Japan’s Ishiba will try to sell Trump on importance of alliances in Asia
Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will go to the White House to try to rekindle Japan’s relationship with President Donald Trump ...
South Korean aims to bring home abductees from the North with the help of drones
Choi Sung-ryong, whose father was executed by North Korea, wants to pressure a pro-Pyongyang association in Tokyo over the ...
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Hegseth pledges deeper defense ties during first calls with Seoul, Tokyo
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spoke Friday with his counterparts in South Korea and Japan, vowing to strengthen military ...
UPI11d
North Korea test-fires strategic cruise missiles to perfect deterence, Kim says
Related North Korea preparing to send more troops to Russia ... Jan. 31 (UPI) -- The Japanese sinkhole near Tokyo continued to grow on Friday as emergency crews continued their plan to install ...
Japan defense chief arranging talks with new US counterpart Hegseth
Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tuesday he is seeking to hold talks with new U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete ...
Opinion
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Seoul-Tokyo ties create uncertainty
A faltering, undernourished US-Japan alliance, led by uninspired leadership on both sides, would send shock waves far beyond bilateral relations, eroding the bedrock of the US security architecture in ...
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North Korea takes wait-and-see approach toward Trump
as Kim does not want to be the first to play a card at this new stage in North Korea-US relations," said Stephen Nagy, a professor of politics and international relations at Tokyo's International ...
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North Korea tests 'several' missiles, South Korean military says
The short-range missiles landed in the Sea of Japan, South Korea said. SEOUL and TOKYO -- North Korea launched "several short-range ballistic missiles," that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday ...
Al Jazeera English23d
North Korea launches multiple, short-range ballistic missiles
He also criticised Washington’s efforts to strengthen security cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo, which North Korea views as the development of a “nuclear military bloc for aggression” that ...
Channel NewsAsia Singapore23d
North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles before Trump return
with Seoul maintaining "full readiness" and sharing information with Washington and Tokyo. Tuesday's launch took place around 9.30am (0030 GMT) near North Korea's Ganggye area, with the missiles ...
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Spies, protests and Fukushima: inside North Korea’s plot to sow South Korea-Japan discord
Convicted under South Korea’s National Security Act, the unnamed men had been operating as agents of North Korea’s Cultural ... coincided with Tokyo’s announcement that it would release ...
The Hindu23d
North Korea launches projectile toward eastern waters in year's second launch, South Korea says
“North Korea on Tuesday (January 14 ... s efforts to strengthen security cooperation with Seoul and Tokyo, which he described as a “nuclear military bloc for aggression”.