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Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, ...

North Korea launched a long-range missile over Japan. The U.S., Japan and South Korea condemned the missile launch. The launch raised fears over North Korea's development of nuclear weapons.

North Korea's defense ministry has lashed out at a recent joint aerial exercise staged by Japan, the United States and South ...

A pair of American B-52H bombers was escorted by two Japanese F-2 fighter aircraft and two South Korean KF-16 fighter jets ...

North Korea said that it plans to launch a satellite, which may be an attempt to put its first military reconnaissance satellite into orbit. It said the launch window is from May 31 to June 11.

Japan is also determined to settle the issue of North Korea’s abductions of 17 of its citizens in the 1970s and 1980s. Former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi was able to secure the repatriation ...

Some experts say North Korea is seeking to weaken the partnership Japan has with the U.S and South Korea while Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida wants to boost his declining approval rating at ...

North Korea criticised the United States, South Korea and Japan's recent agreement on strengthening military cooperation to be a means to materialise a U.S. plan for a military alliance like NATO ...

Unlike the North Korea-U.S. or inter-Korean relations, the Japan-North Korea relationship lacks key dynamics that could be leveraged to bring them closer in a more positive way.

A Japanese high court on Monday said the North Korean government was responsible for the human rights abuses of plaintiffs who said they were lured to the North by Pyongyang's false promise of li.