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Kim Jong Un’s sister said North Korea is ‘using the Pacific as our firing range’ North Korea fired multiple ballistic missiles off the country’s east coast on Monday morning, one day after the U.S. held joint military drills with South Korea and Japan. Kim Yo Jong, North Korean leader Kim …

Japan and the Netherlands have reportedly bowed to pressure from Washington on tighter supply controls for microchips The United States has agreed a deal with Japan and the Netherlands to restrict China’s access to materials used to make advanced computer chips, the Associated Press reported on Monday, citing sources. According …

The number of insolvencies has reportedly risen for the first time in three years Japan recorded its first increase in the number of company bankruptcies in three years in 2022, according to a new survey by Teikoku Databank. The report showed that a total of 6,376 companies declared bankruptcy in …

The latest missile launched fell into Japanese waters and flew around 6,000km, according to South Korean and Japanese estimates, but has the capacity to go much further – approx. 15,000km – which “could cover the entire mainland United States,” the Japanese Defense Minister said. The US scrambled to “all necessary …

Kim Jong-un says Pyongyang has “nothing to talk about with enemies” The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) does not see any point in engaging in talks with the US and South Korea, the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has said. In a report released by the North Korean state news …

North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, authorities in neighbouring countries said, the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days that added to widespread alarm in Washington and its allies in Tokyo and Seoul. Officials in the South Korean capital have said the uptick in the North’s …

North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles in less than a week in the wake of a visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris to the troubled Korean Peninsula. The South Korean military said it had detected the launch of “two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sunchon area in South …

Japan, the United States, and South Korea are set to hold joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan, as tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula. Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) announced in a statement on Thursday that the trilateral anti-submarine warfare exercise would be conducted on September …

Shoji Morimoto has what some would see as a dream job: he gets paid to do pretty much nothing. Shoji Morimoto was often chided for ‘doing nothing’ at work. The Tokyo resident says he started wondering ‘what would happen if I provided my ability to 'do nothing' as a service …

Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan on Tuesday during the last day of Joe Biden’s visit to the region. South Korea’s military said it intercepts fighter jets after at least four Chinese and four Russian warplanes entered its air defense zone on Tuesday. The Russian …

Tokyo has put Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and over 140 other people from Russia on its backlist

News sources reported that North Korea fired a ballistic missile, likely from a submarine, off the port city of Sinpo along the country’s eastern coast.

The leaders of Japan and Thailand announced a new defense agreement on Monday as well as plans to upgrade their economic relations, as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wrapped up the last leg of a three-nation tour of Southeast Asia. The agreement would facilitate the transfer of defense hardware and …

Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday it was expelling eight Japanese diplomats in a retaliatory move as it criticized Japan for taking an “openly hostile anti-Russian course”. The ministry said it had summoned a representative of the Japanese embassy in Moscow and told him the eight diplomats must leave Russia …

A Japanese woman recognized as the world’s oldest person, Kane Tanaka, has died at age 119, just months short of her goal of reaching 120. Born on Jan. 2, 1903, Tanaka loved playing the board game Othello and had a penchant for chocolate and fizzy drinks. She was certified by …

The 10 people found by rescue workers on Sunday after a tour boat went missing in frigid waters off Japan’s northernmost island have been confirmed dead, the coast guard said. Authorities continued their search with patrol boats, aircraft and helicopters for the remaining 16 people who had been onboard the …

Japan’s foreign minister promised his country would bolster its military to help the United States maintain regional security during a visit on Saturday to a U.S. aircraft carrier patrolling Asian waters. “Today I was able to experience firsthand the frontline of national security,” Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters on the hangar …

Japan’s coast guard says a tour boat with 26 people aboard has been missing for more than seven hours after issuing a distress call and taking in water. The coast guard said Saturday no survivors have been found so far. It says the 19-ton Kazu 1 made an emergency call …

Japan described four disputed islands as “illegally occupied” by Russia for the first time in nearly two decades on Friday as ties sour between the countries over the war in Ukraine. The two nations have long been engaged in attempts to agree a post-World War II treaty, but the islands …

Tokyo denies that it was asked to participate in an alliance seeking to counter China Japan has received unofficial offers to become part of the AUKUS military bloc, which was formed last year by Australia, the UK, and the US, the Sankei Shimbun newspaper reported on Tuesday. Several unnamed Japanese …