North Korea

Missile launched from near Pyongyang, prompting Japan to issue evacuation notice for Hokkaido island

Analysts say isolated country trying to show off its increasingly diverse nuclear threats to Washington and Seoul

Seoul condemns recent ballistic missile launches by North as ‘clear violation’ of UN security council resolution

Claim comes after country launched intercontinental missile in response to ongoing US-South Korea military drills

North Korea fires long-range missile hours before Yoon Suk Yeol becomes first South Korean president to visit Japan in 12 years

‘Strategic’ typically used to describe weapons that have a nuclear capability

ICBM launch prompts US to hold joint air exercises with South Korea and Japan

Launch comes a day after North threatened ‘unprecedentedly’ strong action against rivals

Japanese people are having fewer children but, in the face of the climate crisis, should larger families be encouraged?

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Bio-threats, nuclear proliferation and climate crisis also mean humanity is closer to annihilation

Prime minister Fumio Kishida also pledges to reverse the country’s low birth rate

Border crossing sparks criticism over South Korea’s air defences at time of increasing nuclear threats

President Yoon says incident involving isolated neighbour showed lack of preparedness and training on part of armed forces

South’s Korea Football Association considering raising complaint after brutal match