North Korea on agenda at Nuclear Security Summit
North Korea’s recent nuclear tests and provocations were high on the agenda on Thursday when President Obama met the leaders of China, South Korea and Japan at the Nuclear Security Summit…
Japan
Activity seen at east, west launch sites
A mobile launcher for a ballistic missile has been detected on the move in the eastern part of North Korea, Japan’s NHK television said Thursday. The report didn’t specify the…
Japan puts military on alert to shoot down North Korean rocket
Defence minister deploys warships in Sea of Japan and Patriot interceptors on land, saying missile will be destroyed if it threatens Japanese territory By Justin McCurry, The Guardian, in Tokyo. Japan has…
US drone makes first operational flight from Japan
The U.S. Air Force didn’t waste much time in putting into use two high-tech drones that it moved from Guam to Japan earlier this month. The drones arrived at Misawa…
US brings Global Hawk drone to Japan
The U.S. Air Force’s Global Hawk drone landed in Japan for the first time on Saturday. The aircraft is one of the most advanced unmanned craft in the world and is typically…
Japan, US to increase intelligence sharing
Japan is sharing an increasing amount of intelligence information with the United States and emerging as a great partner in East Asia, the U.S. director of national intelligence said Thursday….
Pyongyang News website offers archived TV news
A website in Japan has begun offering an archive of several days worth of North Korean TV news broadcasts. [Updated: see below] The Pyongyang News website appears to be affiliated…
Japan ties exported PCs to Internet attacks
Japanese police suspect a consignment of 1,843 used computers and monitors allegedly exported to North Korea could have been used in a 2009 week-long attack on a handful of South…
More Tokyo raids over DPRK PC exports
Police in Tokyo conducted follow-up raids this week on the office of a North Korean-linked science association as part of an investigation into illegal PC exports. The Korean Association of Science…
