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February 06, 2013
BEIJING--China expressed serious concern on Feb. 6 after North Korea stepped up its bellicose rhetoric and threatened to go beyond a third nuclear test in response to what it...
February 06, 2013
SEOUL, South Korea--So when will it be?
February 06, 2013
SEOUL--New York under missile attack is a remote dream for impoverished North Korea, yet that is precisely what the latest propaganda video from the isolated state shows as it...
February 04, 2013
The government plans to allow exports of Japanese-made parts for the F-35 stealth fighter jet under eased rules on Japan’s peace-promoting ban on arms sales, sources said.
February 01, 2013
Debate within Japan over when it is permissible to export weapons and other military hardware received a jolt Jan. 30 when the Israeli military struck a target inside Syria.
January 29, 2013
TOKYO/ OMAHA, Nebraska--Japan is relaxing restrictions on U.S. beef imports that had been in place due to fears of mad-cow disease.
January 29, 2013
A U.S. envoy said on Jan. 28 that North Korea is playing a dangerous game with the international community by threatening a nuclear test and urged the communist nation to scrap ...
January 25, 2013
North Korea's next nuclear test could enable it to use a smaller, more sophisticated bomb mounted on a long-range ballistic missile to strike the U.S. mainland, Japanese...
January 25, 2013
Analysts believe Pyongyang is trying to push Washington into talks with its blunt declaration that further long-range rocket launches and a forthcoming "higher-level" nuclear...
January 24, 2013
For the first time in eight months, the government upgraded its assessment of business conditions in its Monthly Economic Report on Jan. 23, a turnaround from four consecutive...
January 22, 2013
UNITED NATIONS--The United States has circulated a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council that would condemn North Korea for its December rocket launch and calls for...
January 21, 2013
BEIJING--China has responded sharply to comments by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton over the disputed Senkaku Islands.
January 21, 2013
SEOUL--Reclusive North Korea made most of the key parts of the long-range rocket it launched in December, South Korea said on Jan. 21, evidence of home-grown technology moving...
January 19, 2013
A senior U.S. government official has cautioned the Japanese government about revising a 1993 statement acknowledging the Japanese military forcefully recruited “comfort...
January 17, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan--Not so long ago Fakira roamed the mean streets of the Afghan capital, hawking magazines for 13 U.S. cents apiece to support her poverty-stricken family....
January 16, 2013
SEOUL--The United States is pushing hard for tough sanctions against North Korea, one of its top envoys for Asia said on Jan. 16, although diplomats at the United Nations said...
January 15, 2013
WASHINGTON--The United States is concerned about China's expanding ability to disrupt the most sensitive U.S. military and intelligence satellites, as Beijing pursues its...
January 14, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said strengthening ties with the United States is a "priority," and he wants to discuss at an early date easing a constitutional restriction on...
January 14, 2013
PYONGYANG, North Korea--North Korea vowed on Jan. 14 to strengthen its defenses amid concerns the country may conduct a nuclear test as a follow-up to last month's long-range...
January 13, 2013
Pyongyang is eager to hold talks with the Japanese administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who made a name for himself by taking a tough stance against North Korea, a U.S. ...