lines has announced it will end flights between Japan and Guam because of low demand just days after another airline delayed Japan-Guam flights because of North Korea's threat to attack the U.S. island territory. Demand was not strong enough for Delta to maintain ...
An anti-missile battery was deployed Tuesday to Hakodate, Hokkaido, placing it near the flight paths of ballistic missiles recently launched by North Korea. The battery was moved to a Ground Self-Defense Force camp in the city from an Air Self-Defense Force base about 70 km ...
South Korea will conduct a joint drill with the United States involving a U.S. aircraft carrier in October, in response to North Korean nuclear and missile tests, the National Defense Ministry said Monday. For the drill, the nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan of the U.S. Navy's ...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday the U.N. Security Council has run out of options on containing North Korea's nuclear program and the United States may have to turn the matter over to the Pentagon. "We have pretty much exhausted ...
Top advisers to President Donald Trump on Sunday warned North Korea to give up its missile and nuclear weapons programs and to quit making threats against the U.S. and its allies or face destruction. The warnings came a day after leader Kim Jong Un vowed ...
The second day of Japan's Davis Cup World Group playoff against Brazil was called off because of an incoming typhoon, organizers announced on Saturday. The doubles match between Japan's Yasutaka Uchiyama and Ben McLachlan, and Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares of Brazil had been scheduled ...
Japan took a stranglehold of its Davis Cup World Group playoff with Brazil on Friday as Yuichi Sugita and Go Soeda won the opening day's singles, albeit in contrasting fashion. Sugita beat Guilherme Clezar 6-2, 7-5, 7-6 with quiet efficiency before Soeda prevailed in a ...
