A source within the Japanese government said on Tuesday that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe may seek a meeting with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un, presumably at some point after U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Kim, assuming that summit does indeed occur.
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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is facing charges of corruption and a cover-up, including doctored official documents, that could imperil his re-election prospects and throw Japanese government into turmoil at a crucial moment in the North Korean nuclear crisis.
On the day President Donald Trump took office, he determined the need for a new approach to the denuclearization of North Korea that avoided mistakes of the past, a senior administration official told reporters on Thursday night.
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Oil slicks are washing ashore in Japan after an Iranian tanker sunk in the East China Sea last month, local coastguards have confirmed.
The Australian Financial Review reported on Sunday that Australia, India, Japan, and the United States are considering an alliance to counter China’s growing influence – in particular, the huge “Belt and Road” trade project undertaken by China.
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NEW YORK (AP) — NBC has apologized to South Koreans for an on-air remark by an analyst that cited Japan as an example that has been important to the country’s own transformation.
Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday that the United States will “soon unveil the toughest and most aggressive round of economic sanctions on North Korea ever.” U.S. officials said those sanctions would be imposed before the end of the Winter Olympics, which means Pence will quite possibly be in Pyeongchang, South Korea when they go into effect.
Although he provided few details, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told his parliament on Monday that Japan’s forces acted to defend American military aircraft for the first time during a recent mission. His remarks strongly implied the mission had something to do with North Korea.
The Iranian oil tanker Sanchi is leaking heavy bunker fuel through a massive hole in its side, rescue operation leaders confirmed this week, after exploding and sinking into the East China Sea carrying its fuel and a large shipment of the lighter petroleum product condensate.
The explosion, sinking, and subsequent oil spill caused by Iranian oil tanker Sanchi in the East China Sea between China and Japan is now an “unprecedented” disaster in the region, a Chinese official said on Friday. The oil spill has now spread to cover an area the size of Paris.
The United States and Canada hosted a 20-nation gathering in Vancouver on Tuesday, leading to a consensus that even tougher sanctions could be applied against North Korea to make it give up on developing nuclear missiles. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said military options are still on the table if these sanctions fail.
Days after Hawaiian officials issued a false alert that a ballistic missile was heading to the islands, Japanese officials made the same error.
There is a tragically disturbing trend underway in Asia with evidence of it continuing to reach the shores of Japan.
The Japanese military claims to have discovered a Chinese Shang-class nuclear attack submarine in the East China Sea, operating submerged near the disputed Senkaku Islands on the perimeter of Japanese territorial waters. The sub was initially detected on Thursday and then spotted again on Friday cruising on the surface and sporting a Chinese flag.
The State Department has approved the sale of $133 million worth of missiles to Japan in an effort to shore up its military defense as tensions with North Korea continue to escalate.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a press conference on Thursday that Japan’s security environment is “at its severest since World War II” because of North Korea, and he vowed to “protect the people’s lives and peaceful living in any situation.”
A professor at Osaka University in Osaka, Japan, tweeted in December that in Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, the prince assaults Princess Aurora when he kisses her to wake her up.
Japanese AI assistant Gatebox acts like a partner, displaying an anime girl companion and sending you suggestive texts throughout the day.
Popular YouTuber Logan Paul has come under fire for a recent video filmed in Aokigahara, the Japanese “suicide forest,” which included footage of a suicide victim.
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Russia blasted Japan’s decision to deploy a U.S.-made missile defense system as a blow to Moscow’s relationship with Tokyo on Thursday, arguing that the move also constitutes a violation by Washington of a prominent control treaty.
South Korea’s left-wing president Joon Mae-in has described a compensation deal between his country and Japan over the treatment of wartime sex slaves as “seriously flawed” and threatened to revoke it.
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The Trump administration declared victory Sunday when it announced that it had secured a $285 million cut to the U.N. budget for 2018-9 — but even with that cut the U.S remains far-and-away the top contributor to the bloated international organization.
TEL AVIV — The foreign minister of Japan has reportedly invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to a four-way peace summit in Tokyo that would also be attended by Jared Kushner, the Trump administration’s point man on efforts to revive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
A Japanese space startup company plans to launch a lunar mission to set up a projection mapping service allowing them to place advertisements on the surface of the Moon.
Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono on Monday laid a wreath at Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem and called for stronger ties between the two countries.
President Donald Trump took office this January with a promise to put America’s interests first in leading the nation.
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The Japanese government unveiled its highest defense budget since World War 2 on Friday, a $46 billion increase over last year that brings the total to $860 billion. Included in the budget is funding for cruise missiles capable of hitting Pyongyang in a pre-emptive strike against North Korea.
South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Monday in response to a provocative Chinese aircraft exercise over the Sea of Japan. At two points during the exercise, the Chinese planes – including two fighters, two bombers, and a recon plane – penetrated South Korea’s air defense identification zone.
The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution affirming that any change to the status of Jerusalem has no legal effect and must be reversed, in response to the US decision to recognize the city as Israel’s capital.
Japan imposed additional sanctions against North Korea this week as the rogue communist state continues to advance its nuclear strategy.
China’s Foreign Ministry welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s offer to talk with North Korea without preconditions on Wednesday, while the White House responded in a more ambivalent manner.
General Valery Gerasimov, chief officer of the Russian military, kicked off a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on Monday by blaming Japan, South Korea, and the United States for increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula with a joint military exercise.
Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera announced on Friday that Japan will purchase long-range missiles from the United States for the first time, citing the “increasingly severe” security situation faced by the island nation.
