Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland joined other world leaders in condemning North Korea’s latest missile test over Japan calling it “a deliberate and reckless action.” “Canada is gravely concerned by the escalating aggressive behaviour ... ( read original story ...)
American in Japan describes jolting North Korean missile alert
North Korea's official KCNA news agency reported that officials had said that Japan should be “sunken into the sea by the nuclear bomb…” “Japan is no longer needed to exist near us," the committee said in a statement carried on KCNA. Galat said he ... ( read original story ...)
Sirens sound as North Korea again sends a missile over Japan
TOKYO -- Warning sirens blared when the North Korean missile was launched and again when it passed over Japan's northern island of Hokkaido as residents were just starting their day. Community loudspeakers instructed people to get inside any building and ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea fires missile over Japan in longest-ever flight
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean on Friday, U.S. and South Korean militaries said, its longest-ever such flight and a clear message of defiance to its rivals. Since ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea fires ballistic missile over Japan in longest-ever flight as residents ‘duck and cover’
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga denounced North ... "That is a very powerful tool and it has been used in the past," Tillerson said at a news conference. "We hope China will not reject that." In 2003, China shut down its oil pipeline ... ( read original story ...)
Japan residents advised to take cover as North Korea launches missile
about 1,240 miles or 2,000 kilometers off of the Cape of Erimo at the Japanese island of Hokkaido shortly after 7 a.m. local time, the NHK news agency reported, crediting the Japanese government. Japanese foreign minister Taro Kono said it appeared to be ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea fires another missile over Japan, South Korea says
Japan also convened a National Security Council meeting ... utterly," Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said in an interview with Sky News on Friday. "This is a sign, I believe, of their frustration at the increased sanctions on North Korea ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea launches missile over Japanese airspace, U.S. confirms
Japan's public broadcasting network NHK earlier reported that ... according to that country's Yonhap news agency. The launch is the 14th missile test conducted by North Korea in 2017. On September 3, North Korea said it tested a hydrogen bomb, leading ... ( read original story ...)
Play suspended at Sapporo golf tournament after North Korea missile launch
Griffin was one-under going into day two of the ANA event in Sapporo when the news broke. “Well this is a first. We currently have a suspension of play in Sapporo Japan due to North Korea launching ballistic missiles,” he tweeted. As the news reached ... ( read original story ...)
Yokohama Tire Enters “The Happiest Race on Earth!”
What started as Marines racing army Jeeps in the Pacific Islands during World War II has morphed into what we know as the 2018 Yokohama National Off-Road Racing Association’s (NORRA) Mexican 1000. For 51 years, racers have pitted themselves against 1,300 ... ( read original story ...)
Japan: North Korean threat to sink Japan is ‘outrageous’
"The four islands of the (Japanese) archipelago should be sunken into the sea" by a nuclear bomb, the statement reads in part. It was distributed by the Korean Central News Agency, the state news service. North Korea often issues bellicose threats that it ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea threatens to ‘sink’ Japan and reduce U.S. to ‘ashes and darkness’
Japan is no longer needed to exist near us," the committee said in a statement carried by the North's official KCNA news agency. Juche is the North's ruling ideology that mixes Marxism and an extreme form of go-it-alone nationalism preached by state ... ( read original story ...)
North Korea threatens to reduce the U.S. to ‘ashes and darkness,’ and to ‘sink’ Japan
Japan is no longer needed to exist near us,” the committee said in a statement carried by the North‘s official KCNA news agency. Juche is the North‘s ruling ideology that mixes Marxism and an extreme form of go-it-alone nationalism preached by ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo Garden and the Fusion of Faiths and Ideas: Chinzan-so
The history of Chinzan-so (Chinzanso) is fascinating because you have many historic remains, therefore, you feel like you are entering a different world that is far from modern Tokyo. This applies to the pre-Meiji period and the Meiji period when Japan ... ( read original story ...)
To ward off Chinese threat, India & Japan scale new summits together
Although Japan had played a significant role in India’s freedom movement, the two countries pursued different geopolitical goals during the Cold War period. In Pic: PM Modi & Japanese PM Shinzo Abe at Ahmedabad airport NEW DELHI: India and Japan have ... ( read original story ...)
Tokyo 2020 domestic sponsor revenue at record $2.8 billion
LIMA (Reuters) - Domestic sponsorship for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics has so far reached a record $2.8 billion (£2.11 billion) -- almost three times as much as in any previous summer Games -- the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday. John Coates ... ( read original story ...)