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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher Monday on upbeat Japanese data and a weaker yen, with the North Korea crisis in focus as the US pushes for a UN Security Council vote on tough new sanctions against the nuclear-armed state. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.89 percent, or 171.86 points, to 19,446.68 in early trade while the broader Topix index was up 0.89 percent, or 14.16 points, at 1,607.70. “Players are relieved […]
GIFU PREFECTURE, Japan (Reuters) — Passengers on a local train in Gifu prefecture were pleasantly welcomed by meowing companions on Sunday (September 10) at an event hosted by a local train operator and an NGO hoping to bring awareness to the culling of stray cats. About thirty cats roamed freely on a moving train, where some passengers mingled with the felines while others enjoyed lunch boxes and tea. Mikiko Hayashi, a passenger from Hyogo prefecture […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks slipped Wednesday morning on lingering worries over North Korea, with the yen strengthening against its major peers due partly to its status as a safe haven currency. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index fell 0.31 percent, or 59.94 points, to 19,325.87 by the break — a four-month low — while the broader Topix index was down 0.20 percent, or 3.20 points, at 1,587.51. “No one knows if the issues around […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks dropped Tuesday morning, with investors keeping a nervous eye on any fresh developments in the North Korea nuclear crisis. Traders stayed on alert as South Korea said there were signs the North was preparing another rocket launch, possibly an intercontinental ballistic missile similar to the one fired over Japan last week. Tensions on the Korean peninsula spiked after Pyongyang conducted its sixth nuclear test on Sunday — sparking global […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Japan and China said Monday they had not yet detected any atmospheric radiation from North Korea’s nuclear test, amid fears of a leak from a “cave in” during the underground blast. Japan’s top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga told reporters there was “nothing special detected from monitoring posts across the country,” nor from air samples taken by the Air Self-Defense Force after Sunday’s blast. China’s environment ministry said Monday that radiation levels […]
by Sebastien Berger Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea said it detonated a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile on Sunday and called its sixth and most powerful nuclear test a “perfect success,” sparking world condemnation and promises of tougher United States sanctions. Pyongyang residents threw their arms aloft in triumph as a jubilant television newsreader hailed the “unprecedentedly large” blast. It “marked a very significant occasion in attaining the final goal of […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — A second earthquake due to a “cave in” has been detected near North Korea’s nuclear test site, the China Earthquake Network Center said Sunday, minutes after a major explosion recorded by US experts indicated a sixth atomic test. The new 4.6 magnitude quake at a depth of zero kilometers could be due to a “collapse (cave in)” Chinese authorities said, without giving further details. The first “explosion” — of 6.3 magnitude […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said a sixth nuclear test by Pyongyang would be “absolutely unacceptable,” after a 6.3-magnitude explosion in the North indicated a new detonation. “If it forcibly conducted a nuclear test, it’s absolutely unacceptable. We have to strongly protest it,” Abe said. “There is a possibility that this is not a natural quake and that North Korea conducted a nuclear test,” he said, adding that the Japanese weather […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — President Vladimir Putin warned Friday of a “major conflict” looming on the Korean Peninsula, calling for crisis talks as France’s foreign minister warned of a possible threat to Europe. Nuclear-armed North Korea on Tuesday fired a ballistic missile over Japan into the Pacific, escalating tensions over its atomic program which have led to bellicose exchanges between Washington and Pyongyang. Putin warned that the region was “on the brink of a major conflict”. “The problems […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — British Prime Minister Theresa May met with Japanese emperor Akihito at the imperial palace on Friday (September 1) on the last day of her three-day visit to Japan. Akihito is expected to abdicate at the end of 2018 after he said last August he feared age would make it hard to fulfill his duties. May, on her first official visit to Japan as prime minster held bilateral talks with her counterpart […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday, tracking gains on Wall Street as worries subsided over Hurricane Harvey and North Korea, with investors awaiting US jobs data later in the day. Trade would be cautious ahead of the release of US data including key jobs figures Friday, analysts said. The dollar fetched 110.10 yen in early Asian trade, from 109.97 yen in New York. “The market is closely watching” the US nonfarm payrolls […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — United States heavy bombers and stealth jet fighters delivered a show of force directed at North Korea in a live-fire drill Thursday, two days after Pyongyang’s provocative test-launch of a ballistic missile that flew over northern Japan. Two B-1B “Lancer” bombers from Guam and four F-35B stealth jet fighters from the Marine Corps’ Iwakuni airbase in Japan joined four South Korean jet fighters and two from Japan in the exercise […]
