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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 19, 2023
North Korea fires off missile as U.S. continues military drills with Asian allies
Pyongyang fired off a short-range ballistic missile Sunday, Tokyo and Seoul said, days before the U.S. and South Korea were due to wrap up large-scale military drills.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 17, 2023
Kim Jong Un says ICBM launch before South Korea-Japan summit was to 'strike fear’
The launch came hours before South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol went to Japan for a rare summit with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 13, 2023
North Korea launches missiles from submarine as U.S.-South Korea military drills start
North Korea said it fired two “strategic cruise missiles” from a submarine, hours before South Korea and the U.S. kicked off their largest joint military exercises in five years.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 10, 2023
North Korea's Kim says military carried out 'simulated drills for real war'
Leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a military drill that fired off “a powerful volley” of at least six missiles simulating a strike on enemy airports, state-run media said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 9, 2023
North Korea fires short-range missile ahead of U.S.-South Korea military exercises
The nuclear-armed country fired the missile into the Yellow Sea on Thursday night, just days ahead of large-scale joint military exercises between South Korea and the U.S.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 7, 2023
Kim’s powerful sister threatens action ahead of U.S.-South Korea drills
Kim Yo Jong said that Pyongyang is monitoring the maneuvers while remaining on standby to take ‘appropriate, quick and overwhelming action at any time.’
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 5, 2023
Pyongyang says U.N. should demand end to South Korea-U.S. military drills
The United States and South Korea will conduct more than 10 days of large-scale military exercises in March, including amphibious landings, officials from the two countries have said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 4, 2023
High-level defection: Why a North Korean diplomatic family chose freedom
Born into an elite North Korean family with ties to the ruling dynasty, Oh Hye Son grew up believing she was 'special' — but then she tasted freedom overseas and decided to defect.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 2, 2023
Kim says North Korea must meet grain production goals 'without fail'
The latest report comes after Kim on Monday called for a 'fundamental transformation' in the country's agricultural production.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 27, 2023
North Korea's Kim opens key meeting on agriculture
South Korea's unification ministry says there have been reports of starvation deaths in North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 26, 2023
North Korea's Kim mobilizes young laborers in new housing plan
The plan begins despite a deepening food crisis in North Korea amid sanctions over its weapons programs and the fallout from COVID-19 lockdowns.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 24, 2023
North Korea fires strategic cruise missiles as U.S. and South Korea hold nuclear attack drill
Experts said the weapons, which Pyongyang said flew for roughly 2,000 kilometers, would put all of Japan and South Korea within striking distance.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Feb 19, 2023
North Korea says surprise ICBM drill is 'proof' of 'nuclear counterattack' capabilities
Pyongyang emphasized Saturday's launch of a Hwasong-15 missile had been 'suddenly organized without previous notice' in the first such drill involving a long-range weapon.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 18, 2023
North Korea fires 'ICBM-class' missile into Japan's EEZ off Hokkaido
The launch comes a day after Pyongyang vowed an 'unprecedentedly' strong response to joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea set for next week.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 9, 2023
North Korea unveils apparent new ICBM in nighttime military parade
The new missiles would not need to be fueled up, making them easier to deploy quickly and more difficult to spot and shoot down.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 8, 2023
Kim's daughter joins North Korean leader on tour as military parade speculation mounts
Although Pyongyang's state media has been mum on any parade, North Korea watchers reported early Wednesday that illuminated jets had flown over the capital.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Feb 7, 2023
2022 was record-breaking year for North Korean crypto theft, U.N. says
Sanctions monitors said most cyberattacks were carried out by groups controlled by North Korea's primary intelligence bureau — the Reconnaissance General Bureau.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 2, 2023
North Korea shuts door on U.S. talks, raising risk of provocations
The last time North Korea’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement, Pyongyang test-launched two short-range ballistic missiles about a day later.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 31, 2023
U.S. and South Korea to hold 'tabletop' exercises on nuclear threats next month
Talks by the two countries' defense chiefs came amid rising public support in Seoul for developing its own nuclear weapons after North Korea’s record-breaking flurry of missile tests.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jan 28, 2023
Sister of North Korea's Kim condemns U.S. decision to send tanks to Ukraine
Kim Yo Jong slammed the move, saying that Pyongyang will 'always stand in the same trench with the service personnel and people of Russia.'
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.
Three men rearrested over brokering of overseas prostitution
A woman speaks of her experience of being sent to Macau by an overseas prostitution broker during an interview in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on April 8.
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.
Money stolen via online transfers up fivefold in Tokyo
Special fraud cases in Tokyo in which stolen money was sent via online banking services grew some fivefold from the previous year in 2023.
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.
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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