Tag: Japan

North Korea's Tuesday morning missile firing, in which it sent an intermediate-range ballistic missile soaring over Japan, didn't demonstrate any new capability, but it did display renewed contempt for international efforts to pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear weapons. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Latest North Korean launch: Less about the capability, more about the message

Jamie McIntyre · August 29, 2017 5:00 pm

Steve Bannon's remarks could only embolden an already aggressive regime. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

North Korea just fired a missile over Japan. Is Steve Bannon to blame?

Philip Wegmann · August 29, 2017 1:30 pm

President Trump said Tuesday "all options are on the table" for the U.S. after North Korea launched a ballistic missile toward northern Japan. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

Trump: ‘All options are on the table’ after latest North Korea missile test

Melissa Quinn · August 29, 2017 11:56 am

This is the first time in 19 years that North Korea has fired a missile over Japanese territory. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Beltway Confidential

How Trump should respond to North Korea’s missile over Japan

Tom Rogan · August 29, 2017 4:01 am

A South Korean soldier watches a TV screen showing a file footage of North Korea's missile launch at the Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Aug. 26, 2017. Three North Korea short-range ballistic missiles failed on Saturday, U.S. military officials said, which, if true, would be a temporary setback to Pyongyang's rapid nuclear and missile expansion. The banner at top reads: "North Korea's missiles firing." (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

North Korea launches missile toward Japan

Anna Giaritelli · August 28, 2017 9:33 pm

A Japanese submarine torpedoed the USS Indianapolis early in the morning of July 30, 1945, according to the Navy. Only 316 people survived the dehydration, drowning, and shark attacks that ensued over the subsequent four to five days they spent stuck in the water. (U.S. Navy photo / Released)

National Security

Civilian researchers say they found wreckage of WWII cruiser torpedoed by Japanese submarine in 1945

Ryan Lovelace · August 19, 2017 5:38 pm

The Navy is set to relieve the two top officers and the senior enlisted sailor of the USS Fitzgerald, Cmdr. Bryce Benson, Executive Officer Cmdr. Sean Babbitt, and Master Chief Petty Officer Brice Baldwin for failure to avoid a collision with a freighter in the early morning hours of June 17 off the coast of Japan. (Spc. 1st Class Leonard Adams/U.S. Navy via AP)

National Security

Navy to relieve USS Fitzgerald commanders, details heroic efforts of crew after deadly collision

Jamie McIntyre · August 17, 2017 11:07 pm

Tens of thousands of North Koreans gathered for a rally at Kim Il Sung Square carrying placards and propaganda slogans as a show of support for their rejection of the United Nations' latest round of sanctions on Wednesday Aug. 9, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

National Security

Japanese people buy up bunkers due to North Korean threat

Leah Jessen · August 10, 2017 12:35 am

Pure Trump, his remarks on North Korea were also reportedly off the cuff, a fact his critics have seized upon. Arizona Republican John McCain called them "confrontational," and pundits have slammed them as irresponsible. But in truth, history will record Trump's words as Truman-like. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Beltway Confidential

President Trump echoed Harry Truman nearly word-for-word in warning North Korea

Philip Wegmann · August 9, 2017 11:10 pm

Pretty much everybody following North Korea's nuclear activity over the last year knew that at some point in time, Kim Jong Un's regime would finally master the technology needed to pair a nuclear bomb with an intercontinental ballistic missile. If it didn't happen today, it would happen the next day or the day after that. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

Beltway Confidential

The costs and benefits of Trump striking North Korea are more complicated than you think

Daniel DePetris · August 9, 2017 4:59 pm

While some analysts assume North Korea does not have effective missile reentry vehicles, I assume they do. And located 2,100 miles from North Korean launch sites, Guam is well within range of Kim Jong Un's increasingly advanced ballistic missile forces. (AP Photo/Grace Garces Bordallo)

Beltway Confidential

Guam is well-protected against North Korean attack

Tom Rogan · August 9, 2017 4:47 pm

The service put a two-day pause on operations while it examined the circumstances around the crash off the USS Bonhomme Richard during a training exercise in Australia. (Jason Reed/Pool Photo via AP, File)

National Security

Marines: MV-22 Ospreys safe to fly in Japan after deadly crash

Travis J. Tritten · August 9, 2017 4:11 pm