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On Saturday, North Korea welcomed Trump to the region with a threat to increase its nuclear arsenal and said the idea of talks was “daydreaming,” according to the state-run KCNA news agency. “Trump only has to play golf in Japan, as he knows Japan ... ( read original story ...)

The lukewarm turnout Friday morning contrasted with the breathless coverage of her visit by the Japanese news media, which followed her every move around Tokyo and treated her landing at Narita International Airport and dinner at a luxurious restaurant ... ( read original story ...)

North Korea launched two missiles over Japanese airspace in September. “Well, of course they’re worried. They should be worried,” Trump told Fox News last week, referring to Japan. “You know they’re very close to North Korea.” The president has ... ( read original story ...)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump arrived in Japan on Sunday defending his tough rhetoric on North Korea, saying discussions on Pyongyang will figure prominently in talks with other Asian leaders as tensions rise over its ... ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump is calling Japan a “treasured partner and crucial ally” as he kicks off a tour of Asia. Trump addressed service members at Yokota Air Force base outside Tokyo immediately after arriving in Japan on Sunday morning. He thanked ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – A Japanese whose mother was abducted by North Korean agents in 1978 when he was a baby has high hopes that President Donald Trump's outreach will draw public attention to the issue. Japan says North Korea abducted at least 17 of its citizens in ... ( read original story ...)

President Donald Trump says he is looking forward to his arrival in Japan. Trump is tweeting Sunday about his trip through Asia, which starts in Japan. He says: "I am landing shortly. Can't wait to be with our GREAT MILITARY. See you soon!" Trump is flying ... ( read original story ...)

Tokyo (AFP) - Former Cardiff City striker Jay Bothroyd is recovering at home after collapsing during training with his Japanese side Consadole Sapporo, the J-League club said on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who joined Sapporo in July, underwent emergency ... ( read original story ...)

IT threatened to be a banana skin game for the Wallabies, but Michael Cheika’s men negotiated their first game on tour with ease, smashing Japan’s Brave Blossoms 63-30 in Yokohama. Even with a new-look backline, the Wallabies were a class above and it ... ( read original story ...)

TOKYO – President Donald Trump can expect a friendly reception in Japan, his first stop on a five-nation Asia trip that kicks off Sunday. He and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe largely see eye-to-eye on how to deal with the vexing problem of North ... ( read original story ...)

The latest poll by Kyodo News finds 52.6 percent of the Japanese public are opposed to Abe's current proposal with only 38.3 percent in support of it. When one also considers the fact the opposition parties will fight a ferocious campaign against revision ... ( read original story ...)

and principal Shin Gil-Ung said anger over North Korea’s nuclear programme –- expected to dominate US President Donald Trump’s visit to Japan starting Sunday -– has only made things worse. “Every time news (about North Korea) breaks, we get ... ( read original story ...)

"We know from other news reports that there has been an accident at the nuclear test site, and the situation that North Korea may have anticipated with radiation being contained within North Korea has changed,” Myers said. Japanese TV reported the ... ( read original story ...)

The lukewarm turnout on Friday morning contrasted with the breathless coverage of her visit by the Japanese news media, which followed Ms. Trump’s every move around Tokyo and treated her landing at Narita International Airport and dinner at a luxurious ... ( read original story ...)

the US President on Thursday struck an optimistic tone on a potential solution for the ongoing crisis in an interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham, saying that it is "a thing that I think we will solve." "They should be worried," Trump said, citing Japan ... ( read original story ...)

Park views North Koreans as misunderstood victims. "I feel news about North Korea is really exaggerated, especially in Japan," he said. "They depict it as though it's hell on Earth." Kum Son Gyun, 17, a student at a North Korean school, visited North Korea ... ( read original story ...)