Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-65259718 On this past Thursday, Japan called an evacuation order for the island of Hokkaido due to a North Korean missile that flew near the island. This evacuation order was recalled after 30 minutes, when it was decided there was no threat. Tensions between North Korea and South Korea the entirety of this year as there have been 27… Read more »
Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said plans to relocate a US military base on the island of Okinawa will continue, despite a referendum rejecting the move. Some 72% of voters in the non-binding poll opposed the construction of a new base to replace the one at Futenma. In recent years, a number of accidents and crimes have led to… Read more »
France 24 Rocks spat out by an erupting volcano rained down on skiers at a mountain resort in central Japan on Tuesday and one skier was missing following an avalanche that occurred shortly after the volcano exploded and engulfed nearly a dozen skiers. Six of those trapped were members of Japan‘s Ground Self Defence Force (SDF) engaged in training manoeuvres, the… Read more »
France 24 Japan’s Shinzo Abe was re-elected prime minister on Wednesday after his ruling bloc’s big election win last month and days ahead of a visit by US President Donald Trump that is expected to be dominated by concerns over a volatile North Korea. Abe, 63, took office in December 2012, promising to reboot the stale economy and bolster defence…. Read more »
FRANCE 24 | September 25, 2017 http://www.france24.com/en/20170925-japan-shinzo-abe-triggers-snap-election-amid-north-korea-crisis Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday called a snap election, seeking a fresh term at the helm of the world’s third-largest economy as tensions with nearby North Korea reach fever-pitch. Abe hopes to capitalise on a weak and fractured opposition to sweep back into power, as polls show him regaining ground after… Read more »
(WSJ): Japan is leaping into space resources, agreeing to work with a robotic-exploration company to create a blueprint for an industry to extract resources from the moon that would enable more extensive space exploration. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan’s space agency, said Friday that it signed a memorandum of understanding with Tokyo-based ispace technologies Inc. to work on building… Read more »
(FOX): Russia and Japan agreed Friday to hold talks on joint economic development on four islands at the center of a territorial dispute between the countries. It was a small step forward that fell far short of breaking the stalemate in the long-running dispute that has prevented the two countries from signing a peace treaty formally ending World War II. Joint… Read more »
Since the Korean War of the 1950s, the People’s Republic of China has been one of North Korea’s closest friends and allies, and since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, one of its only ones. It is well-known that North Korea’s trading partnership with the PRC is crucial to the survival of its regime. In exchange for millions… Read more »
THE JAPAN NEWS: Prime Minister Shinzo Abe highly evaluated the U.N. Security Council’s new resolution to impose sanctions on North Korea on Wednesday, issuing a statement that the resolution demonstrates the international community’s will to take a resolute response with a new dimension completely different from the past. The resolution followed North Korea’s fifth nuclear test in September. The Japanese… Read more »