Japan official positive about obtaining ability to hit enemy bases+
Aug 20 10:54 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ Japan should acquire the capacity to strike an enemy's missile launch sites in light of threats from North Korea's long-range ballistic missiles, Parliamentary Defense Secretary Akihisa Nagashima said Friday....
Ginowan Mayor Iha offers to run in Okinawa gubernatorial election+
Aug 20 07:00 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ Ginowan Mayor Yoichi Iha offered Friday to run in the Nov. 28 Okinawa Prefecture gubernatorial election, after calling for the U.S. Marine Corps' Futenma Air Station in his city to be relocated outside the prefecture. ...
N. Korea urges Japan to apologize, compensate for colonial rule+
Aug 20 04:00 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ North Korea urged Japan on Friday to immediately apologize and compensate all victims for its 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula. A Foreign Ministry spokesman made the demand in a statement issued ahead of the centenary of the signing of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty on Sunday. The centenary of effectuation of the treaty is Aug. 29. ...
Ministers voice concern about Ozawa's possible DPJ leadership bid+
Aug 20 04:29 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ Cabinet ministers from the ruling Democratic Party of Japan voiced concerns Friday about former DPJ Secretary General Ichiro Ozawa's possible bid in the upcoming party leadership race. ...
5 Nobel Peace laureates ask Obama to attend Hiroshima meet in Nov.+
Aug 20 02:44 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ Five Nobel Peace Prize winners have issued a letter asking fellow recipient U.S. President Barack Obama to attend the Nov. 12-14 World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in...
Kin of S. Korean A-bomb victims to file suit against Japan gov't+
Aug 20 01:26 AM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ Bereaved families of some 400 South Korean atomic bomb victims will soon file a lawsuit against the Japanese government for refusing to pay healthcare benefits to victims living
U.S. aircraft carrier won't join anti-submarine drill with S. Korea+
Aug 19 10:34 PM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ The U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington will not participate in a joint anti-submarine drill with South Korea set to take place in early September in the Yellow Sea, the two countries' combined forces command said in a statement Friday. ...
Japan names new envoys to Thailand, Singapore, other nations+
Aug 19 09:43 PM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ The Japanese government on Friday named Seiji Kojima, 62, chief of protocol at the Foreign Ministry, as the country's new ambassador to Thailand, and Yoichi Suzuki, 59, chief of the Economic Affairs Bureau, as envoy to Singapore. ...
Sasae officially appointed new vice foreign minister+
Aug 19 09:42 PM US/Eastern
(Kyodo) _ The Cabinet endorsed Friday a set of key personnel changes at the Foreign Ministry, including the appointment of Kenichiro Sasae, deputy foreign minister in charge of political affairs, as new vice foreign minister to replace Mitoji Yabunaka. ...
ADVISORY - End of KWS news cycle for Aug. 19+
8 hours ago
(Kyodo) _ Kyodo World Service now closes the news cycle for Thursday, Aug. 19. The service will reopen at 7 a.m. Friday Tokyo time. We may reopen the service at any moment to cover...
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