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NUCLEAR

Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 19, 2018
U.S. seeks to expedite aid for North Korea amid stalled nuclear talks
U.S. officials will try to expedite humanitarian aid to North Korea, a U.S. envoy said on Wednesday, as Washington and Pyongyang struggle to find a breakthrough in stalled talks aimed at ending the North's nuclear program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / ANALYSIS
Dec 18, 2018
U.S. and North Korea in holding pattern ahead of Kim New Year's address and second leaders' summit
The United States and North Korea have reached a holding pattern in denuclearization talks as both sides seek the upper hand ahead of a key New Year's address by leader Kim Jong Un and a second summit between Kim and U.S. President Donald Trump next year. But criticism out of Pyongyang has been emerging...
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 17, 2018
North Korea says U.S. stance on sanctions could derail denuclearization talks
In a sign of Pyongyang's growing impatience with stalled nuclear talks with Washington, North Korea has warned the United States that its stance on crippling sanctions could "block the path to denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula forever."
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 13, 2018
Hitachi and Switzerland's ABB confirm talks on potential power grid deal
The move would boost Hitachi's position in the growing power transmission and distribution sector, and help it diversify away from its nuclear plant business.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 12, 2018
Kim Jong Un unlikely to visit South Korea before end of the year, Moon's office says
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is not expected to visit the South before the end of the year, South Korean President Moon Jae-in's office said Wednesday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 10, 2018
Top U.S. envoy to North Korea can't get face time with counterparts
More than three months after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo picked Stephen Biegun to lead negotiations with North Korea, the former Ford Motor Co. executive has barely met officials from Pyongyang face-to-face.
JAPAN
Dec 7, 2018
After failing to meet Abe, hibakusha activist Setsuko Thurlow urges PM to hear those with differing views
Hibakusha Setsuko Thurlow, an iconic anti-nuclear activist who survived the U.S. atomic bombing of Hiroshima, has called on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to meet with people whose views differ with his own after she was unable to secure a meeting with the leader on Thursday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 6, 2018
Growing split in Seoul over North Korea threatens detente and nuclear talks
When Seoul was preparing to open a liaison office in the North Korean city of Kaesong this summer after a decade of virtually no contact with its longtime enemy, South Korean officials had heated debates over whether they should seek approval from Washington.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 2, 2018
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemns Iran missile test
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Saturday condemned what he described as Iran's testing of a medium-range ballistic missile capable of carrying multiple warheads as a violation of the international agreement on Tehran's nuclear program.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 2, 2018
Trump says three sites under consideration for January or February meeting with North Korea's Kim
A second U.S.-North Korea summit is expected to be held in either January or February, with three sites currently under consideration, U.S. President Donald Trump said Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 30, 2018
In rural towns like Shikoku's Ikata, the Japanese nuclear industry is making a quiet comeback
On a side street near a darkened Ikata shopping arcade full of abandoned storefronts, the Sushi Ko restaurant is unusually busy on a weekday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Nov 28, 2018
How Kim has gotten the best of Trump
Since the historic June summit, the North Koreans have reaped significant benefits without having to make any real concessions.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Nov 28, 2018
North Korea's Kim reportedly open to inspections at main Nyongbyon nuclear complex
Exactly a year since nuclear-armed North Korea last tested a missile — its most powerful to date — news has emerged that leader Kim Jong Un is open to inspections at his country's main nuclear complex.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Police arrest man after body of ex-girlfriend found under his home
Hideyuki Shirai (center) at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Saturday
Dollar’s decline is fueling dislocations across Asian currencies
A worker counts U.S. dollar banknotes at a currency exchange office in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2022.
Worker shortage forcing home care providers to turn away clients, survey finds
A survey by a labor union of home care business operators and care managers found that nearly 90% of facility managers had turned down service requests at least once during the past year, citing insufficient staffing.
Tariff talks with U.S. seen influencing Japan's Upper House election
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba speaks to reporters about Japan-U.S. tariff negotiations at his official residence on Saturday.
Why are rice prices still high in Japan?
Amid shortages, the price of a 5-kilogram bag of rice during the week of April 14 was ¥4,220.
Plug and Play wants to help Japanese startups go global
Phillip Vincent (right), Japan CEO of Plug and Play, and Ma Jingqian, head of ventures, at Plug and Play's Tokyo office, last month
Kotomi Li: 'I refuse to choose death'
Since 2017, Kotomi Li has won some of Japan’s top literary awards and built a formidable career in the face of persistent online harassment. “Authors are tenacious creatures to begin with,” she says.
Want to see the future at the Osaka Expo? Get in line.
“‘Future of life,’ by Ishiguro,” the World Expo pavilion by roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, displays humanlike androids.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.
Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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Dangami House is a 180-year-old former samurai residence of the Kato clan, who ruled over Ozu, Ehime Prefecture, until the Meiji Restoration.
A house, a legacy and the quiet work of restoration in rural Japan
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