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March 2003 - Japan Special Weapons News

  • ROK, Japan Reaffirm Cooperation on NK Nukes Korea-net 31 Mar 2003 -- Defense Minister Cho Young-kil and his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba have reaffirmed the need for the two governments to closely cooperate on resolving the North Korean nuclear row in a peaceful way.
  • JAPAN/NORTH KOREA VOA 30 Mar 2003 -- Top Japanese government officials are discussing whether to increase the country's constitutionally limited military capability. The increasingly public debate is being sparked by fears of North Korean military development.
  • DPRK Foreign Ministry spokesman blasts Japan's launch of spy satellite KCNA 29 Mar 2003 -- A spokesman for the DPRK Foreign Ministry answered a question put by KCNA today as regards Japan's launch of a spy satellite. This morning Japan launched a spy satellite by using a large carrier rocket H-2A.
  • KCNA on Japan's planned launch of spy satellite KCNA 27 Mar 2003 -- Japan will reportedly launch a spy satellite at the end of this month by large-size carrier rocket H-2A called a "perfect prototype rocket".
  • JAPAN/SATELLITE LAUNCH VOA 27 Mar 2003 -- Japan has successfully launched its first two reconnaissance satellites, which are primarily to keep an eye on North Korea.
  • JAPAN/SATELLITE LAUNCH VOA 28 Mar 2003 -- North Korea warned Japan Friday that its launch of two reconnaissance satellites earlier in the day could spark an Asian arms race. Japan's first spy satellites are primarily meant to keep watch over North Korea, amid growing concerns over that country's nuclear ambitions.
  • JAPAN/SATELLITE LAUNCH VOA 27 Mar 2003 -- Japan has launched its first two spy satellites from the island of Tanegashima, one-thousand kilometers southwest of Tokyo. The launch comes amid mounting fears of a North Korean ballistic missile test.
  • JAPAN SPY SATELLITES VOA 25 Mar 2003 -- As concerns grow about North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions and fears rise that Pyongyang could test another ballistic missile, Japan plans to launch its first reconnaissance satellites on March 28th.
  • JAPAN/ARMS RACE VOA 19 Mar 2003 -- The North Korean nuclear crisis has alarmed countries throughout the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan. Some Japanese politicians are suggesting Japan develop its own nuclear arsenal in response an idea which most Japanese citizens reject.
  • Japan urged to redeem its past wrongs KCNA 06 Mar 2003 -- The first-round of the international seminar denouncing Japan slated to last a year was held in Washington recently. delegates of different countries to it bitterly denounced Japan for its insincere attitude toward the settlement of its past.
  • More facts about crimes related to Japan's forcible drafting of Koreans disclosed KCNA 06 Mar 2003 -- The DPRK Measure Committee for Demanding Compensation to "Comfort Women" for the Japanese Imperial Army and Victims of Forcible Drafting carried out an investigation into the whereabouts of survivors and their families for several years on the basis of a copy of list of Koreans who had been forcibly drafted to Hyogo Prefecture in the period of the Japanese imperialists' colonial rule over Korea.
  • Sen. Brownback Condemns North Korean Sponsored Kidnappings Washington File 05 Mar 2003 -- In a March 5 press conference, which included the families of Japanese abducted by North Korea, Senator Sam Brownback (Republican of Kansas) harshly criticized the Pyongyang regime.
  • JAPAN / KIDNAP VICTIMS VOA 05 Mar 2003 -- Families of Japanese citizens believed kidnapped by North Korea met with U-S lawmakers Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The visitors appealed for support in determining the fate of family members still in North Korea, and spoke to members of a congressional committee about human rights conditions in the North.
  • NOKOR / U-S VOA 05 Mar 2003 -- Pacific allies - the United States, South Korea and Japan - say they remain committed to diplomacy to end a dispute over North Korea's banned nuclear programs. But Seoul and Tokyo are increasingly worried as the United States beefs up its regional military presence and has begun publicly acknowledging it will consider all options to resolve the matter.
  • JAPAN/NUCLEAR TRIAL VOA 03 Mar 2003 -- A court in Japan has handed out suspended prison terms to six officials of a nuclear processing plant after they were found guilty of negligence in the country's worst nuclear accident. Critics say the sentences are too lenient.
  • JAPAN/NOKOR ABDUCTEES VOA 03 Mar 2003 -- Relatives of Japanese abducted by North Korea are heading to the United States, to ask U-S officials to push Pyongyang for more information on their loved ones. The families fear the international dispute over North Korea's nuclear programs is taking attention away from their cause.



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