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NORTH KOREA

Japan Times
BUSINESS / Economy
Aug 23, 2019
Tokyo-Seoul row hits economies
The escalating feud between South Korea and Japan is heightening concerns about the fallout for global supply chains, financial markets and economic growth.
JAPAN / Politics / ANALYSIS
Aug 23, 2019
Seoul and trilateral alliance with Japan and U.S. will suffer most with GSOMIA pullout, Tokyo defense insiders say
The intelligence-sharing pact benefitted the South Korean military much more than it did Tokyo and Washington, experts say.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 22, 2019
South Korea decides to exit intelligence-sharing pact with Japan
South Korea's decision is “extremely regrettable,” a Japanese government source was quoted as saying.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 22, 2019
Japan's Indo-Pacific dream or nightmare?
Unfinished political reform, militarization, technological authoritarianism, the politicization of history and great power rivalry is stressing the Indo-Pacific region and Tokyo's attempts to inculcate a rules-based order into the region.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 21, 2019
Mike Pompeo says North Korea talks have not resumed as quickly as hoped
The United States has not returned to the negotiation table with North Korea as quickly as it had hoped, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday, but he added that Washington knew there would be "bumps on the road" in the denuclearization talks.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 20, 2019
Can Japan-South Korea relations be saved?
By continuing to freeze the bilateral relationship, the two countries prevent themselves from pursuing policy issues that are critical to their futures, including the endgame for the denuclearization of North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Aug 20, 2019
U.S. test of previously banned missile raises fears of new nuclear arms race
The U.S. military has conducted a flight test of a type of missile banned for more than 30 years, under a treaty from which it bolted earlier this month, the Pentagon said Monday, in a move experts said was likely to have been closely watched by China, Russia and even North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 17, 2019
North Korea's Kim praises new weapons tests and vows 'invincible military capabilities'
North Korea's test-firing of "projectiles" Friday morning was of a "new weapon," state-run media said Saturday, with leader Kim Jong Un urging his scientists to continue building weapons "to discourage any forces from daring to provoke us."
JAPAN / Politics
Aug 16, 2019
LDP executive Nikai gripes about Japanese and U.S. inaction on North Korea's 'projectile' launches
Toshihiro Nikai, secretary-general of the conservative ruling Liberal Democratic Party, expressed dissatisfaction Friday with what he sees as inaction by Tokyo and Washington over the recent projectiles launched by North Korea.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 16, 2019
North Korea fires more 'projectiles' into Sea of Japan and vows not to meet with South
North Korea added insult to injury Friday when, hours after blasting South Korea's leader as "impudent" and vowing not to meet with Seoul officials, it launched two more "projectiles" into the Sea of Japan.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Aug 15, 2019
Japan gets a wake-up call from Trump
The Trump administration is ready to sacrifice the security interests of America's regional allies as long as Kim does not test any capability that threatens American security.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 14, 2019
Deploying new U.S. missiles would be 'reckless act': North Korean media
Any move by the United States to place new ground-launched, intermediate-range missiles in South Korea could spark a "new Cold War" and an escalating arms race in the region, North Korean state media said on Wednesday.

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A small shrine perched atop rocks braves the waves hitting the shoreline during a storm in Shimoda, Shizuoka Prefecture. The area is under threat of a possible 31-meter-high tsunami if an earthquake strikes the nearby Nankai Trough.
If the 'Big One' hits, this city could face a 31-meter-high tsunami