North Korea test fires 25 rockets over Sea of Japan
The South Korean Foreign Ministry said on Sunday that North Korea test-fired 25 missiles into the Sea of Japan. This is the latest in Pyongyang’s newest round of provocative activities that coincide...
View ArticleParents of abducted Japanese woman meet granddaughter for the first time
Megumi Yokota was only 13 when she was kidnapped by North Korean agents in 1977 and she became the symbol of the abducted Japanese nationals. Now, 37 years later, her parents have finally their...
View ArticleNorth Korean ambassador to the UN walks out during Japan’s speech
During a United Nations Human Rights Council hearing on violations in North Korea, the reclusive state’s ambassador to the UN walked out of the session during the Japanese representative’s turn on the...
View ArticleJapan to demand resolution of North Korea abduction issue
Inspired by the reunion of the parents of Megumi Yokota and their granddaughter, the Japanese government has strengthened their resolve to get to the bottom of the issue of the abduction of Japanese...
View ArticleJapan, N Korea to meet in Beijing for first official government talks since 2012
Japan and North Korea are set to meet for an intergovernmental summit in Beijing at the end of this month. According to the Japanese Foreign Ministry, the scheduled talk happening on March 30-31 is the...
View ArticleNorth Korea optimistic about resumption of talks with Japan
North Korea is looking forward to the resumption of high-level talks with Japan, which is the first one in more than a year. But they say that aside from the abduction issue, the discussions should...
View ArticleJapan concerned about North Korea’s latest missile test
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that Japan was concerned about the latest missile launch test by North Korea on Wednesday. This was the same day that a historic first meeting...
View ArticleU.S. calls for Security Council meeting in light of North Korea missile tests
Following the recent missiles launched by North Korea into the Sea of Japan, the United States has called for a meeting to discuss the situation at the U.N. Security Council. The latest missile test...
View ArticleJapan, North Korea hold first formal talks in more than a year
The resumption of the formal talks between Japan and North Korea started on Sunday in Beijing, with the chief delegate from Pyongyang asking participants to have a “candid and serious attitude”. This...
View ArticleJapan, North Korea end talks on a hopeful note
For the first time in 16 months, diplomats from North Korea and Japan met to discuss numerous issues pertaining to both their governments, including the North’s nuclear weapons program. Held in Beijing...
View ArticleUS to send two more warships to Japan as defense against North Korea
US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced over the weekend that they were deploying two more ballistic missile destroyers to Japan to calm its ally’s fears about a possible attack from North Korea....
View ArticleJapan’s Defense Ministry orders SDF to shoot down North Korean missiles
Japan’s Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera has ordered the Self-Defense Force to shoot down any missile from North Korea that will threaten Japanese airspace. This comes in the light of recent...
View ArticleJapan, S Korea, US release joint statement to warn North Korea about their...
To show the world their solidarity when it comes to dealing with the threat coming from North Korea, Japan, South Korea and the United States released a joint statement on Monday after trilateral talks...
View ArticleNorth Korea orders Japan to resume international ferry services in exchange...
As Japan has sought North Korea to re-open investigations on abducted Japanese nationals from decades ago, it seems that the communist state is intent on milking the request with their own set of...
View ArticleJapan, S Korea, US defense officials to cooperate regarding North Korea threat
Senior defense officials from Japan, South Korea and the United States have agreed to continue working together to stop the provocative actions from the reclusive North Korea. The agreement was reached...
View ArticlePro-Pyongyang paper says resumption of six-party talks needed to stop...
A newspaper published in Japan that is believed to be the mouthpiece for the North Korean government has said that the revival of the stalled six-party talks between China, Japan, North Korea, South...
View ArticleNorth Korea to unleash ‘fiery lightning’ on Japan should it lift collective...
North Korea has again come out with its usual rhetoric, threatening Japan with “fiery lightning” if it maintains its pursuit to lift its self-imposed collective self-defense ban, as prescribed in its...
View ArticleNorth Korea to reopen investigation into abduction of Japanese nationals
One of the most important results to come out of the intergovernmental talks between Japan and North Korea is that the latter has agreed to reinvestigate the status of the abducted Japanese nationals...
View ArticleJapan set to send officials to North Korea to oversee abduction investigation
In what could be one of the biggest breakthroughs in the bilateral relations between Japan and North Korea, officials from Pyongyang have committed to a re-investigation of the lives of the Japanese...
View ArticlePM Abe reportedly planning a historic trip to North Korea
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is reportedly planning a trip to its reclusive neighbour North Korea in what may well be both a historic and controversial move. This comes after talks last week in...
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