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February 2004 - Japan Special Weapons News

  • Russian, US, Japanese delegations arrive for six-party talks PLA Daily 24 Feb 2004 -- Russian, US and Japanese delegations successively arrived in Beijing Monday to attend the forthcoming six-party talks on the Korean nuclear issue.
  • Seoul, Washington, Tokyo work on joint strategies before six-party talks PLA Daily 24 Feb 2004 -- Seoul, Washington, Tokyo officials held trilateral meeting here on Monday, using the last chance before the opening of the new round six-party nuclear talks to mapout their joint position.
  • JAPAN/LAWSUIT VOA 24 Feb 2004 -- Even as United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan is praising Japan for its military deployment to Iraq, a class action lawsuit is seeking to have the deployment declared illegal.
  • S.Korea, US and Japan hold informal consultations over DPRK nuclear issue PLA Daily 23 Feb 2004 -- Representatives of South Korea, the United States and Japan held informal consultations Sunday evening here over the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
  • N. KOREA / PREP TALKS VOA 22 Feb 2004 -- High-level diplomats from the United States and Japan have arrived in South Korea to fine tune strategy ahead of Wednesday's six-nation talks in Beijing on dismantling North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
  • Japan, US agree to boost cooperation in nuke nonproliferation PLA Daily 19 Feb 2004 -- Japan and the United States agreed Wednesday to boost cooperation to strengthen international efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear technologies, Japanese foreign ministry said.
  • JAPAN/BOLTON DEFENSE VOA 19 Feb 2004 -- A senior U-S official says the success of the six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear-weapons program next week depends on Pyongyang's commitment to halting its efforts to build bombs.
  • JAPAN / IRAN OIL VOA 19 Feb 2004 -- Despite official U-S concern, ally Japan has gone ahead with a major deal to develop an oil field in southwest Iran. Negotiations had gone on for three years and stalled for a time after President Bush included Iran in what he called the "axis of evil."
  • NOKOR TALKS VOA 14 Feb 2004 -- Japan and North Korea have failed to resolve their dispute over Pyongyang's Cold War-era abduction of Japanese citizens, despite the surprise dispatch of a high-level Japanese delegation to Pyongyang. The meeting represented the two countries' first government-level talks since October 2002.
  • Japan's GSDF to take 8,000 tons of equipment, supplies to Iraq PLA Daily 13 Feb 2004 -- Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) contingent being deployed for reconstruction missions in Iraq will take more than 8,000 tons of equipment, supplies, including weapons and daily necessities, the Defense Agency said Thursday.
  • KCNA Assails Japan's Passage of Anti-DPRK Amendment KCNA 13 Feb 2004 -- Japan finally passed the "amendment to the law on foreign exchange" calling for applying sanctions and blockade against the DPRK through the House of Councilors at its meeting on Feb. 9.
  • Russia seeking acceptable solution on WW2 peace treaty with Japan:diplomat PLA Daily 12 Feb 2004 -- A senior Russian diplomat said on Wednesday that his country would continue searching for an "acceptable" solution to the still outstanding World War II peace treaty with Japan.
  • PAKISTAN/JAPAN/NUCLEAR VOA 11 Feb 2004 -- Pakistan has promised to share with Japan the findings of an ongoing internal investigation into illegal transfers of nuclear technology to North Korea.
  • Japan's upper house approves SDF dispatch PLA Daily 01 Feb 2004 -- Japan's upper house Monday gave a green light to the dispatch of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF), which meant a formal legal recognition of the disputed operation.
  • IRAQ/JAPAN VOA 08 Feb 2004 -- A contingent of Japanese troops arrived in Iraq Sunday, in their first overseas assignment since the end of World War II. The controversial deployment will be a test for the Japanese leadership at home.
  • Japan provides equipment, weapons for GSDF's Iraq mission PLA Daily 06 Feb 2004 -- The first of the six chartered Russian transport planes carrying equipment and weapons for Iraq reconstruction mission of Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF)arrived Thursday in Kuwait from Japan.
  • Japan ground troop for Iraq mission arrives in Kuwait PLA Daily 05 Feb 2004 -- The first main group of Japan's core Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) for Iraq's reconstruction efforts arrived in Kuwait on a government jet Wednesday, Kyodo News reported.
  • China concerned about Japan dispatching troops to Iraq: FM spokeswoman PLA Daily 04 Feb 2004 -- A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said here Tuesday that China is concerned about Japan sending troops to Iraq.
  • Japan's first ground troop leaves for Iraq PLA Daily 04 Feb 2004 -- The first group of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) main troop left Japan on Tuesday afternoon from Chitose air base in Hokkaido as part of Japan's efforts for Iraq's reconstruction.
  • Japanese PM shows reassurance on GSDF dispatch to Iraq PLA Daily 04 Feb 2004 -- Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday he was reassured by the determination on the faces of the Ground Self-Defense Force (GSDF) troops who left for their reconstruction mission in Iraq.
  • DPRK Foreign Ministry Spokesman on Japan's Abduction of Its Citizens KCNA 03 Feb 2004 -- The abduction of Korean citizens by "the Fund for Relief of North Korean Refugees," a Japanese right-wing organization, in recent years is a crime against humanity as it violates international law and the law of the DPRK.
  • Japan Has Nothing to Expect KCNA 03 Feb 2004 -- Recently, the House of Representatives of Japan finally passed the "amendment to the law on foreign exchange" through Diet, angering the Korean people. Kim Kwang Rin, chairman of the State Planning Commission, in an interview with KCNA on February 1, said
  • JAPAN / IRAQ TROOPS VOA 03 Feb 2004 -- Japanese ground troops have left for Iraq (Tuesday) - marking the country's first full military deployment to a combat zone since World War Two. The humanitarian mission has drawn strong criticism in Japan, where many people fear the troops could come under attack.
  • Rodong Sinmun on Japan's Overseas Military Operations KCNA 02 Feb 2004 -- Japan recently dispatched large armed forces of its "Self-Defence Forces" to Iraq, a battle field between the occupation army and the resisting forces.
  • Japanese lower house passes bill of SDF dispatch to Iraq PLA DAily 02 Feb 2004 -- Japan's House of Representatives on Saturday endorsed the dispatch of the country's Self-Defense Forces (SDF) to Iraq, and a bill for an extra fiscal 2003 budget to finance it, with the backing of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's governing coalition.
  • Japan's Adoption of Anti-DPRK Law Assailed KCNA 02 Feb 2004 -- Japan passed amendment to the law on foreign exchange and trade with foreign countries through the House of Representatives on Jan. 28 in a bid to support by law its moves to strangle the DPRK economically and settle the outstanding issues between the DPRK and the U.S. and between the DPRK and Japan in keeping with its intention to stifle the DPRK, says Minju Joson Sunday in a signed commentary.



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