North Korea threatens U.S. bases in Japan

North Korea's Army following military exercises in a picture released by North Korea's official KCNA news agency in Pyongyang, Friday (20/3). According to KCNA picture taken on Wednesday (20/3). (REUTERS/KCNA)

The US should not forget that the base Anderson ... as well as a naval base on the main island of Okinawa, Japan, all within reach of the target assets of our precision

Seoul (Reuters)-armed forces of North Korea (North Korea), Thursday, threatening future attacks the United States military bases in Japan, in response to the use of U.S. B-52 bombers armed with nuclear weapons in military training along with South Korea.

The threat came a day after Pyongyang condemned the flight-B-52 flight as "not the unforgivable provocation" and threatened to take military action if they continue.

The Pentagon confirmed that a B-52 took off from Andersen Air Force base in Guam, had been flying over South Korea as part of an annual joint drills, but Pyongyang insists the exercise to consider it as a provocation.

"We can not tolerate the US do exercise a nuclear attack, define us as targets, and notify them as strong warning message," said a spokesman for the armed forces high command in North Korea.

"The US should not forget that the base Anderson ... as well as a naval base on the main island of Okinawa, Japan, all within reach of our precision target assets," it said in a statement broadcast by the Korea Central News Agency (KCNA).

Military tensions on the peninsula of Korea are at the highest level during the past few years, with North Korea--angry against the UN sanctions imposed after its nuclear test last month, he--threatening a second Korea War supported by nuclear weapons.

The B-52 had taken part in training with the South Korea-us earlier, but the Pentagon said it has published its use at this time to underscore the U.S. commitment to defending ally South Korea.

"Because the US has started to conduct nuclear blackmail is naked, and we will switch to the appropriate military action," said the spokesman of North Korea's military without elaborating.
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X-band Radar in the United States increase defense of Japan

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... North Korea missile targeting of Guam or Hawaii, which also passed over Japan ... "

Tokyo (AFP)-Tokyo and Washington's plans to install an early warning radar system in the United States coastal base near Kyoto to increase defense against the threat of North Korea missile, reports said Sunday.

X-band Radar, able to precisely track the trajectory of ballistic missiles, which allows United States forces launched the missile interceptor missiles from land and sea after the ballistic missile is detected. One in interceptor systems United States flagship is MM-104 Patriot made by Raytheon.

This will be the X-band radar system, both of which are installed in Japan after another, set up in Northern Aomori Prefecture. The threat from North Korea, in the eyes of Japan especially, more urgent than the dispute with China about the Senkaku Islands.

X-band radar system will be built in the air self-defense force base in Kyotango, Northwest of Kyoto, in Japan, sea coast or East Sea, said Kyodo News and Jiji Press, citing unnamed sources.

That location was chosen because of the place it is possible North Korea missile targeting of Guam or Hawaii, which also passed over Japan, said Kyodo.

Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, and the President of the United States, Barack Obama, confirmed in their meeting, in Washington, Friday, the two countries will work together on the installation of the radar, the report said.

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Russia Oil Tanker stranded in the sea of Japan

Moscow (Reuters)-A tanker carrying Russia nearly 800 tons of fuel oil stranded in the sea of Japan after suffering damage to the engine.

"The tanker Marine Alliance, which sailed to the port of Nakhodka (Russia Pacific) was unable to sail again because its main engine damage," the Ministry said in a statement, Emergency Monday, without explaining the weather conditions at the scene.

Twenty tanker crew was not injured in the incident.

The ship will be pulled by the other Russia, Georgiy Froier, which sailed to the scene, the statement said.

RIA Novosti reported Marine Alliance has experienced engine failure since February 7 in Japan Sea during bad weather.

The tanker is not enabled and the drift toward Okushiri Island, North of the Tsugaru Strait, Japan rescue ship when one takes the tanker and was withdrawn on February 8, as well as help him to arrive at the port of Hakodate, Hokkaido, on 11 February, the report said Russia's maritime Bulletin.

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Japan tsunami victims have received packages of gold bullion

Jakarta (Reuters)-residents of an area in Japan last year exposed yan tsunami received the shipment contained gold bars from an unknown sender.

Gold bullion Pack appeared in Ishinomaki, Miyagi, pefektur about 10 days ago.

Kunio Suno, President of Ishinomaki Fish Market co. Ltd., the company that manages the port and fishing village, said she received a package containing two gold bars weighing 1 kilogram, respectively.

"Because of his ' merchandise ', I go," said Suno told AFP.

Suno was surprised to find the 24-karat gold amounted to two rods.

"One wrapped in brown paper, another with newsprint, both located in the bundle are bloated," said Suno, Reuters reported.

No message or address stated on the package, though the package was thought to derive from the city of Nagano.

Suno said he will use that money to rebuild the Ishinomaki fish market.

Yoshie Kaneko of Ishinomaki Revival Support Network, who also received two gold bullion said "We appreciate donors. We will not menyia-nyiakannya. "

On March 11, 2011, 9 Richter scale magnitude earthquake and huge tsunami hit Japan. That disaster killed an estimated 19,000 people and triggered a nuclear leak.

Ishinomaki is located 350 kilometres to the northeast of Tokyo. 3,000 people were killed as a result of the disaster and 40,000 buildings destroyed.

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Japan may help Greek debt bailout

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27 September 2011 Last updated at 03:53 GMT Japanese shares have been hit hard by the debt crisis in European economies Japan has said that it would consider being part of a global plan to help bailout Greece.

Finance Minister Jun Azumi said eurozone countries needed to come up with a rational plan to ease global concerns.

Mr Azumi's comments come a day after the Nikkei 225 index fell to a two-and-a-half year low amid fears that the debt crisis may slow global growth.

However, on Tuesday, the Nikkei rose, giving further proof of volatility.

"If there is a scheme that is based on a firm process, involves a reasonable amount of money and could provide the world and markets with a sense of security regarding a Greek bailout, I would not rule out the possibility of Japan sharing some of the burden," Mr Azumi was quoted as saying by the Reuters news agency.

The finance ministry confirmed those comments to the BBC.

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Japanese banks and insurance companies are big investors in stock markets and if the Nikkei continues to plunge, it will send the domestic financial system in turmoil”

End Quote Masaaki Kanno JP Morgan Analysts said Japan's willingness to consider sharing some of Greece's bailout burden stemmed from the fact that it wanted to ensure stability in the region.

Europe is a key market for Japanese exports and there are concerns that if a solution to the debt crisis is not found soon, it may hurt growth and dent demand for Japanese goods.

"If the financial turmoil spread from Europe to the rest of the world, Japan will not be immune," Masaaki Kanno of JP Morgan told the BBC.

Growing uncertainty in Europe may also see investors flock to traditional safe havens such as the yen.

That may result in the Japanese currency strengthening even further against the US dollar and the euro.

A strong currency not only makes Japanese goods more expensive, but also hurts the profits of companies when they repatriate their foreign earnings back home.

At the same time, the crisis has resulted in sharp falls at the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Mr Kanno added that if the falls continued, it could be detrimental for the Japan's economy.

"Japanese banks and insurance companies are big investors in stock markets and if the Nikkei continues to plunge, it will send the domestic financial system in turmoil."

Eurozone governments are in talks to discuss how best to stop the crisis spreading from Greece to the rest of the continent.

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Japan defence hit by cyber attack

  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries makes everything from surface-to-air missiles, to warships, and submarines Japan's top weapons maker has confirmed it was the victim of a cyber attack reportedly targeting data on missiles, submarines and nuclear power plants.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) said viruses were found on more than 80 of its servers and computers last month.
The government said it was not aware of any leak of sensitive information.
But the defence ministry has demanded MHI carry out a full investigation. Officials were angered after learning of the breach from local media reports.
Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Japan's defence minister Yasuo Ichikawa said the cyber attackers had not succeeded in accessing any important information but MHI would be instructed "to undertake a review of their information control systems".
"The ministry will continue to monitor the problem and conduct investigations if necessary," Mr Ichikawa added.
All government contractors are obliged to inform ministers promptly of any breach of sensitive or classified information.
Continue reading the main story Roland Buerk BBC News, Tokyo
The Ministry of Defence has said the delay in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries informing it of the cyber attack is "regrettable" - a bland term regularly deployed by Japanese bureaucrats to describe everything from near indifference to utter outrage.
But it is clear there is concern in Japan about security at the country's biggest defence contractor.
Mitsubishi Heavy makes everything from warships to missiles. The giant company says it discovered the breach in mid- August, and informed the Japanese police at the end of the month.
But the defence ministry was not told until Monday afternoon, after reports had appeared in local media.
The key issue is just how serious the attack was - and whether any of Japan's defence secrets have leaked.
Mitsubishi Heavy says the virus was confined to just 45 servers and 38 computer terminals - out of the many thousands it operates.
An ongoing internal investigation has found only network information, such as IP addresses, has been compromised.
"It's up to the defence ministry to decide whether or not the information is important. That is not for Mitsubishi Heavy to decide. A report should have been made," a defence ministry spokesman was earlier quoted by Reuters as saying.Better protection
The online attacks - which are believed to be the first of their kind against Japan's defence industry - originated outside the company's computer network, MHI said.
They have been described as spear phishing attacks - when hackers send highly customised and specifically targeted messages aimed at tricking people into visiting a fake webpage and giving away login details.
Neither the Japanese government nor MHI have said who may be responsible. A report in one Japanese newspaper said Chinese language script was detected in the attack against MHI.
But China rebuffed suggestions it could be behind the attacks.
"China is one of the main victims of hacking... Criticising China as being the source of hacking attacks not only is baseless, it is also not beneficial for promoting international co-operation for internet security," foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei said.
China has in the past been accused of carrying out online attacks on foreign government agencies and firms.
Beijing routinely denies that it is behind this kind of hacking but, says the BBC's Defence Correspondent Jonathan Marcus, the US military is more and more concerned about China's abilities in this field.
Fear of the "cyber-dragon" is driving forward a fundamental re-think of US policy which is coming more and more to regard computer hacking as a potential act of war, our correspondent adds.
MHI confirmed that 45 of its servers and 38 computers were infected by at least eight viruses.
The viruses targeted a shipyard in Nagasaki, where destroyers are built, and a facility in Kobe that manufactures submarines and parts for nuclear power stations, public broadcaster NHK reported.
A plant in Nagoya, where the company designs and builds guidance and propulsion systems for rockets and missiles, was also reportedly compromised.
MHI said it had consulted the Tokyo police department and was carrying out an investigation alongside security experts, which should be concluded by the end of the month.
Lockheed case
A second defence contractor, IHI, which supplies engine parts for military aircraft, said it had also been targeted.
IHI said it had been receiving emails containing viruses for months, but its security systems had prevented infection.
There are also reports that Japanese government websites, including the cabinet office and a video distribution service, have been hit by distributed denial-of-service attacks.
A typical DDoS attack involves hundreds or thousands of computers, under the control of hackers, bombarding an organisation's website with so many hits that it collapses.
Last month, a Japanese defence white paper urged better protection against cyber attacks after US defence contractors were hit by a spate of assaults.
One of the most high-profile cases involved Lockheed Martin - the world's biggest aerospace company, which makes F-16, F-22 and F-35 fighter jets as well as warships.
Although the firm said none of its programmes were compromised in the attack in May, it prompted other defence contractors to assess their own security measures.

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Million urged to flee Japan storm

  In Nagoya it is feared nearby rivers may burst their banks More than a million people in central and western Japan have been urged to leave their homes as a powerful typhoon approaches.

Japan's Meteorological Agency warned that heavy rains brought by Typhoon Roke may trigger landslides and floods.
The storm is packing winds of 144km/h (90mph) and is expected to strengthen.
More than 460,000 households have been ordered to evacuate in Nagoya city, Aichi Prefecture, where it is feared nearby rivers may burst their banks.
Television footage showed Nagoya residents wading through water up to their knees. In some parts of the city rescue workers had to transport people in inflatable boats.
Evacuation advisories have also been issued in neighbouring Gifu and Hyogo prefectures. In Gifu, a nine-year-old boy and an 84-year-old man are feared drowned after being swept away by flood waters.
In the southern Kyushu prefecture of Miyazaki, nearly 400mm (16in) of rain fell on Tuesday.
Up to 40,000 people there have been advised to leave due to the risk of mudslides, where volcanic ash has accumulated after recent eruptions, public broadcaster NHK reported.
Typhoon Roke is expected to make landfall in central Japan on Wednesday and move north-east - possibly towards the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, the Meteorological Agency said.
"We ask that the highest level of caution be used because of the heavy rain, strong wind, and high waves," the agency said during a televised news conference.
It warned of downpours over a wide area of the country on Wednesday, saying some places could be deluged by as much as 50mm of rain in an hour.
Earlier this month, Typhoon Talas ripped through the west of the country, leaving about 90 people dead or missing.

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August sales of McDonald's Miss; Japan drags

A u.s. flags fluttering in the wind in front of a sign for the McDonald's restaurant in Los Angeles, April 4, 2011.

Credit: Reuters/Mario AnzuoniBy Martinne Geller and Brad Dorfman

NEW YORK/CHICAGO | Fri 09/09/2011 11:28 EST

New York/CHICAGO (Reuters)-McDonald's Corp. (MCD.N) reported an increase of less than expected in August worldwide sales in restaurants established on a sharp fall in Japan and a lull in releases of new products in the United States.

The world's largest hamburger chain, whose shares fell 4.4 percent on Friday, said that sales at restaurants open at least 13 months rose 3.5% globally. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters sought an increase of 4.3%.

Sales of the same restaurant rose 3.9% in the United States, the analysts ' expectation of 4.0%. In Europe-the biggest market of McDonald 's-the company missing an increase of 2.7%, analysts ' estimate of an increase of 4.7%.

To help increase sales, McDonald's was based on new products like oatmeal for breakfast and a review of drinks which included the introduction of fruit smoothies and other drinks.

In August 2010, demand smoothies helped drive sales of the same u.s. restaurant by 4.6%.

This year, "new product launches are really weighted toward the front half of the summer," Morningstar analyst R.J. Hottovy said.

But he noted that the company was still doing better than its competitors in terms of sales of the same restaurant.

"He is still positive comping while a lot of its competitors are still square in negative territory," said Hottovy.

Sales and profits by months of McDonald's were the envy of the global fast-food industry, which means that the company is punished when meet or Miss expectations of results.

The company has been outpacing rivals such as Wendy Co (WEN.N), Burger King Corp. BKCBK.UL and Yum Brands Inc. (YUM.N) KFC, attracting a broader range of Diners than typical young adult males fast-food.

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McDonald's reported a decline of 0.3% in Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africa, while Wall Street had forecast an increase of 3.5 percent.

Asia was dragged down by a sharp decline in comparable sales in Japan, where consumers are still adjusting to the aftermath of the March earthquake and tsunami.

Janna Sampson, investment Director, said that sein Oakbrook investments the weak results in Japan were worrying, given how many months have passed since the earthquake and tsunami struck in March.

Sampson said that "I would have thought that has already been priced in expectations,". "But one month does not make for a pattern of ... If we continue in September, it becomes more problematic. "

Earlier this week, Red Lobster and Olive Garden father Darden Restaurants Inc (DRI.N) warned that the hurricane Irene had dented its quarterly earnings by 2 cents per share.

But Irene had minimal impact on sales of McDonald 's, said a spokesman for the company.

Actions based in Oak Brook, Illinois McDonald fell 4.4 percent to $ 84.71 in trade in the New York Stock Exchange.

(Additional reporting Lisa Baertlein in Los Angeles; Edited by Lisa Von Ahn, Dave Zimmerman)

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