By Zhong Sheng Illustration: Xia Qing/GT Recently, Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi claimed, while building momentum for revising the three national security documents within the year, that the move is intended to protect Japan’s …
No. 3 reactor at Chubu Electric Power Co.’s Hamaoka nuclear power plant in Omaezaki, Shizuoka Prefecture, on Jan. 6 (Minako Yoshimoto) Japan’s nuclear watchdog on Jan. 14 scrapped a 12-year safety review for the …
By Erin Hale Kim Yo Jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has rebuked claims from the South Korean government that Pyongyang was leaving room for more “communication” following an incident involving …
NARA–South Korean President Lee Jae Myung met with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Tuesday for a summit in western Japan as the two leaders aim to improve the sometimes-strained relationship as Tokyo faces …
North Korean leader visits short-range missile and rocket factories in Hamhung to iron out Party Congress plans By Colin Zwirko Kim Jong Un inspects Hwasong-11 SRBMs inside the February 11 Plant | Images: Rodong …
In a visit to munitions factories accompanied by top officials, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said the North Korean leader had ordered the factories to prepare for a busy year ahead. …
By HAYATO JINNO/ Staff Writer Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi visits the Liberal Democratic Party’s waiting room in the Diet to offer greetings after the supplementary budget bill passed the Lower House on Dec. 11. …
Japan plans to issue new government bonds worth around US$189 billion to fund a record-size budget for next fiscal year, a draft reviewed by Reuters showed on Wednesday, underscoring the administration’s expansionary fiscal policy …
By TATSUYA HARADA/ Staff Writer Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi speaks at a managing editor meeting of Kyodo News member companies in Tokyo on Dec. 23. (Pool) Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Dec. 23 cited …
North Korea said on Sunday that Japan’s nuclear ambitions “must be prevented at any cost,” after a Tokyo official reportedly suggested the country should possess atomic weapons. Pyongyang’s reaction came after the unnamed official …