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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 537

Japan-North Korea relations

A man watches a television showing a news broadcast with file footage of a North Korean missile test, at a railway station in Seoul on November 18, 2022. (Anthony WALLACE / AFP)
November 18, 2022, 8:18 am
North Korea said to fire intercontinental missile able to hit US mainland
The launch is part of a record-breaking blitz in recent weeks that Pyongyang says is a response to Washington’s moves to bolster its protection of regional security allies
By AFP
This photo provided on October 10, 2022, by the North Korean government purports to show a missile test at an undisclosed location in North Korea, as taken sometime between September 25 and October 9. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
October 26, 2022, 10:24 am
North Korea nuke test would meet ‘unprecedented’ response — US, Japan, South Korea
Following talks in Tokyo, three nations’ deputy foreign ministers say they will ramp up their deterrence in region, amid blitz of missile launches from the hermit state
By AFP
A man watches a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile with file footage at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, January 5, 2022. (Lee Jin-man/AP)
January 5, 2022, 8:35 am
North Korea fires suspected ballistic missile into sea, alarming Seoul
South Korea’s presidential national security team holds emergency conference, urges return to talks to resolve tensions; Japan says continued rocket testing ‘regrettable’
By Hyung-Jin Kim
People watch a TV screen showing a news program reporting about North Korea's missile launch with file footage at a train station in Seoul, South Korea, October 19, 2021. (Lee Jin-man/AP)
October 19, 2021, 8:58 am
Amid efforts to revive diplomacy, North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea
South Korean officials express ‘deep regret’ over test firing; Japan lodges ‘strong protest’ through diplomatic channels
By KIM TONG-HYUNG and Hyung-Jin Kim
The scene outside Tokyo’s Shibuya Station is busy and lively, as seen here on October 3, 2017. (Cnaan Liphshiz/via JTA)
December 11, 2017, 3:25 am
For Israelis in Japan, the North Korea nuclear situation is business as usual
Israelis may relativize the North Korea threat, but expat Americans are concerned about their futures in the demilitarized country
By Cnaan Liphshiz
US President Donald Trump, center, speaks as Trump and first lady Melania Trump, right, meet with the families of Japanese abducted by North Korea at the Akasaka Palace, November 6, 2017, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
November 6, 2017, 9:03 am
In Japan, Trump pushes on North Korea, trade
US president meets families of those abducted by Pyongyang agents in 1970s and 1980s, calls it a ‘tremendous disgrace’
By Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)
September 25, 2017, 2:09 pm
Japan’s Abe triggers snap election amid North Korea crisis
PM says he is seeking a ‘public mandate’ in vote next month on his ‘handling of the North Korean issues’
By Richard Carter
Pedestrians walk in front of a large video screen in Tokyo broadcasting a news report about North Korea's missile test that passed over Japan on September 15, 2017. (AFP Photo/Toru Yamanaka)
September 23, 2017, 4:19 pm
World wonders: Could N. Korea fire nuclear missile over Japan?
Experts say threat by North Korean FM to explode a hydrogen bomb over the Pacific should not be taken lightly given Pyongyang’s recent tests
By KIM TONG-HYUNG
In this July 28, 2017, file photo distributed by the North Korean government on Saturday, July 29, 2017, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile at an undisclosed location in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
September 15, 2017, 1:54 am
North Korea fires unidentified missile over Japan
Pyongyang continues weapons testing in defiance of international sanctions over its banned missile and nuclear programs
By AFP
South Korean officials watch news broadcasts showing North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un, at the Korea Meteorological Administration in Seoul on September 3, 2017. (AFP Photo/Jung Yeon-Je)
September 3, 2017, 1:30 pm
International leaders blast North Korean H-bomb test
South Korea calls for ‘strongest punishment’ against Pyongyang and indicates it will back the redeployment of US tactical nuclear weapons in the peninsula
By Agencies
People watch a television news screen showing file footage of a North Korean missile launch, at a railway station in Seoul on August 29, 2017. (AFP/Jung Yeon-Je)
August 30, 2017, 5:16 am
North Korean leader urges more missile launches targeting Pacific
Kim Jong Un expresses ‘great satisfaction’ with first launch over Japan, as tensions mount
By Foster Klug and KIM TONG-HYUNG
Pedestrians watch the news on a huge screen displaying a map of Japan (R) and the Korean Peninsula, in Tokyo on August 29, 2017, following a North Korean missile test that passed over Japan (AFP PHOTO / Toshifumi KITAMURA)
August 29, 2017, 11:26 am
North Korea tensions at a ‘tipping point,’ China warns
Russia says US joint exercises with South Korea ‘played their role in provoking Pyongyang’ to fire a missile over Japan
By AFP
A PAC-3 surface-to-air missile is transported into Japan Ground Self-Defense Forces' Kaita base in Kaita town, Hiroshima prefecture on August 12, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / JIJI PRESS / STR )
August 12, 2017, 10:54 am
Japan deploys missile defense over North Korea threats
Tokyo has in the past vowed to shoot down North Korean missiles or rockets that threaten to hit its territory
By AFP
A July 4, 2017 file photo, distributed by the North Korean government, shows what was said to be the launch of a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile in North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
July 29, 2017, 4:19 am
Analysts: North Korea’s second ICBM test puts much of US in range
Trump vows to ‘take all necessary steps’ to defend America; Kim Jong Un says test shows North’s ability to launch ‘at any place and time’
By Agencies
A man walks by a TV screen showing a local news program reporting about North Korea's missile firing at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 5, 2017. (Lee Jin-man/AP)
July 28, 2017, 9:36 pm
North Korea test-fires second ballistic missile, lands in sea off Japan
Launch is ‘a serious and real threat,’ says Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe; US expert says missile can reach Alaska
By Eric Talmadge and Mari Yamaguchi
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