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Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 5, 2017
Trump rallies troops in Japan before golf and steaks with Abe
At the start of his five-nation Asian tour, U.S. President Donald Trump calls Japan a “treasured partner” and “crucial ally” of the United States.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 5, 2017
Pentagon says securing North Korean nukes would require U.S. ground invasion
A top Pentagon official has said the only sure way of eliminating North Korea's nuclear weapons capabilities would be by putting U.S. boots on the ground — a move that some worry could prompt Pyongyang to use biological, chemical and even nuclear weapons against Japan and South Korea.
JAPAN / Media / MEDIA MIX
Nov 4, 2017
Abe: Will he be a man of his many words?
Since his big win in the lower house election on Oct. 22, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been talking about proceeding with measures to revise the Constitution, a project that has been close to his heart for most of his political career. However, during the official campaign period he almost never mentioned...
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 4, 2017
Trump warns China it could face 'big problem' with 'warrior nation' Japan over North Korea
Taking a page from former U.S. leader Richard Nixon, current President Donald Trump has warned China that it must do more to rein in North Korea's nuclear ambitions or face "a big problem" with "warrior nation" Japan.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 4, 2017
North Korea says 'brutal sanctions' constitute genocide
North Korea called on Friday for a halt to "brutal sanctions," saying the measures — imposed after its latest nuclear test — constitute genocide.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 3, 2017
Grief-stricken families of Japanese abducted by North Korea pin hopes on Trump
Takuya Yokota vividly remembers clutching a flashlight and running to the ocean with his mother and twin brother to look for his older sister in the dark, shouting her name.
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2017
North Korea dismisses as 'misinformation' Japanese report that scores died in nuclear test site accident
North Korea lashed out at Japan on Thursday, dismissing as "misinformation" a report earlier this week that more than 200 people were feared dead after a tunnel collapse at the North's main nuclear test site following the country's sixth atomic test in early September.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 3, 2017
U.S. sends heavy bombers for training over South Korea ahead of Trump visit
The U.S. Air Force has again flown heavy B-1B bombers over the Korean Peninsula, this time just days ahead of Donald Trump's inaugural visit to Asia as president, with Japan set to be his first stop on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Nov 2, 2017
Xi says China hopes to promote ties with North Korea
Newly empowered Chinese President Xi Jinping has reached out to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in an apparent bid to promote stable ties with the isolated country days ahead of a visit to the region by U.S. President Donald Trump, the official Korean Central News Agency said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Nov 1, 2017
After formal re-election, Abe faces robust opposition to goal of revising pacifist Constitution
Following opposition criticism, the ruling LDP-Komeito bloc agreed to keep the Diet session open until early December and have Abe deliver a policy speech.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2017
At least 200 feared dead after North Korean nuclear test site tunnel collapses: report
More than 200 people are believed to have died when a tunnel at North Korea's main nuclear test site collapsed in September after the country's sixth and most powerful atomic test — an accident that could have far-reaching implications for the North's nuclear weapons program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 1, 2017
As attention focuses on North Korea threat, Beijing quietly expanding South China Sea militarization
China has quietly undertaken more construction and reclamation in the South China Sea, recent satellite images show, and is likely to more powerfully reassert its claims over the waterway soon, regional diplomats and military officers say.
JAPAN / Politics
Oct 31, 2017
Diplomatic experts urge Trump to bring North Korea back to the negotiating table
Diplomatic experts from Japan, the United States and South Korea are calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to seek ways to get Pyongyang to return to the negotiating table, possibly in the so-called six-party talks framework that includes the three nations plus North Korea, China and Russia.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Oct 31, 2017
North Korea hacked Daewoo Shipbuilding and took warship and sub blueprints, South lawmaker says
North Korea probably stole South Korean warship blueprints after hacking into Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd's database in April last year, a South Korean opposition lawmaker said Tuesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 31, 2017
South Korea, China seek to mend relations after THAAD fallout
South Korea and China have agreed to work swiftly to get their relations back on track following a yearlong standoff over the deployment of a controversial U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea.

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