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November 2003 - Japan Special Weapons News

  • JAPAN SPY SATELLITE VOA 29 Nov 2003 -- Officials in Japan are investigating what went wrong in the failed launch of two spy satellites on Saturday. The aborted launch is a blow to the prestige of Japan's space program and its intelligence efforts,
  • SOKOR/JAPAN TALKS VOA 26 Nov 2003 -- Japan and South Korea are consulting each other in anticipation that a new round of multilateral negotiations on the North Korean nuclear standoff will take place next month. South Korea says possible security pledges for North Korea would not necessarily protect its communist government.
  • JAPAN/IRAQ VOA 23 Nov 2003 -- Japan's defense chief is saying the country should push ahead and dispatch troops to Iraq - despite the security situation and the risks.
  • JAPAN /KEDO VOA 22 Nov 2003 -- Japanese and South Korean officials have been quoted as expressing hopes that a U-S-led consortium's decision to suspend construction of two nuclear reactors in North Korea will prompt the isolated communist state to abandon its nuclear weapons ambitions.
  • JAPAN/KOIZUMI VOA 19 Nov 2003 -- Japanese legislators approved a second term in office for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi Wednesday, a formality after his ruling coalition won a narrow victory in a general election held November 9th. He must now push ahead with plans to reform the economy and to send troops to Iraq - despite heavy opposition.
  • U-S NORKOR NUCLEAR VOA 18 Nov 2003 -- A top U-S envoy and Japan's defense chief have agreed that "dialogue and pressure" are the best tactics for getting North Korea to give up its suspected nuclear weapons programs. Discussions are moving forward on a multilateral resolution to the crisis.
  • U.S.-Japan Security Arrangements Remain Vital AFPS 15 Nov 2003 -- The security relationship between the United States and Japan is just as vital today as it was during the Cold War and immediately following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, Japan's chief defense official said here today.
  • Japan Urged to Redress its Past Crimes KCNA 15 Nov 2003 -- The Japanese government proposed solution to the "issue of abduction" as its basic guidelines of diplomacy towards the DPRK.
  • Japan Urged to Make Formal Apology KCNA 12 Nov 2003 -- The DPRK government proposes Japan to hold the DPRK-Japan inter-governmental talks at the earliest possible date to discuss the issue of compensating the Korean victims of human rights abuses so far investigated and confirmed, proceeding from the viewpoint that it is rather a humanitarian issue than a political issue to apologize and compensate the Korean people for human losses caused to them.
  • Heightened Alert against Japan Urged KCNA 12 Nov 2003 -- The Japanese chief executive cried that the capabilities of the "Self-Defense Forces" should be increased to cope with "terrorism and missile attack".
  • DPRK-Japan Inter-Governmental Talks Proposed KCNA 12 Nov 2003 -- The DPRK government proposed Japan to hold inter-governmental talks as early as possible to discuss the issue of compensation to the Korean victims of human rights abuses who have been investigated and confirmed so far from the viewpoint that it is rather a human rights issue than a political issue for Japan to apologize and compensate for the human losses caused by Japan to the Korean people.
  • JAPAN/ELECTION VOA 09 Nov 2003 -- Early exit polls indicate that Japan's dominant political group, the Liberal Democratic Party, won Sunday's elections, but with a smaller majority in the powerful lower house of parliament than it held previously. That could make it harder for Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to move forward with his controversial economic reform plans.
  • JAPAN/ELECTIONS VOA 08 Nov 2003 -- The polls have opened in Japan, in the first general election in more than three years. Surveys indicate Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's Liberal Democratic Party will win again.



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