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July 2003 - Japan Special Weapons News

  • NK, US Close to Agreeing on 5-Way Talks Korea-net 23 Jul 2003 -- The dates for trilateral talks between North Korea, the United States and China on the nuclear standoff and five-way talks including South Korea and Japan could be announced simultaneously, a senior Seoul official said on Tuesday (July 22).
  • Japan's "Defense White Paper" under fire KCNA 23 Jul 2003 -- Papers here today carry signed commentaries branding Japan's "Defense White Paper for 2003" as a product of the deep-seated unilateral hostile policy of the Japanese ultra-right conservatives toward the DPRK and their policy of toeing the U.S. line.
  • U.S. anti-north move condemned in S. Korea KCNA 16 Jul 2003 -- The Japanese reactionaries have no justification in adopting a law on supporting Iraq in its rehabilitation, still less any ground to dispatch heavily-armed troops of the "self-defence forces" to Iraq, says Rodong Sinmun today commenting on a "bill on special measures to support Iraq in its rehabilitation" which was passed at the house of representatives of Japan recently.
  • Cooperation Between U.S. and Japan on N. Korea Progressing Washington File 15 Jul 2003 -- The United States and Japan are making progress in their cooperative efforts to control North Korea's nuclear weapons development efforts, says the U.S. Ambassador to Japan Howard H. Baker, Jr..
  • KCNA flails bill on Japanese SDF's overseas dispatch to Iraq KCNA 10 Jul 2003 -- The three ruling coalition parties of Japan at the special committee of the House of Representatives on July 3 reportedly railroaded a bill on dispatching the Japanese self-defence forces to Iraq under the pretext of "supporting Iraq in its post-war rehabilitation".
  • JAPAN / NUCLEAR EXPLOSION VOA 04 Jul 2003 -- There has been an explosion at a decommissioned nuclear reactor in Japan - but officials say no radiation has leaked.
  • Explosion Rocks Japanese Nuclear Reactor VOA News 04 Jul 2003 -- There has been an explosion at a decommissioned nuclear reactor in Japan, but officials say no radiation has leaked.
  • JAPAN / IRAQ / TROOPS VOA 04 Jul 2003 -- Japan's more powerful lower house of parliament on Friday approved sending ground troops to help with reconstruction efforts in Iraq. The move would be Japan's highest-profile role ever in international peacekeeping.
  • JAPAN/BURMA VOA 04 Jul 2003 -- Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi told a visiting Burmese envoy Friday that Tokyo is dissatisfied with the detention of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. He also confirmed that Japan is withholding new aid to Burma, until she is freed.Tthe decision is a blow to Rangoon, since Japan is a top international aid donor.
  • JAPAN / US / IRAN VOA 03 Jul 2003 -- A two-billion dollar oil deal between Japan and Iran has been put on hold because of U-S opposition. Japanese executives have missed a deadline to sign the agreement with Iran's oil ministry.
  • Iran-Japan Oil Deal on Hold VOA News 03 Jul 2003 -- A $2 billion oil deal between Japan and Iran has been put on hold because of U.S. opposition. Japanese executives have missed a deadline to sign the agreement with Iran's oil ministry.
  • U.S. Opposes Japanese Investment in Iranian Oil Field Washington File 01 Jul 2003 -- Following is the text of a State Department response to a question on Japanese investment in an Iranian oil field. The question was taken at the June 30 regular State Department briefing; an answer was posted later in the day



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