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KIM JONG IL

Head of North Korean propaganda Kim Ki Nam has died at 94.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 8, 2024
North Korea propaganda boss who shaped image of leaders dies at 94
He played an essential role in shaping the country¡¯s messaging as leadership transferred to Kim Jong Il, and helped in the succession of Kim Jong Un.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 16, 2022
North Korea celebrates late Kim Jong Il¡¯s birthday without military event
Kim Jong Un attended the gathering at the northern alpine town of Samjiyon, which is near the border with China and Mount Paektu, the holy mountain where Kim¡¯s family claims its roots.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Dec 22, 2021
How Japan-North Korea relations changed under Kim Jong Un
Last Friday, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un marked 10 years in power. Recent observers have focused on nuclear weapons and diplomacy with South Korea and the United States, but there are under-discussed considerations related to Japan-North Korea ties.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Oct 13, 2020
¡®I have failed¡¯: North Korea¡¯s Kim shows tearful side in confronting hardships
North Korea watchers say Kim has also sought to portray himself as a more traditional political leader than his eccentric father, Kim Jong Il.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Apr 23, 2020
North Korea¡¯s Kim dynasty has a long history of health scares
Two constant threads that have run through the history of North Korea: Rule by the Kim dynasty and speculation about the health of its secretive leaders.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 9, 2019
North Korea resumes insults of ¡®erratic old man¡¯ Trump
Satellite imagery indicated Monday that North Korea had tested a rocket engine, and a senior Pyongyang official called Donald Trump a ¡°heedless and erratic old man,¡± resuming insults of the U.S. president that had been set aside during a thaw.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Mar 7, 2019
Secret science of ¡®Lenin lab¡¯ keeps dead communist leaders looking fresh in North Korea and Vietnam
Perhaps none of the communist legacies shared by Vietnam and North Korea highlighted during Kim Jong Un¡¯s ¡°goodwill visit¡± to Hanoi is stranger than the embalmed leaders on display in their capitals ¡ª and the secretive team of Russian technicians who keep the bodies looking ageless.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 28, 2018
Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un applied for Western visas using doctored Brazilian passports, sources say
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late father, Kim Jong Il, used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports to apply for visas to visit Western countries in the 1990s, five senior Western European security sources told Reuters.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / ANALYSIS
Dec 1, 2017
The thinking behind Kim Jong Un¡¯s ¡®madness¡¯
On an icy December day in 2011, North Korea¡¯s new leader Kim Jong Un was accompanied by seven advisers as they escorted the hearse that carried his father, Kim Jong Il, through the streets of Pyongyang.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø / Politics / FOCUS
Sep 17, 2017
15 years after landmark Koizumi visit to Pyongyang, little progress on abduction issue
Little progress has been made on efforts to repatriate Japanese nationals abducted by North Korea since Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi made a historic visit in 2002.
COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2017
Why U.S. should get used to the North¡¯s ICBMs
The sooner the U.S. accepts that a North Korean ICBM capability is a reality, the sooner it can focus on how to deal with the North Korean problem more comprehensively, moving beyond mere security.
COMMENTARY / World
May 16, 2017
Can the emerging Sino-U.S. coalition stop Kim¡¯s game?
The coordinated efforts by the U.S. and China offers the best bet to secure peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and allow the two Koreas to coexist.
EDITORIALS
Apr 17, 2017
Deterrence and defiance on the Korean Peninsula
Close coordination among Japan, South Korea and the U.S. is essential to rolling back the North Korean threat.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Oct 30, 2016
Hacked memo reveals details of Bill Clinton¡¯s 2009 meeting with North Korea¡¯s Kim Jong Il
During a 2009 visit to Pyongyang to seek the release of two detained American journalists, former U.S. President Bill Clinton raised the issue of abducted Japanese nationals with then-leader Kim Jong Il, a hacked document released by the secret-spilling site WikiLeaks has shown.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Sep 15, 2016
North Korea sends a clear message, but who¡¯s listening?
North Korea is getting to the point where it¡¯ll have nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles ready to fly.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 12, 2016
Defector reveals details about late North Korean leader¡¯s fears over libido, diabetes
As North Korea grappled with a massive famine in the 1990s, scientists were working at an elite institute to find ways to boost then leader Kim Jong Il¡¯s longevity ¡ª and his libido ¡ª a defector said Friday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 20, 2015
Unlike flight-fright late dad, Kim, the air marshal, fancies planes, has runways readied
His father was afraid to fly, but North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has taken to the skies, building a series of small runways long enough to land light, private aircraft next to some of his palaces, satellite imagery shows.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 8, 2015
Former South Korean first lady fails to meet Kim during trip to North
FP-Jiji
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 15, 2015
North Korea celebrates founder who forged nuclear-armed dynasty
North Korea marked the birthday Wednesday of its founder, Kim Il Sung, worshiped at home as a virtual deity for laying the foundation for a five-decade-old dictatorship capable of threatening superpowers such as the U.S.
WORLD
Oct 30, 2014
Kim Jong Un extends family penchant for purges to keep grip on power
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un shares a family trait with his father and grandfather: a penchant for purges to hold onto absolute power.
Japan weighs regulating Pokemon cards amid trading mania
A Pokemon event is held in Jakarta on July 11
Head of Swiss euthanasia firm dies after collapsing while ascending Mount Fuji
Around 200,000 people typically scale the 3,776 meter Mount Fuji each year.
Indian brothers make manga debut in Japan
Two Indian brothers made their manga debut in Japan with "Kung Fu Kung Fool" ¡ª an action-comedy series that follows the adventures of a notorious thief and a young boy.
Japan scientists identify clusters of protein believed to trigger Alzheimer¡¯s disease
A team of researchers said they found a ¡°seed¡± that accelerates the amyloid beta accumulation process in the brain, naming it ¡°Peak 1 amyloid beta,¡± as seen in a mouse's brain.
The sci-fi sensibilities of electronic trio Black Boboi
Black Boboi was formed in 2018 when solo artists Julia Shortreed, Utena Kobayashi and Ermhoi came together under Kobayashi¡¯s newly founded label, Bindividual.
A perfect storm: Kaze Fujii fans flock to Fuji Rock
Okayama-born singer-songwriter Kaze Fujii has carved out a distinctive place in Japanese pop since his major-label debut in 2019.
Can Japanese comedy get laughs in English? Yoshimoto Kogyo lets the jokes rip
Wes-P has millions of followers and his viral clips made him recognizable out of Japan.
The 180-day locals: Life on Japan¡¯s digital nomad visa
Christopher Flinn works remotely from Tokyo earlier this month. Japan issued 646 digital nomad visas in 2025, but tourism officials are hoping to increase that figure in the coming years, with Japan's relatively cheap cost of living and the weak yen seen as potential draws for young professionals.
Japan reveals hint of new defense spending target in fiscal blueprint
The Self-Defense Forces' Type 16 mobile combat vehicle fires during a joint live-fire drill with U.S. Marines as part of the annual Resolute Dragon exercises in Yufu, Oita Prefecture, on June 28.

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