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LDP Nikai dissatisfied with Japan, U.S. inaction over North Korea

August 16, 2019

Tokyo–Toshihiro Nikai, a top executive of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party, expressed Friday dissatisfaction with what he sees as the inaction of Tokyo and Washington over a series of recent projectile launches by North Korea. Both the Japanese and U.S.

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China concerned about Japan going nuclear: Bolton

August 16, 2019

Washington–China is concerned that Japan could go nuclear as a result of a nuclear North Korea, U.S. national security adviser John Bolton said in an interview released Thursday on the website of U.S. government-affiliated broadcaster Voice of America. Bolton, who

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Japanese Prince Hisahito leaves for Bhutan

August 16, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prince Hisahito left for Bhutan Friday, in the first foreign trip for the 12-year-old, who is second in line to the throne. The prince is being accompanied by his parents, Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, on the

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North Korea fires projectiles into Sea of Japan again

August 16, 2019

Seoul–North Korea launched projectiles into the Sea of Japan twice Friday morning, its sixth such firing in recent weeks, South Korea’s military said. The projectiles were fired from Tongchon in Kangwon Province, eastern North Korea, according to South Korea’s Joint

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Air Seoul to suspend Incheon-Toyama flights

August 16, 2019

Toyama–Air Seoul will suspend its regular flights connecting Incheon International Airport in South Korea with Toyama airport in central Japan, starting on Sept. 16, the Toyama prefectural government said Thursday. The move comes as bookings for the service for August

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Typhoon Krosa lashes Western Japan; one dead, 33 Injured

August 16, 2019

Tokyo–Massive Typhoon Krosa made landfall in western Japan on Thursday, bringing strong winds and torrential rain, leaving one man dead and 33 people injured, and causing traffic chaos in a key summer holiday period. The typhoon, the 10th of this

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Japanese Prince Hisahito to leave for Bhutan Thursday

August 15, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Prince Hisahito, and his parents, Crown Prince Akishino and Crown Princess Kiko, will leave on a private trip to Bhutan on Thursday. This will be the first overseas trip for 12-year-old Prince Hisahito, a junior high school first-grader. He

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Like his father, Emperor Naruhito voices deep remorse over World War II

August 15, 2019

Tokyo–Japanese Emperor Naruhito expressed his deep remorse over World War II while wishing for peace at an annual war memorial ceremony in Tokyo on Thursday, as his father, Emperor Emeritus Akihito, did in past years. “Our country today enjoys peace

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