Japan deploys missile defense to northern island: official
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan will Tuesday deploy an additional missile defense system on its northern island of Hokkaido, a…
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Tokyo’s Nikkei tops 20,000 as exporters rise on weak yen
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index rose past 20,000 for the first time in six weeks on Tuesday…
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US has ‘many’ military options in Korea crisis: Mattis
WASHINGTON,United States (AFP) -- The United States has "many" military options against North Korea, including some that don't put Seoul…
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Trump, Xi agree on ‘maximizing pressure’ on N. Korea: White House
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) -- US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping committed to "maximizing pressure…
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Two dead, three missing as typhoon rips through Japan
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A powerful typhoon ripped through the Japanese archipelago on Monday, leaving two people dead and three…
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Hundreds of flights grounded as typhoon Talim slams Japan
A powerful typhoon that left the Philippines last Wednesday, September 13, ripped into southern Japan on Sunday, dumping torrential rain,…
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Chronology of North Korean missile development
SEOUL, South Korea -- For the second time in less than a month, North Korea has fired a ballistic missile over Japan,…
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Japan condemns N.Korea missile launch ‘with strongest words’
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japan condemned Friday's North Korean missile launch "with strongest words," the top government spokesman said, saying…
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North Korea fires missile over Japan: Seoul, Tokyo
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- North Korea fired an unidentified missile eastwards over Japan and into the Pacific on Friday, Seoul…
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N. Korean group demands US be reduced to “ashes and darkness,” Japan be “sunken into sea”
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) -- A North Korean organization demanded Thursday that the United States be "beaten to death" like…
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WATCH: Tokyo’s baby panda turns three months old
Panda cub in Japan turns three months old. It's the first panda to be born in Tokyo's Ueno zoo in…
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China says no radiation harm from N. Korea nuclear test
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- China has concluded that radiation levels remain normal in the provinces near the North Korean border…
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